Panicking

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Okay...</p>

<p>So I'm a Nigerian, and I applied to MIT regular action. I have three SAT Subject Tests under my belt already, but none of them are math, so I registered for the January Math 2 test through an agent (Collegeboard has very strict restrictions on candidates from my country). There I was, checking my account day after day for my registration to pop up, so I could manage my school list and all...</p>

<p>...nothing.</p>

<p>I started calling the agent, and they assured me I'd been registered and it probably just wasn't linked to my account because of a difference in data or something, and that I would get a link to my admission ticket in my inbox. Fine. </p>

<p>By the end of last week, still nothing.</p>

<p>That was when they 'remembered' that they'd registered me for May instead.</p>

<p>Which is, frankly, ridiculous.</p>

<p>Seven frantic calls to Collegeboard later, I've had it drummed into my weeping head that there is no way to change my registration this late. So I have no chance of writing a Subject Test in Math before the admissions decisions come out, and it's a requirement :( What do I do? It's actually a nightmare :'(</p>

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<p>Call the admissions office.</p>

<p>I’m so sorry about your trouble. I hope that there is a way to work things out.</p>

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<p>omg I’m so sorry.</p>

<p>What rothstem said. Call the admissions office. I really hope everything works out.</p>

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<p>I am very, very, very sorry. You have been really screwed over by the agent. I would contact the admissions office, as your only option. However, realistically speaking, I would be very surprised if it did not hurt your application. Given an international admit rate below 3%, MIT needs to turn away many superb international applicants that meet all of the admissions requirements. Given that, the rest of your application will need to be AWESOME.</p>

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<p>Wishing you the best, dude.</p>

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<p><em>breathing deeply</em></p>

<p>Okay, I called the admissions office and apparently they’re not going to just throw out my app :slight_smile: but yeah, this is definitely going to hurt me :frowning: But I have a couple of national math awards, that might help…</p>