<p>Should I fax my certificates to MIT?</p>
<p>i.e. I won medals in the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), and in some other stuff..
Most of my other certificates are not in English. Should I translate them and the translated version to MIT, or it's enough to say that I won these competitions?</p>
<p>Congrats, for an award that prestigious, MIT should be able to confirm it. U don’t really have to send the certificate.</p>
<p>Definitely enough to just say that you won. I think MIT even explicitly asks you to not send certificates and other award paraphernalia.</p>
<p>Congrats emadwilliam.
But God! Do I really have to have these international things to get in? I mean, is this the sense of a competitive international applicant that MIT would admit?
Because if it is I may be in a huge mess.
Any ideas.</p>
<p>@omar3f</p>
<p>Not at all. I’ve met several kids who got in without international distinction. Just make sure you have done the best you can, for you and for your community.</p>
<p>International pool is SO competitive that MIT doesn’t allow EA. Yet, wats more competitive is the fact that international pool is capped at 10% of total incoming freshman class. good luck. Nevertheless there are international kids who got in without distinctions such as that of emadwilliam</p>