<p>Hello!
I want to study in MIT, previously I studied at Moscow state university,
5 years at a IT sphere. But my average (GPA) is low, ~3.5, 3.7 of 5.
What are my chances, if I pass other tests with a good mark (TOEFL, for example)?
And does the fact that I am working changes the chances?</p>
<p>I think you should definitely at least try. No one can really tell you your chances, since MIT bases admissions on personality as well as scores.</p>
<p>And forgot to ask in main question, I also need a financial aid if possible, what are the chances if I am non USA citizen?</p>
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<p>Transfer admission is more difficult than regular admissions, and is doubly hard for internationals.<br>
Unless you have done some recognizably outstanding things while working (founding a successful software company or something), I would think it is likely impossible with that GPA. Getting positive reviews from your colleagues and/or boss would likely not be sufficient.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about international universities, but I’ve heard Moscow State is an excellent school. Your best bet is to go back for a year and really apply yourself, then apply to transfer to MIT if you still want it.</p>
<p>@ CollegeAlum314
So how many company owners & Nobel prize laureates have transferred to MIT :D</p>
<p>It’s primarily because of these kinds of replies that people often get freaked out & end up either not applying or mess up their application.
Five of my close friends transferred to MIT this Fall 2011 & none of them have ever been to a science fair or some sort of nerd-event & neither had the perfect 4.0 GPA. All they had which got them in was they were stand-out individuals, not numbers.</p>
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Well, maybe, but collegealum is right – transfer admission is much more difficult than freshman admission. For fall 2010 (the last year for which stats are available on the Common Data Set), 18 transfers were admitted from 459 applicants (3.9%). And internationals are only admitted as transfers if there are spots left in the international quota for that class.</p>
<p>I don’t think we serve applicants well on CC if we always exude sunshine and fluffy kittens and say that anything can happen. It’s true that the only way to be sure you won’t be admitted is not to apply, but I would encourage everyone to be familiar with the basic statistics at the same time.</p>
<p>^ No doubt that transfers are much more tougher than regulars, but its something that many people create so much hype about that most of the people who aren’t confident enough doesn’t end up applying.
Statistics does give a glimpse of what’s going on the outside, but the people admitting them surely has a reason to do so. And ofcourse the only way to not get in is not applying.</p>
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<p>I’m willing to bet that the following statements are simultaneously true:</p>
<p>1.) All of the people who have transferred to MIT with a GPA below 4.0/5.0 had a Nobel Prize when they applied.
2.) None of the people who have transferred to MIT with a GPA below 4.0/5.0 had a Nobel Prize when they applied.</p>
<p>@Maxera: No. Low GPA won’t count you in. </p>
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<p>Every top-tier school does it. But when it comes across two applicants with compelling life stories and improvement sagas, then the GPA and test scores count. And finally there’s no ‘if’ in the admission world, first attain then proclaim.</p>
<p>And applying for aid to other universities (except MIT and some others) wold be considered a penalizing point in your application.</p>
<p>P.S. Apologies if this sounds harsh. I hope I may be proved wrong when you have what it takes to apply.</p>
<p>I think you should definitely try. There is no loses if you try. And I even heard that my friend said one of the student from other cc with a gpa 3.5 can get into Caltech, but of course that person must have something standing out than the others.MIT for sure not only see the SAT score and gpa…They also look for your whole person…If you take many tough science class in one semester or quarters with GPA 3.5, compare to a person just take few classes with GPA 4.0, they probably view that you guys are equal or maybe see you as a better student cause from GPA they can see how you overcome time constraints and difficulties with tough science classes altogether in one semester or quarter. Morover, Even if you have 4.0GPA and 2400 SAT score doesnt guranntee you any admission.So why not trying. There is no harm at all…Maybe you will get accepted, who knows?</p>
<p>This thread is two years old, so it is no use to the OP anymore. However, for others who may be alarmed that people said it is very unlikely a person with a 3.5 GPA could get in as a transfer, please note that the said GPA was out of 5, not 4.</p>