<p>Oh, Good Luck!</p>
<p>@cool39 Sadly, no, but it was a friend of mine! And another one got wait-listed here too…</p>
<p>A girl from LGS Defence also got into MIT.</p>
<p>@bluelove- kgs’ headboy from 2011 got into Harvard without an interview, so I don’t think interviews count for that much at all. Even at Harvard. I’ve only had a Princeton interview so far, but I’m still pretty upbeat about my chances.</p>
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<p>@suhail
that guy was an american national right?.This again shows MIT’s bigoted injustice towards internationals.</p>
<p>@alibhai,
Would you be kind enough to provide any information on that girls scores/statistics,extra curriculars etc?.</p>
<p>don’t know much, but 10-12A*s, One distinction, 2290 SAT I and Pak Math Team for IMO 2011.</p>
<p>Pak math team for IMO was her edge I guess.</p>
<p>^ yea obviously,there’s also a guy from my school.He was also part of the IMO team.I’ve heard from someone that he also has been waitlisted(MIT) which is something like a plus for him because his SAT score wasn’t that high.
MIT,for sure is very interested in mathletes.</p>
<p>Does getting waitlisted from MIT count much? idk but I think they don’t take a lot of people off it especially people from pakistan.</p>
<p>chances of a waitlistee getting accepted are close to none.In terms of percentage,I think only about 2% or 2.5% of all that have been wait listed get lucky.Though,the year before the last one,a guy from our school who was waitlisted at MIT got accepted.But these are rare cases.</p>
<p>How many people have been waitlisted from Pakistan, any idea?</p>
<p>@cool39
Which school are you talking about?</p>
<p>I wasn’t talking about financial aid or MIT specifically when I said citizenship doesn’t make a difference. I was talking just about admission. I know that some schools like MIT follow such a philosophy, but it’s not a very large number of schools. And, yes, your school name does make a VERY big difference. Also, interviews don’t matter for the US. They are either for people on the border line for decision or for people who are truly brilliant and so the uni’s want to see if they are actually authentic or it’s for people who are very low in stats but still applied to a top uni just to see what they may offer because otherwise it’s just stupid applying to a top uni if you don’t have the stats.</p>
<p>A girl from Beaconhouse School System also got in to MIT but she was also a US national.</p>
<p>Whats with MIT and international students? This is honestly annoying me!</p>
<p>
Ahmar Siddiqi Public School? Who’s this kid and which school is it exactly? I googled the school, but nothing came up. Anyone know who this is?</p>
<p>usamatiwana: That’s exactly what I want to know. If a student from this school has indeed been accepted at MIT, the point that a school’s name is highly important when applying abroad becomes simply invalid. And by the way, I am sad to know that you’ve not been accepted at MIT. Best of luck with everything else.</p>
<p>This International Mathematics Olympiad really makes a lot difference. Last year a student, Hassan Tahir, got accepted at Haravrd and he, among other things, had represented Pakistan at IMO. I wish I was so good at mathematics. :(</p>
<p>^Oh God, I hope it does. I’m on the brink of selection and I really want to get into HYP.</p>
<p>@Shahan03 LOL. I remember that year when some girl from Ghotki got the Cambridge scholarship.
Either way, the moderating notes regrading inappropriate language is quite fascinating.</p>
<p>And 21st is St Lawrence and My Holyoke-a week from now. I know they aren’t exactly what you guys count down for, but I am :P</p>
<p>Good luck with everything else people. It is not so much about which college you go to as what do once you get there 
(yes MIT, It was nice knowing you, even though our love was one sided and stressful :P)</p>