<p>Hello everybody, </p>
<p>I'm a dual citizen. Both U.S. and Turkish. I also live in Turkey, study in a school which teaches science and maths in English. When I apply for MIT, I'll have been studying maths and science courses in English for 4 years. However, my native language isn't English, it is Turkish. Therefore, as you know, MIT doesn't require the SAT 1 for non-native speakers. So, while applying for MIT, sending a higher TOEFL score will be more advantageous than a lower SAT score. BUT, the thing I'm wondering is, would they think that " Well, he is a U.S. citizen, then his native language should be English, he is lying because of his low SAT score." I don't want to ruin anything because my SAT 2 scores are both 800. If somebody enlightens me about this complicated issue, I will be abundantly pleased! Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>You should pick the test requirements that are likely to give you the best outcome. There’s no judgment on the part of the admissions office if you pick one option over another. </p>
<p>MIT will have no problem understanding why a US citizen might have English as a second language. I can think of several friends of mine at MIT who were US citizens, but for whom English was a second language – and they even grew up in the US!</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your reply! You indicated that I should pick the tests for my benefit right? Therefore, if I’d pick the option to send the toefl and the two SAT II scores, would it do fine?</p>
<p>Yes, pick the tests that you feel will give you the best combination of scores.</p>
<p>If you send scores from more than one test, MIT will pick the set of scores that make you look best.</p>
<p>OK, thank you very much!</p>
<p>Please if anybody knows help me about this topic! On MIT Admissions Page, it is said that “be sure that your name exactly matches on tests etc”. However, I have two names and they are different on various data. For instance, (I’ve made up the names) I’m seen as Sam Jack on school transcript and Jack S. on the SAT and Sam J. on the TOEFL. I have registered MyMIT with the name Jack Sam ( which legally writes on my US Passport ) and chose Sam as preferred first name. Would this dual name situation cause me trouble? Would MIT’s system check data meticulously, letter by letter? Would they have no problem identifying data that belongs to me? Because everything except the names will match identically like surname, birthdate and social security number. THANKS IN ADVANCE!</p>