<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm a Computer Science undergraduate at Queen Mary University in London, England. I would absolutely love to study for a year at MIT, but I know nothing of the US academic system. I have just finished my first year of study, and I calculated my GPA to be 3.92, but I haven't done SAT's or any of the other tests I've seen. </p>
<p>So what would the realistic chances of me being able to transfer for a year? I will talk to someone at my university about it when the academic year starts again in September, but I've got really excited about doing it, and would love to try and get a head start on it.</p>
<p>Thanks for any help,
Alex.</p>
<p>If you just want to come to MIT for one year as an exchange student, you don’t need to apply to transfer – the transfer program is for students who want to complete their degrees at MIT after starting university at some other school.</p>
<p>MIT has a few established programs for foreign exchange students, the most popular of which is the Cambridge-MIT Exchange. I’m not sure what the policies or requirements are for foreign exchange students who don’t attend a school that already has a partnership with MIT. You should probably contact the Study Abroad office (<a href=“http://gecd.mit.edu/go_abroad/study[/url]”>http://gecd.mit.edu/go_abroad/study</a>; globalmit at mit dot edu) for specific advice.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. I’ll look into that website more and send them an email. Thanks for your help.</p>