Hi, I’m currently a senior in high school. I have a 3.8 Unweighted GPA, 2290 SAT, and I am an athlete on the national level for soccer. I’ve led my state U-17 team since the age of 14 to national championship titles. I have a 5 on the Physics Mechanics AP. I’ve published 4-5 research papers in mathematics in the fields of graph theory, constraint optimisation, etc. I’ve worked on research papers/projects to manage traffic in my region which is notorious for its traffic problems. I have worked on research in quantum field theory, Heisenberg Uncertainty principle, etc. I am also an alum of SSP(Summer Science Program) 2015, NMT. I’m sports captain in my school, and I captain the basketball, badminton varsity teams. I’m also a website designer, having designed a website for my school transport system to automate and optimise the bus routes using Dijkstra’s algorithm. I also have an interest in piano, having completed Trinity Grade 6 and composed for numerous concerts. I’ve cofounded the Math club in my school, publishing articles for the Math Magazine. I have taught soccer to children suffering from mental disabilities, and have organised marathons to support their cause.
I’m in the process of applying to my colleges currently, and my dream schools are MIT, Harvard, Columbia. I’ve heard that due to non-american citizenship, I have a low chance of getting into these places. Could anybody please tell me how likely it is for me to get into any of these colleges?
I think all of the colleges mentioned publish data on international admissions numbers or rates…but more about you…
The colleges you mention all have low admit rates and the prospects for international admits is worse than domestic admits.
However, domestic admits include US citizens and those that have permanent residency in the US. But, you knew that because it is clearly stated on the MIT website in the admissions area!!!
By non-American citizenship, do you mean you were born and raised outside the US? From your post, it sounds like you have permanent residency in the US. If that’s the case, don’t worry about international admit rates.
Your bio sounds stellar – if you can match good essays with that resume, and if your interviewer affirms that you’re not (too) crazy, then you’d be a very strong candidate. Coming from a current MIT senior, you’d get along just fine here.
Great ECs. SSPers do pretty well in MIt admissions as I’m sure you know.
So, you can do all these things, but you can’t figure out what your chances are for getting admission?
That actually makes sense @JustOneDad. Nobody, not even the admissions officers can figure out chances from a chance thread. (http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/massachusetts-institute-technology/939227-reminder-no-one-not-even-me-can-give-you-an-accurate-chance-at-mit.html).
As a rule, these schools admit nobody who does not apply. The real question that has to be asked at this point, is “If I were accepted, would I want to go there.” Many of these schools are quite different from each other. They have different campus life, and different experiences. They have different admissions policies (for example Harvard and MIT are need blind, and Columbia is need aware). But if you have investigated and found different things at these three schools that attract you, then that is great. Apply. But be aware that the admissions rates at all of these schools are low, and definitely have a plan B should you not be admitted to any of them.