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Colleges & Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>%^$What are my chances%% help!!! </p>

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<p>what are my chances of getting into harvard?</p>

<p>*international student from israel</p>

<p>*work as a computter programer in the idf(israeli defence forces)</p>

<p>*20 years of age</p>

<p>*participated in the "Managers of the future program". The program is a four month program
dealing with key business issues such as introduction to marketing, the art of presentations, business models,
strategic analysis, financial principles, etc. The sessions are taught by the firm's leading experts and by
managers from the high-tech community including Fast 50 CEOs. The program is run by Deloitte(the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. These firms are members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT)
Tel Aviv Municipality.</p>

<p>*during 5th to 8th grade I was in a program for gifted kids in tel aviv universaty</p>

<p>*in the 10th grade I took 6 courses for a first dgree in mathematics</p>

<p>*excellent high school grades on physics math and computer scince(highest level corses)
math 99
computer scince 99
physucs 93
finishedhigh school in the top 5%</p>

<p>*volnteer work:
helping older people use the computer for 1 year
preforming magic tricks to kids in hospitols for 2 years.</p>

<p>*hobbies:
magic 4 years
surfing 4 years
played basketball in the past for hapoel tel aviv(jounior team)</p>

<p>want to major in computer computer science and elctrial engineering
tests scores:
toefl 100
sat subjects
math 2 800,physics,800
sat 1 math 760,writing 630, reading 560 (total 1950)
the reason for this poor score is that I had only on chance of taking the test,
the math is excellent but the reading and writing are not so great
to by honest i dont know if I have ime to improve it buch till january test date.</p>

<p>great reccomandations from the teachers and the vice principal</p>

<p>what are my chances?...</p>

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<p>0% because you posted on the MIT board and spelled chances wrong in the title. Better luck next time, chap.</p>

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<p>I forgot to change the Harvard at the start to mit.
I posted the same message on the Harvard board.
In regards of the spelling mistakes, I have a wireless keyboard which her batteries need to be replaced so occasionally letters are spelling. This post was corrected by Microsoft word spell check. Are you satisfied?.. Regardless I think you took hard, are you a student at mit?</p>

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<p>No, I’m just a grumpy applicant. Anyways, chancing, in my opinion, is useless due to MIT’s holistic admissions process.</p>

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<p>Well I think you have a pretty good shot. Your ECs seem awesome–Israeli Defence Forces? Woaaah. :)</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

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<p>holistic admissions process. what do you mean by that?..
I already had the interview and it want out great the interview said and I am quoting
“you seem like an mit guy” and the he said that he will strongly recommend me.
from statistic every year 50 Israeli apply to mit and 6 get in. the only thing I can thing of another applicant will have better than me is the sat1 and my does not even require it from international students so as far as testing requirements I have
two perfect sat subjects and an ok toefl 100.
the minimum by mit requirements is 90 . recommended 100</p>

<p>sorry for asking two many questions :-)</p>

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<p>Holistic means that they look at the applicant as a whole–not just numbers like SAT and GPA. Good luck with your application =]!</p>

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<p>nope .</p>

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<p>quiteVALid appears to be ■■■■■■■■. I think that your situation withe the IDF is really incredible/unique. Also, two perfect scores on the subject tests is great. Go for it. I could see a really interesting essay forming from either the IDF or magic/science experiences. You should note that most of the people who are saying “nope” or “0%” are just worried since you’re strong competition! :D</p>

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<p>Unlike the U.S., Israel has a mandatory service requirement. Thus all of the OP’s peer applicants will also be veterans - many with technical backgrounds (the IDF is among the most technologically advanced in the world). Thus it will be important for the OP to make clear how that experience will bring benefits to the MIT community and clarity to his/her (the IDF conscripts males and females*) future goals.</p>

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<li>I once had a marketing manager working for me that was here on a green card. She was one of the nicest, most gentle people you’d ever hope to meet. So it was a little disconcerting to see the picture on her desk next to those of her husband and son from her IDF days dressed in military uniform and carrying an automatic weapon.</li>
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<p>Thanks people.
All of your answers give me a view of what to look forward in march.
I’m applying to the class o 2014 so knowing if I’m or not is not far :slight_smile:
best of luck to you all :)</p>

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<p>Listen, I think you have a pretty good chance. I was just ind of grumpy at the time of posting. I didn’t mean to sound like a ■■■■■. That was not my intention in the least.</p>