<p>^ Plenty of people get in with only exceptional academic credentials.</p>
<p>If you post’s grammar is representative of your grammar skills, then you are not going to get a 2350+ on the SAT. You may want to improve that. Also olympiads are not necessary for you to get into MIT so do not worry about them. Just do things that you enjoy.</p>
<p>^
I’m pretty sure I read that MIT only accepts like one person from India per year who DIDN’T do an international olympiad. That’s because of all the cheating and corruption that happens in some foreign countries.</p>
<p>Also, you might want to work on your writing OP.</p>
<p>If you tell MIT “I’ve started 15 national and international projects”, and don’t elaborate on /what they are/, they aren’t going to believe you. Give a few examples of stuff you’ve actually done yourself. From this thread, you don’t actually sound impressive; you sound like you’re full of hot air.</p>
<p>It is hard to help the OP since most of his stats are speculation.</p>
<p>Why does MIT do what?</p>
<p>EDIT: I’m not sure why IWillKillForMIT changed their response, but now my post makes no sense :P</p>
<p>EDIT EDIT: Alternate theory is that I can predict the future.</p>
<p>Why do they mainly accept IMO qualifiers as Indian international students?</p>
<p>It’s not just IMO, it’s any International Olympiad. If the cheating culture is strong enough in particular areas, getting olympiad competitors is the only way to ensure unfaked competence.</p>
<p>Though to be honest, there are only a handful accepted from India in a given year /period/, so “accepts like one person from India per year who DIDN’T do an international olympiad” is actually a very weak qualifier.</p>
<p>Yeah, the cheating culture in India is terrible.</p>
<p>experienced the culture this year 
lost out on that dream…
OP…
- You will not get 2350 with such grammar…go read the blue book.
- You won’t get 800’s either in SAT 2’s cause you are overconfident.
- Nobody manages 15 national/international projects unless they are of that importance only to you.
- You are too young to even be here…
5)There are soo many people who are going to say this…so if you can give us something in specific…we could at least help a bit.
6)define ‘innovative projects’. - What exactly did you learn in Undergrad math…I’m just curious…</p>
<p>Hope iv’e helped…</p>
<p>He is not too young IMO. I am 15 and I am applying to colleges this fall.</p>
<p>IWillKillForMIT, your screen name doesn’t say much for your maturity 
I kid - but 15 is very young for college. Many kids who are academically ready for college at your age are not emotionally/socially ready, even if they think they are. I know of a few who had really unpleasant experiences because they just weren’t ready socially. Consider a gap year.</p>
<p>Can’t edit - on phone - but OP I agree that we need to see your hard stats & hear about at least 1-2 of your “projects” to know what your odds are. I doubt you’ve designed 15+ national-level projects on your own. Did you work on them with a mentor?</p>
<p>Yeah you have a point. I skipped two grades and I have been thinking about a gap year. However, I want to get accepted somewhere and maybe defer enrollment so that I can enjoy my gap year without worrying about applying to college. As for my screen name , I created it when I was thirteen and I was set on MIT. I now realize that being set on MIT is not exactly the best idea and I have found many schools that I would like to be at. Enjoy your 4 years at MIT or Olin (the stalker in me came out sorry ).</p>
<p>^ A gap year is a <em>great</em> idea. Do you have anything in particular in mind for it? I think there are nifty volunteer and/or science programs that might be a good way to spend it.</p>
<p>Yeah I was actually considering some type of internship. I also really would love to find a way to go to a third world country to teach math. Obviously I first need to get in (hopefully MIT but that is probably improbable) but CCers make me fell really inferior. I really hope Questbridge makes MIT or another elite school attainable for me.</p>
<p>^ I did not join CC until after I was an MIT student. Honestly, if I had seen CC before applying, I’m not sure I would’ve applied. But it turns out what CCers brag about and what MIT wants are not the exact same thing.</p>
<p>Questbridge is a great program! If you qualify for that, I wouldn’t be too down on your MIT chances - you might be on par with the general applicant pool. (Of course, MIT has to reject thousands of students they’d love to accept, so I’m not saying you have a particularly <em>good</em> chance, just that you don’t necessarily have a particularly <em>bad</em> chance. Fact is the chances are bad for most applicants, but someone’s gotta get in, right?)</p>
<p>Thank You PiperXP, those words were really reassuring. Questbridge has already done wonders for me via their Prep Scholar Program. I am very thankful for them and hope they can help me next year during the College Match. If I may ask, are you the Piper who has an mitblog or is that someone else? You don’t have to answer this question if it may compromise you anonymity.</p>
<p>^ I am! Though I joined this board long before I became a blogger, and I’m not here in any official capacity (nor is lidusha or molliebatmit or the other bloggers that pop up on here time to time).</p>
<p>I actually burned out quite a bit shortly before becoming a blogger, so I was never particularly active, and retired pretty quickly. I’m surprised people know that I’m a blogger :P</p>
<p>Yeah, you’re the reason I know what a G6 is.
:)</p>