What is the profile of an admitted international student like?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Maybe this is a very common question, yet I have not cleared it up.</p>

<p>"What is the profile of an admitted international student like?"</p>

<p>I know that MIT admissions are very unpredictable, but I would be pleased if someone could enlighten me with the profile statistics, such as ECs, test scores, etc., of any international admitted student in the past few years.</p>

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<p>Thank you for your attention so far.</p>

<p>Sincerely,
Sandro Rodrigues</p>

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<p>They’re held to the same standards as domestic applicants- with fewer spots available. You need to be very strong academically (99th percentile standardized test scores/top 10% of your class) and have a genuine interest in something that can help make the world a better place (and you have to showcase the potential to realize whatever it is you’re interested in doing). To accentuate my point, I’ll give you two examples of international students at MIT (well, one graduated last spring).</p>

<p>Student 1: 1240 on the old SAT/ 3.75 UW GPA. Showed an interest in utilizing solar energy for real estate developers in his country.</p>

<p>Student 2: 2360 SAT/ 3.8 GPA. Thoroughly delineated his penchant for physics and how it could be put to even better use in the future. </p>

<p>In conclusion, you have to show them that you’re both academically and intellectually prepared for your life at and beyond MIT… and they have to be convinced.</p>

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<p>there really isn’t a profile, other than vaguely ‘top student’ who ‘wants to make the world a better place through sci/tech.’ </p>

<p>i mean they are all so different that talking about ‘profiles’ is meaningless.</p>

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<p>I don’t know I think that If you win some IMO or IPho they will be helpful; but they are not so important, you can show your goals through other ways…</p>