Why is the admission rate for international applicants much lower?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Why is the admission rate for international applicants significantly lower? The admission rate for US applicants is above 10%, while the admission rate for international applicants is below 4%. </p>

<p>Is it because the mean SAT (II) scores of international applicants are lower (due to different schooling and disadvantage in English)? I hope so.</p>

<p>Or is it because MIT choose to have a maximum amount of international students. </p>

<p>By the way I am an European Asian... I hope that will not hurt my chances too much at the MIT, as Asian (Americans) are an "overrepresented" minority. It's going to take months till we hear the RD and I'm already nervous.</p>

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<p>Oh get away, you are lowering my chances as well :mad: xD lol j/k</p>

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<p>Oh get away, both of you, you guys are lowering my chances as well! XD</p>

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<p>Lol. xD :lol:</p>

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<p>God, it seems that there’re too many worrying here :)) Anyway, I won’t say “get lost!”, because I apply to MIT … just for fun :smiley: (I don’t think I can stand a chance :D).</p>

<p>Well, I believe that the mean SAT II score of int’l applicants is higher. People know that wasting $75 is reckless. So, since the pool of intl’l is extremely competitive, they will consider their chance before clicking submit button.</p>

<p>Anyway, imagine that one day, MIT is dominated by int’l :smiley: I think at least, they think it would be a terrible day :D</p>

<p>Btw, I’m asian :smiley: You three may now scold at me :D</p>

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<p>Oh god what will we do what will we do? 4 applicants but only 1 will survive. Who will it be? Stay tuned, we will be back after the commercial break.</p>

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<p>Hi, 12npm12, so you finally decide to apply to MIT. And I’ll probably will.</p>

<p>MrPropapanda, we 4 has LESS than 1 to survive, I’ll probably be allowed to put one leg into MIT, not another. LOL</p>

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It’s because MIT has a cap on the number of international students it will admit. </p>

<p>From Matt’s blog, [here](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/international_applicants_helpful_tips/international_men_women_of_mys.shtml]here[/url]:”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/international_applicants_helpful_tips/international_men_women_of_mys.shtml):</a>

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<h1>MrPropapanda: LOL :D</h1>

<h1>kenhungkk: Well I just want to challenge myself and see what I’ve got after 3 years, that’s all :slight_smile: Btw, you’re truly crazy about math :D</h1>

<h1>molliebatmit: Thanks. A policy, right?</h1>

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<p>This is the only moment i hate that asians are smart! Normally I’m proud of what we asians have achieved. </p>

<p>But every applicant must pay 75 USD application fee, so that does not necessarily mean that internationals have higher SAT II scores. I would score higher as an US citizen, as my school math’s focuses on differential equitation’s, and i have never heard of cosecans, cotangent and that other one. Also, the way of writing things down is different in the US than I have learned from school. </p>

<p>Thank you for the news, mollie. Though it’s bad news :(.</p>

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<p>Hey you can see the geographic distribution of students on the following link:</p>

<p><a href=“http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/stats/geo0708.html[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/registrar/www/stats/geo0708.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This is awesome, MIT doesn’t got a undergraduate from the country I live in. :).
You are getting down, dudes!</p>

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<p>^^^ haha, your school does differential equations but doesn’t do basic trig? gotta love asian education</p>

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<p>… 2? Opposed to Canada’s 24? Dude… I’m a Canadian… but I have to compete for two seats? Come on…</p>

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<p>Two hundred and ten grad students from India? Whoa.</p>

<p>The discrepancies between undergrad/grad numbers is pretty interesting. Canada, China, India, and Korea have ~ten times as many grads as undergrads. Most states have around the same number. Proportionally foreign countries have more grad students at MIT than the US.</p>

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<p>That’s not asian education. I am attending a Dutch school. We even do double differential equitations and integrals, that’s gonna help me a lot on the SAT II Math II. NOT! At my school we don’t even do probability.</p>

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<p>@ MrPropaganda where does the site says there are only two seats for Canadians?</p>

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<p>2 seats for Hong Kong, and it’s Propapanda. ;)</p>

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<p>Oh lol, 对不起。</p>

<p>But I would take it positive that your country isn’t overrepresented. I would fear more if I was an Indian or Korean citizen.</p>

<p>Man, i love your biography.</p>

<pre><code>I wanted my name to be Panda Man but someone took it :frowning:
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<p>Same here, I wanted my name to be blackhair but someone else took it too.</p>

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<h1>blackhair1:</h1>

<p>I mean that because the int’l pool is competitive, people will consider carefully before applying. $75 might be just a small amount to some, but time and effort to complete the MIT application (lots of essay, challenging prompts) is enormous, don’t you think so?</p>

<p>I don’t think the number of int’l applicants 3000+ shows you how many people consider MIT. That number only shows you the number of people who have the courage to apply to MIT. Thus, they must consider every factors carefully before making the decision. And of course, one of those is SAT II score.</p>

<p>“I would score higher as an US citizen, as my school math’s focuses on differential equitation’s, and i have never heard of cosecans, cotangent and that other one. Also, the way of writing things down is different in the US than I have learned from school.”</p>

<p>Really?</p>

<p>Anyway, from everything I’ve heard, MIT is holistic. They will find whether you tried your best in your context. So your SAT II score won’t hurt much as long as you show them so, even if solving differential equations is easy to you and studying trigonometry is more difficult or not.</p>

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<p>Lol. Well, I will just hope for the best. I’m an atheist and if I get in, I probably won’t believe in Christianity or Buddhism but I will acknowledge his/her presence. :)</p>