Mikalye

CNI is completely wrong. I am an international EC (interviewer) and I have certainly had international candidates get in with scores in the mid 700's. High scores are a necessary but not sufficient condition for admissions. If your record shows that you can do the academic work, then you get considered for admission, if it doesn't then you really don't.

Scores are only one part of "can they do it" and there is very little difference between a 740, a 780 and indeed an 800. Don't sweat it. That being said, international admissions are very, very competitive (roughly 4% admit rate). Every year I meet brilliant, talented, exceptional young men and women who are not admitted. Anyone applying EXPECTING to be admitted is setting themselves up for disappointment. Though I have never met someone who would have been admitted if their scores were just a little bit higher. Usually, it is much more because the match between the student and MIT is not all that strong, rather than for any other reason.

However, MIT admits 0% of those who do not apply. If you think that the prospect of going to MIT excites you, then please apply.