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And MIT takes a lot of those students, too. That’s the whole point of a holistic admissions process – they want to admit people who have the potential to be great, whether their circumstances have allowed that greatness to flourish yet or not.</p>
<p>All things considered, there are a lot more students at MIT from lower middle class families than there are from the worst slums in the world. </p>
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This is not true.</p>
<p>International students are considered with the same criteria used for domestic students. It’s true that the overall international quota, combined with the staggering numbers of international applicants, leads to an absolutely obscene winnowing of a very talented and promising applicant pool. But there is no requirement on MIT’s end for any particular award or awards, and no quota on any individual country.</p>