Asians considered a minority at MIT?

Puzzle
Fri, 29 May 2009 20:27:14 +0000

I’d just like to add that I think it’s important to remember that things like USAMO and AIME are by no means a guarantee of acceptance for asians. For MIT at least, I think it’s more important that you want to go to MIT and would fit in well and contribute to the wonderful MIT atmosphere than it is to win amazing competitions. Although of course, it doesn’t hurt to win amazing competitions as well. It’s good for asians to keep in mind that the majority of people accepted to places like MIT cannot all be international competition winners. even the majority of asians admitted are probably not all winners of these competitions.