Chance me for MIT please

cellardweller
Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:22:28 +0000

As an international applicant you have a tough hill to climb with admission rates in the 4% range and a highly self-selecting applicant pool. You really don’t have any substantial math/science ECs to help you stand out. With 25/1 odds of not getting in to MIT, I would definitely focus on schools where high GPA/ high test scores give you much higher chances. HYP are just as much of a crapshoot as MIT. LACs in particular are trying to draw more international applicants.