<p>Ethnicity does not matter much. The only thing that matters is that you are an international student, which makes your chances even more bleak (as it is for all applicants). Not making the USAMO will hurt you, as none of your other extracurriculars are outstanding (not to say that if you made the USAMO your chances would have been greatly improved). The only way we can say that you have an excellent chance of being admitted to an extremely selective school such as MIT is if you have excellent statistics (which you do) and outstanding extracurricular activities (which you don’t - your’s are good, but not enough to say that you have excellent chances). That does not mean that you have little chance of being admitted. Many applicants who are admitted are similar to you - good statistics and good extracurricular activities, but nothing outstanding. The only different is that we can’t assure you that you have very high chances - nonetheless, your chances are still good (about as good as most applicants). Good luck!</p>