Where would the DARPA Research Grant and/or NASA JPL research (or even Putnam t100-300 atp) rank on this list?
I say this with love. Go touch grass. Or walk a dog (someone’s dog, any dog). Or bake brownies.
I thought we all agreed based on your last thread that you either will or won’t get into MIT, and that right now there’s very little you can do EC wise or awards-wise to change the odds. You can edit your essay to make sure it sounds kind and human and not arrogant and robotic; you can spend time researching backup schools which you’ll be able to afford and which will allow you to meet your academic goals.
But perseverating on MIT and on your ranking and your other resume stuff is not helping you. It won’t get you in to MIT, and it won’t help your mental health, and if you end up at one of your backup schools-- it certainly won’t help your attitude as you head off next August.
MIT does not operate on a point system. So trying to rack up as many points as you can to make your application bullet proof is a waste of time. And I say this as someone whose MIT kid had zero national awards or competitions. Zero.
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Do we or do we not get into MIT?
You do not.
See user’s last few threads:
Why?
Were they intl?
Early Action (EA) closes November 1 (decisions released in mid-December), and Regular Action (RA) closes January 4 (decisions released on π Day).
Let us know after you find out - either about you or the person in the thread.
Everyone’s admission decision is related to them and not another. Stop comparing.
Good luck.
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No. Not international. But hoping/assuming/obsessing over your ranking in a global competition is not an efficient use of your time.
I’ll refrain from answering since I responded in your other threads. As it is, I suspect this thread will be more of the same:
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Perhaps…
The question in the post though:
Where would the DARPA Research Grant and/or NASA JPL research (or even Putnam t100-300 atp) rank on this list?
Tbh, obsession breeds action.
That wouldn’t fly if he was intl.
The only action that will help you now is identifying a college which will provide you with enough funding to attend long enough to get a degree, AND where you are a rock solid “sure to be admitted” applicant.
That’s what you need to be doing. Not continuing to wonder if you’ve left a stone unturned in your MIT quest. We understand- if you get in to MIT and if you get enough funding to attend- FANTASTIC. But if you want a college education, you need to be hedging your bets (and Cal Tech is not a hedge).
Who is the “we” in this title. Only one person is applying to college, right? So…that should be either “I” or “he or she”.
“We” are not going to college…
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Already have done so but would definitely not want to go to either.
Four different roommates in four years. Three were International. All three exceptional, none were award/competition people.
One had incredible political involvement in his home country-- at great personal risk. One was a serial entrepreneur. And the third was on par with Mother Theresa in terms of his volunteerism/giving back/high impact service to his community. And the fourth (not international, but not irrelevant in this context) was an Eagle Scout/ROTC. Service was his raison d’etre.
The competition route is ONE way that international applicants distinguish themselves. Just one way.
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If you don’t want to go to either, you have not successfully completed your task. You have phoned it in.
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Those are exceptions tbh. The avg intl without competitions does not have what you have mentioned.
As you can see from the numbers- there is no such thing as an “average” international.
Hence my advice to fall in love with a college you can afford and are a rock solid applicant, sure to be admitted.
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Oh welp.
I am in blood stepped in so far that should I wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er.