<p>hey seniors… i am from india …i hav a strong desire to study aeronautical branch in mit…frankly speaking i came to know about mit couple of days ago…well currently i hav dropped a year for preparing the entrance exam counducted by Indian institute of tech…also i have given sat “model” exams on the internet my scores are around 1800-2000…also i scored maximum in sat subjects test like physics ,maths 2 ,and chemsitry… but i lack a bit in english… i have heard that mit also considers cca acheviements …i hav very few cca achievements…like gold medallist in state science talent search…runner up in debate competition at state level…also i was a finalist in science exhibition conducted at an engineering college ad isro(indian space reasearch organisation) … my family income is nearly 600 dollars…my questions are as follows:-
1.will i be selected with a score of b/n 1800 to 2000 in real sat exam(i hav not given a single sat till now)?
2. are these cca acheviments enough?
3. essay section sucks :(…do any one hav any remedy as my typing speed is too slow …also provide a list of topics that can be asked in the exam
thank u</p>
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<li><p>mit, and most other schools, does not use a cut-off minimum. 1800-2000 will be considered low for mit.</p></li>
<li><p>what is cca? only admissions people can tell what is good enough. it’s taken in overall context of your application. </p></li>
<li><p>practice using prep book topics.</p></li>
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<p>personal opinion: your chances at mit are rather very slim - read approaching zero. mit does not meet fin aid requirements for internationals. if you want to study in usa, you should consider other schools, most of which do not offer good fin aid.</p>
<p>itsme is right but he isn’t completely correct.
First of all, MIT DOES actually meet financial needs of international students. For MIT SFS office, it doesn’t matter if you are a citizen, pr or international. All the funds are institutional funds. Internationals can’t get aid from government but government has no control over institutional aids.</p>
<p>If English isn’t your mother language, a 2000 might not be that low as long as your math section is like 800. If you are below 1900, I definitly recommend taking TOEFL. If you are above 1900, you should still take to see which one is better.</p>