hey.. regarding sat cutoff for mit

sandeepkumar
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:21:02 +0000

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