Indians applying to MIT

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<p>Indians applying to MIT<br>
Please post your stats here</p>

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[ size=+1][ color=green][ b]Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=red][ b]Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]10th grades and syllabus:
[ *]Syllabus followed in high school:
[ *]Entrance exams to be taken:[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Evaluation:
[ *]Counselor Evaluation:
[ *]Supplementary Material:
[ *]Summer Activities:
[ *]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[ /list][ b]Personal[ /b]
[ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Gender:[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Other colleges applied to:
[ *]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2210 (680C, 730W, 800M)
[</em>]SAT II:740 MII, 750 Phy, 760 Bio M
[<em>]ACT: -
[</em>]10th grades and syllabus: CBSE 83% Hindi, 84% English, 96% Science, 97% Maths, 99% Social Science
[<em>]Syllabus followed in high school: CBSE at school, GCE A-Levels as a private candidate.
[</em>]Entrance exams to be taken: none[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays:not good enough apparently
[</em>]Teacher Evaluations:good
[<em>]Counselor Evaluation:good
[</em>]Supplementary Material:Research work
[<em>]Summer Activities:Traveling, Research, Soccer
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal

[ul]
[<em>]Location:Kerala
[</em>]High School Type:Private
[<em>]Gender:Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars:Soccer, Research, Leadership
[<em>]Awards:nothing significant
[</em>]Other colleges applied to:Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale etc…
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:Essays
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: It had to happen.[/ul]</p>

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<p>Hook: (recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): This made me actually lol (:</p>

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<p>Just imagined, there might be NRIs, legacies etc…</p>

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<p>hahah no, the Nobel Prize part!</p>

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<p>Rumjhum, were you accepted at MIT?</p>

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<p>oh no, I didn’t apply</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2260 (710 CR, 800 Math, 750 W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Chem, 800 Math 2
[<em>]ACT: -
[</em>]10th grades and syllabus: 94.4%, CBSE
[<em>]Syllabus followed in high school: CBSE
[</em>]Entrance exams to be taken:[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: All good, except one
[</em>]Teacher Evaluation: Great
[<em>]Counselor Evaluation: Exceptionally good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Summer Activities:
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize):[/ul]Personal

[ul]
[<em>]Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Gender: Male[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Robotics, Informatics Olympiad, Entrepreneurship, Squash, Prefectorial Board (Student Council)
[<em>]Awards:
[</em>]Other colleges applied to:
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul]</p>

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<p>@somewhereibelong
what is your profile in detail?
what were your scholistic achievements(other than SATs)
what ECs in detail
any social service</p>

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<p>International acceptance rate to MIT was a mere 3%. O:</p>

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<p>@somewhere- congrats! Tha was the last song I heard before my decision :stuck_out_tongue:
Where else did you apply? Are you Indian or Dubai citizen? And I’m shocked they accepted you with such a huge typo on my app.</p>

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<p>Rejected
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT:2320
[</em>]SAT II:Math 2: 800, Chem: 800, Phys: 800
[<em>]ACT:
[</em>]10th grades and syllabus: 96.7% CBSE
[li]Syllabus followed in high school:CBSE</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Essays: very good in my opinion
[</em>]Teacher Evaluation: should be good
[<em>]Counselor Evaluation: OK I guess
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[li]Summer Activities: community service, Rugby, intern at a garments factory</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Location:
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Gender:[/ul]Male[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: rugby state player, chess state level player, equestrian national level (I have my own horse!), karate, student council president, public speaking, etc. long list of EC’s but nothing stellar. That probably came across as lacking passion in a particular activity.
[<em>]Awards: nothing extra ordinary
[</em>]Other colleges applied to:
[<em>]Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: guess not “MIT” material. Average applicant by MIT standards and i’m more inclined towards the humanities.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Wish more Indians had got accepted. But don’t worry we still have plenty more to come in 2 weeks’ time.</p>

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<p>KJ222>>somwhereibelong</p>

<p>Talk about “holistic admission” :P</p>

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<p>aniruddhc u cannot say that. u dont know either one perosonally and i think MIT makes perfect decisions. so u cant judge who is better that who.</p>

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<p>You’re not really welcome on this forum with your expert counseling advice, aniruddhc :slight_smile: I hope you know that.</p>

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<p>@aniruddhc: We can’t really judge an applicant based on face value stats. The only thing we can be sure about is that MIT has reason to accept or reject an applicant. We just have to try and figure out that reason. In retrospect I think my essays didn’t quite display passion. Besides my intended major was economics and in my opinion MIT favours applicants with a passion for science, which I obviously could not show.
I’m just curious, is there anyone without safeties? I have no safeties and I’m planning to take a gap year if I don’t get into the colleges I want. Is it advisable to do so?</p>

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<p>^^I have none. Unless you count Indian univs.</p>

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<p>rejected. Toefl 110 ml2 800 phy 800. National road cycling champion. inmo qualifier in 9th 11th and again in 12th. Hope i go to imo this time.</p>

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<p>english sucks</p>

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<p>@gary7: I just saw your post on another thread. Wow IITs are a safety? That’s amazing! I don’t even have Indian Univs as safeties.</p>