International Applicant

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Ok, Here goes…</p>

<p>I currently have a 750-Math,600-CR,610-WR on the SAT
and 770-Math II, 730-Physics on the SAT II</p>

<p>Now, which one do you belive I should re-take in January and wt score should I aim for to be in a acceptable range.</p>

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<p>they don’t accept SAT scores in January</p>

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<p>they accept January SAT scores on a case basis. Call the admissions office to explain the situation and hear what they have to say.</p>

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<p>They WILL accept my score due to a certain abnormality in my case. Therefore, please answer my question!</p>

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<p>I guess CR is the most important.</p>

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<p>it’s ok…
last year they admitted 60 out of 110 international students with a CR score lower than 600.</p>

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<p>by the way, are you in US or an English spoken country? If not, then your CR is REALLY good enough; If yes, how long have you been in here?</p>

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<p>hey Go Beyond, how did you get that 60 out 0f 110 internationals with CR lower that 600 info?</p>

<p>Anurag : Wats your toefl score? From india (as my interviewer told) they take students only for two reasons:</p>

<p>1.) get a percentile of 99 on SAT
2.) show that you are an EXTREME genius</p>

<p>one or both from above and if you are from india, then you are in.</p>

<p>As you dont have that much SAT, stop worrying about it, show them in some way that you are a genius, like international olympiad thing or something like that.</p>

<p>They know that a good level of english is taught in CBSE and ISC boards, so that "low CR bcoz iam an international " thing wont work with us. :(</p>

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<p>WoW. It sure gave me hope.</p>

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<p>I scored 99%…on the math section</p>

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<p>youknowme…ull need 99 also on CR and writing, if you are from india and want to prove your genius via SAT, if you dont have that, try some other way to demonstrate that you are a genius!</p>

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<p>where did u get the 60/100 with lower than 600 on CR data?</p>

<p>btw, what about from Taiwan? :P</p>

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<p>hmm… well im applying from bangladesh, and i have 99 percentile in my SAT sections if u combine my 2 sittings, is that alright? also, would what u stated be true for bangladesh, i mean its right next to india right? i also have a unique story, so that shud help. i really want to go to MIT too.</p>

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<p>I wish if we could report users for giving false information on boards…</p>

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<p>“1.) get a percentile of 99 on SAT”</p>

<p>Even if this were true- there are over 1,000,000 potential MIT applicants worldwide that have this statistic. There is much more to admissions than this one number.</p>

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<p>…No, there’s a million and a half kids taking the SAT, totally. Certainly not 1,000,000 in the 99th percentile.</p>

<p>The total number of kids scoring in the 99th percentile (composite) is about 15,000. A big number, but definitely not a million. </p>

<p>99th percentile on the SAT will probably help. But it’s likely to get you consideration, not admission.</p>

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<p>I was referring to the number of kids worldwide who would be in the top 1% if ALL were able to take the tests. My estimate came from 1.8% of six billion being eligible for college freshman status and 1% of these are obviously in the top 1%. My point was that plenty of people have the ability to score at the top end of standardized tests. There is nowhere near enough room at top schools for all the top 1%. The top applicants show much more than the ability to score well on tests.</p>