International Student Questions (Undergraduate)

Domingo
Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:12:28 +0000

Hi everyone, my name is Domingo and I’m from the caribbean. I have some questions about Intl. undergraduates. (I want to apply for the next year).

1.- I’m a year older than most of the other students applying for next year, is that a disadvantage? I had some personal issues that made it impossible for me to apply for this year.

2.- I asked my school if they could ‘‘convert’’ my grades into an A B C D F scale (we use the 100 scale) and they said they could. There’s no problem in that right?

3.- My school had some problems sending grades and stuff via Post Office mail in the past, is it okay if I send myself my school transcript and letters of recommendations? I mean, I would keep it sealed and all formalities, the only difference would be that it would be ME (and not my school) sending the transcript.

4.- MIT specifies to attach of any translated document, the original untranslated document. Do I also have to attach copies of the prizes/honors I’ve received? (In any case, they would also be in Spanish) Would that help in any circumstance? If the answer is Yes, should I take a picture of the medals I’ve received and then send that picture?

5.- In MIT’s page they offer me to fill out some questions instead of doing the essays, what If I’d like to do the essays? I’m asking because I see a lot people asking how to do the essays correctly, but do you guys call essays to the questions regarding Your World and etc?

6.

Self-reported course work
We receive many different transcripts from various high schools. In an attempt to gain a better understanding of your high school studies, we ask that you complete the following form. To be completed by students in U.S. or U.S. based school systems only.

I shouldn’t fill this part…at all? Not even the school grading systems or additional classes?

Help would be highly appreciated.