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[HisNameIsChris]

If I was interested in studying an area in Physics or perhaps Nanotechnology, would MIT be the place to be? Also, does anyone know how hard it would be to get into it? From what I've seen in addition to extracurricular activities, am I right in assuming that I would only need around a 90% average in SAT exams or would I be incorrect? How competitive are the international students?

 

[RIZAL]

If I was interested in studying an area in Physics or perhaps Nanotechnology, would MIT be the place to be? Also, does anyone know how hard it would be to get into it? From what I've seen in addition to extracurricular activities, am I right in assuming that I would only need around a 90% average in SAT exams or would I be incorrect? How competitive are the international students?

Yes MIT would be the place to be. You have to be pretty hardcore though, this is for the CERN types. If you can't get straight into MIT, you may have to do well in your physics undergrad here and then do postgrad there. Any serious physicist will be doin postgrad work anyway.

 

[Survivor39]

Yep, any sort of engineering or technological sciences MIT is the palce to be. I might even be there myself next year for exchange!

 

[yinyin]

can we doin exchange with MIT in our unsw exchange program?
is MIT on of our partner uni?

 

[electrolysis]

Yes MIT would be the place to be. You have to be pretty hardcore though, this is for the CERN types. If you can't get straight into MIT, you may have to do well in your physics undergrad here and then do postgrad there. Any serious physicist will be doin postgrad work anyway.

but CERN is mainly particle physics and nuclear physics, no place for nanotechnology...

 

[shaon0]

but CERN is mainly particle physics and nuclear physics, no place for nanotechnology...

funny signature...MIT is crazy to get into because the physicists/engineers go there. You'd have to do it for exchange.

 

[HisNameIsChris]

Oh, ok. Thanks guys for the info - upon doing research myself back around the time I posted this, I discovered that I'd probably not be able to afford the fees anyway - even with support, it is still expensive and I don't want to ask for help from my parents or anything.

Looks like I'm sticking here in Australia for now and maybe I'll do post grad study there as you said, hopefully I can build up some money through some sort of part time or casual work.

 

[pottsy44]

my sister goes to the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) - sports scholarship. :wave:

 

[EdmondDW]

90% for SAT is enough, but not enough for full scholarship...
If u can't get scholarship, the study fee for MIT is really high...
I know some Chinese students went for these top unis in USA with full scholarship...
The get nearly full marks for SAT, most of them even did GRE...
Hope u enjoy it~

 

[SNOWS]

MIT is a very hard school to get into. To give you a bigger picture... it is within the top 5 Universities in America.
Source: Couple of Friends attend MIT, one got a 36/36 on ACT another 35/36.
Good luck, work hard!

 

[Mumma]

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm is always an option

 

[z600]

Try CIT? While CIT isnt as famous as MIT but sometimes it out ranks MIT and the two schools really hate each other.

 

[arjungamer123]

Are you kidding?

Sorry to rain on parades, but MIT accepts 100-200 international students per year...from a pool of potentially larger than 2000!

You'd need a VERY high SAT or ACT mark, as well as nothing lower than 95 UAI. And lets not forget the fact that you need to have rock solid recommendation letters, a solid interview and the fact that american unis dont accept anyone unless they have extracurricular activities(unlike Australia where its like wow numbers, youre in UNI! lol)

Good Luck!

CIT is just as hard, it is only a small Uni. You guys needs to go to some american college forums to see how heavily the deck is stacked against us internationals in the states.

 

[x33.datchick.xx]

there goes my dreams of getting into MIT LOL!

been dreaming since i was a kid....

pretty sad i know hahaha

 

[arjungamer123]

Well, dreams for undergrad at MIT are almost gone fo you I guess; unless you're a 100UAI kinda person. For graduate study..well you can decide that.

 

[cheesecakelove]

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[hollaholla]

MIT reminds me of the movie 21... the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings!!

 

[hotdimsim]

MIT reminds me of the movie 21... the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings!!

haha yeah i read that book the movie is based on. apparently there are still card counting teams at MIT and also Caltech. but there very hush hush (ie you cant just go around asking about them, as most members are alumni and most students wouldnt even know if one existed)

 

[hollaholla]

haha yeah i read that book the movie is based on. apparently there are still card counting teams at MIT and also Caltech. but there very hush hush (ie you cant just go around asking about them, as most members are alumni and most students wouldnt even know if one existed)

How awsm does it sound...
its way harder than how they show it in the movie though...

 

[Ben1220]

Oh, ok. Thanks guys for the info - upon doing research myself back around the time I posted this, I discovered that I'd probably not be able to afford the fees anyway - even with support, it is still expensive and I don't want to ask for help from my parents or anything.

Looks like I'm sticking here in Australia for now and maybe I'll do post grad study there as you said, hopefully I can build up some money through some sort of part time or casual work.

They actually pay you to do graduate studies, not that much though, and I don't think it applies for international students, so you would probably need to get a scolarship, not to cover tuition fees, but to cover living expenses, unless you already have enough money to live off for 5 years.

Getting into MIT for undergraduate studies is probably really hard, you are more likely to get in at graduate school. Aim to be the 1st or 2nd highest rank in your undergraduate studies in physics at a Group of 8 uni and you might be able to make the scolarship. Oh, also you definently need to do honours.

Have a look at piled higher and deeper comics to see what life might be like as a doctoral student in USA, and also for a bit of a laugh
I've heard the comics are surprisingly accurate at times.

Good luck