Massachusetts Institute of Technology

HisNameIsChris · 16 Jun 2008, 11:21 PM

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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 · 19 Jun 2008, 6:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 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?

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** · 2 Jul 2008, 9:33 PM

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 · 22 Jul 2008, 6:01 PM

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

electrolysis · 24 Jul 2008, 9:17 PM

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Originally Posted by RIZAL

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 · 24 Jul 2008, 9:23 PM

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Originally Posted by electrolysis

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 · 7 Aug 2008, 4:42 PM

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 · 7 Aug 2008, 7:25 PM

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

EdmondDW · 2 Oct 2008, 8:08 PM

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 · 17 Oct 2008, 3:55 PM

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 · 16 Nov 2008, 8:34 AM

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

z600 · 24 Nov 2008, 1:13 PM

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

arjungamer123 · 25 Nov 2008, 3:37 PM

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 · 25 Jan 2009, 6:15 PM

there goes my dreams of getting into MIT LOL!

been dreaming since i was a kid....

pretty sad i know hahaha

arjungamer123 · 29 Jan 2009, 10:34 PM

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.

16 Jun 2008, 11:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
HisNameIsChris Assistant Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 75 Last Activity: 9 Nov 2009, 12:07 PM	Massachusetts Institute of Technology You can hide this advertisement by registering. 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?

2 Jul 2008, 9:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
Survivor39 Moderator HSC: 2003 Gender: Undisclosed Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,205 Last Activity: Today, 5:10 AM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yep, any sort of engineering or technological sciences MIT is the palce to be. I might even be there myself next year for exchange! __________________ PhD, University of Cambridge, 09-12 MSc, UNSW, 08-09 BMedSc (Hons I), UNSW, 04-07

22 Jul 2008, 6:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
yinyin Senior Member HSC: N/A Gender: Female Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 233 Last Activity: 8 Nov 2009, 1:10 AM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology can we doin exchange with MIT in our unsw exchange program? is MIT on of our partner uni? __________________ Chasing after my dreams

7 Aug 2008, 4:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
HisNameIsChris Assistant Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 75 Last Activity: 9 Nov 2009, 12:07 PM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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.

7 Aug 2008, 7:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
pottsy44 Senior Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Male Location: C'Town Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 Last Activity: 2 Jul 2009, 7:21 PM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology my sister goes to the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) - sports scholarship.

2 Oct 2008, 8:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
EdmondDW Assistant Member HSC: 2006 Gender: Male Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 96 Last Activity: Today, 1:45 AM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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~

17 Oct 2008, 3:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
SNOWS New Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Location: Chicago, IL Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 5 Last Activity: 7 Jan 2009, 5:51 PM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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! __________________

16 Nov 2008, 8:34 AM	#11 (permalink)
Mumma Executive Member HSC: 2006 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 593 Last Activity: 5 Sep 2009, 10:31 AM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm is always an option __________________ BEng Mechanical/BSc Computer Science UNSW

24 Nov 2008, 1:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
z600 Sigh..... HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 834 Last Activity: 19 Nov 2009, 10:26 AM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Try CIT? While CIT isnt as famous as MIT but sometimes it out ranks MIT and the two schools really hate each other. __________________ Do you need tutoring in Eco, business and Maths? If Yes, PM. North Shore Only

25 Nov 2008, 3:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
arjungamer123 Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 132 Last Activity: 20 Nov 2009, 2:13 PM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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.

25 Jan 2009, 6:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
x33.datchick.xx Member HSC: 2010 Gender: Female Location: Heaven Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 135 Last Activity: 29 Aug 2009, 4:09 PM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology there goes my dreams of getting into MIT LOL! been dreaming since i was a kid.... pretty sad i know hahaha __________________ -{{ Preliminary HSC '09 }}- ext maths. adv eng. studies of religion 1. phys. chem. bio.

29 Jan 2009, 10:34 PM	#15 (permalink)
arjungamer123 Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 132 Last Activity: 20 Nov 2009, 2:13 PM	Re: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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.

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