#Genuinely asking, can I apply to MIT, and if yes how?

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tame wren
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Hihii, I'm going to take my as levels this year and most likely A lvls next year inshallah and I wanted to compile all the universities that I'm thinking of applying to. I live in South Africa and want to apply to US unis. I wasn't going to bother applying to MIT because I saw you that have to have participated in a lot of maths/science Olympiads (is it participated or win?) to even remotely be a competitive applicant and I haven't done smth like that but I realized that I havd participated for 6 years in an annual robotics Olympiads hosted here, I won only twice, the 1st year and the 6th year. But I do have certificates for participation and positions for some of the other years. Is this competitive enough to apply to MIT or should I not bother? And how does one even apply to mit?

Other things I should prob note:
I did not take igcse
I'm homeschooled so I'm not sure how easy it will be to get academic transcripts for high-school

young jungle
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you can apply to MIT through something called the common app
which is basically a hub for US universities

Although your robotics competition is good.. its far from enough, people in MIT are a new level of insane

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9IJ_z3J9wm/
for reference this woman got rejected from every ivy league 😭

limmytalks

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So you are going to need to put in A LOT of work into your extra curriculars and even then it would be a low chance of getting in

tame wren
# young jungle So you are going to need to put in A LOT of work into your extra curriculars and...

Oof ok tysm!! And regarding the compulsory essay does is make/break an application or do they not even really read it?
As for extracurriculars I'm not participating in that olympiad anymore but I do a sport and have won medals in it (not gone international though) does that make it any better?😭 also does writing novels/drawing comics as a hobby count as an extracurricular? I'm thinking of entering some coding comps/ actually working on my yt channel next year too, are these ok or should I focus my time on taking courses

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young jungle
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a good essay raises your chances by a LOT

young jungle
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i dont know what ecs US rlly wants

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so I cant rlyl say if its enough or not

tame wren