How to get into MIT as an International Student?
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2024
- How to get into MIT, Caltech, Stanford, CMU, or any other top-tier technical university for undergraduate and master's degrees as an international student.
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I go though previously unpublished admission statistics for international students. We reconstructed these number from old blog posts in MIT's archive. Afterwards, I talk about ways to maximize your chances of getting admitted into MIT. Next up, I have a discussion with successfully admitted international students from Europe (Albania), Latin America (Mexico), and Asia (India).
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Another alternative to science olympiads might be the International Chess Olympiad!
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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - Admission Stats for Internationals
2:19 - Tips to get Admitted
5:20 - Discussion with my International Classmates
11:22 - Alternative Option: Master's Degrees
12:23 - Conclusion
12:43 - Bloopers
Interested in doing your PhD at MIT? Here is my video about it: ruclips.net/video/VXEorm-KHAQ/видео.html
Do you have any questions about getting into MIT (or other schools) for me? Let me know in separate comments, so I can reply to everything individually 😊
I got into MIT in 2015:)
Congratulations Abilash! 😁
the video was really interesting.
i am doing my IBDP currently. so i wanted to know that if i get 40/45 grades and score good in extended essays(mini PhD) is there any chance of getting accepted there for bachelors in electrical or chemical engineering. my subjects are as follows:- Math AA (Analysis and Approaches)(Additional Higher Level), Physics (Additional Higher Level), chemistry (Additional Higher Level), English (Standard Level), hindi(Standard level) and Business Management(Standard Level). i have not participated in international Olympiads but i participated in INDIAN SCIENCE OLYMPIAD few years back.
plz Samual I have questions about getting to MIT, I have a RUclips channel (space hakim).Please how can I message you directly.Thanks in advance
It is not very tough for us Indians to get into ivy colleges but our family can't even pay for rent for month for house
I have literally 2 friends who were unable to go because of traveling and staying expenses
seeing that even a penguin (the one from Antarctica) got accepted to MIT really shows that anyone can get into a top uni if they have something special
As easy as that :)
It's called Albania btw and yes they are white as a country but because their neighbours countries jealousy they are called the blacks of EU
Also first of all you need to have a title called gifted,seems like you don't. Than those special somethings you said
Hi Samuel. Habe fragen, ich hoffe wirklich du hilfst mir da, ich möchte bei MIT studieren: Dein Triathlon Preis, hilft der dir auch in einen Studiengang reinzukommen, der gar nichts mit Sport zu tun hat, hilft hauptsache irgendeine Errungenschaft in der Welt fürs angenommen werden? Ich möchte im IT Bereich dort meinen Bachelor machen. Kann ich mich für einen Master dort anmelden, wo der Bachelor mittendrin gemacht wird? Mein Eindruck nach, scheinen sie begabte Leute anzunehmen, kann ich mit einem Motivationsschreiben die überzeugen?
Vielen Dank im voraus ^^@@SamuelBoschMIT
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When talking about Olympiads like IPhO, IMO, IOI and IChO I think it is very important to mention how elite these competitions really are. For the IMO, only 6 students from the entire country get selected through a multi-stage rigorous selection process. It's not the type of thing you can just be like "Oh I'm 16 now, I want to go to MIT, I'll just go and do the IMO." Really for these competitions you have to have experience with the subject from a very young age. (I think IPhO and IChO might be a bit easier but by no means "easy").
A much more achievable goal would be to do well in your country's national Olympiad. (Speaking about the UK in maths), around 1500 people (mostly aged 16-18) take part in the British Maths Olympiad Round 1 and around 120 in Round 2. Both of these contribute to selection for the IMO team but there are elite camps held in Oxford, Hungary (training with the Hungarian team) and Cambridge with 20 or so people which are used for selecting teams for a multitude of international competitions like the Balkan maths Olympiad, Romiania master of mathematics, European maths Olympiad for girls and a few more (the Cambridge camp is the most important).
Those types of goals are much more attainable for someone to start to learn later in life because really to have a chance in this type of stuff, you need experience over a very long time. (The same is true for chess)
Most importantly knowing Olympiad kids, their mindset isn't "I am doing this just to go to MIT (or whatever top university)." Instead they just really enjoy the subject and are extremely talented so just so happen to get into top universities. If the only reason to do Olympiads is to get into a top university, then it isn't really worth it. You have to enjoy it too.
crazy underrated comment
Exactly what I was thinking about! I was so confused when he started talking about International Olympiads as if they were competitions that just about anyone watching the video could enroll in T-T
I'm quite envious of these opportunities people have at a young age, I went to an extremely poor school that did not care about academics at all; the work was not rigorous and I found every class boring/infantile which led me to develop a great apathy towards academic work. There was no place for me, nor any recommendations from teachers for how I could challenge myself-I was not even conscious of the fact that I could download pdfs online and learn on my own. But I suppose the past is the past and there is no use regretting it, I'll simply keep taking solid steps forward in the direction I want to go, to become the person I aim to be.
I could relate to you to some extent. Although, my school didn't shy away from academics but there was barely any support for US applications
By the way where are you from ?
getting into IMO from india is basically impossible which sucks for me so yeah i relate
Another international competition worth mentioning on uni application is the International Chess Olympiad. I was privileged enough to have participated and competed at the 39th one in Russia at only 11-year-old (the youngest at that time). I mentioned it on my uni application. Pretty sure it helped me to stand out. Btw I'm currently studying physics at a world's top 10 university.
I am originally from Seychelles btw (an African country)
Hey Eli, that's so cool! I didn't even know about this. I should have totally mentioned this in my video. I added it in the description of the video though - thanks again!
Oh hey, I’ve seen your Quora page before, Are you studying in UCL?
@@rahulmuthu4090 that’s cool to hear. And yes I’m currently at UCL.
Hi Eryk. Yes I remember :) We chatted couple weeks ago
Within the computer science routes, working on individual projects (especially open source ones) can really show your interest in the subject and great collaborative efforts. MIT has a massive open source culture there so it is worth giving a look at
That’s a great point that I should definitely have mentioned in the video! Thank you! 🙂
@@SamuelBoschMIT as an india i can totally relate it's like you have to get atleast 85% in every to be called as a average student 🥲
@@moykun5643 😞
any particular topic to make a project about?
@@kashyaptandel5212 I don't think I am the right person to make concrete suggestions for this 🙂
Definitely one of the ACTUALLY useful videos out there for international students. Great job! However, you mentioned that you don't need to be a genius, just regularly smart. Of course, there isn't a strict definition for 'genius' or 'smart', but I'm almost certain that you, and the people in this video aren't just 'regularly smart'. Sure, maybe not geniuses, but way above regularly smart. It takes a lot of innate talent and skill to make it to the International Olympiads, I don't think it's something that anyone who's 'regularly smart' can achieve, even with a lot of hard work (please correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't done Olympiad prep so far). Please don't think I'm Criticising you, I loved this video, it's probably the best out there, but I'd be interested to hear your opinion on the significance of talent for Olympiads and the like, I'm quite curious about this!
Thank you for your comment :)
I think this also depends on which country you're from. If you're trying to get into team India or team China, then you do have to be a genius. Simply because qualifying there is as hard as winning a gold medal.
But for most other countries, it's more a question of hard work (and resources available to you) than actual intelligence. I know many many people who went to the IPhO, and I know many of them well enough to estimate how naturally gifted they are. And surely, all of them are above average intelligent. Probably even in the top 5-10%. But that's about it. They just worked like crazy :)
It's "gifted" vs "genius".
@@SamuelBoschMIT here in the Philippines we actually needed to be a genius to get such an opportunity cause even if it's just a hard work and studying smart you need alot of connections here to get into the PH IMO team ;) which is sadly true.....
they are definitely in the genius category cuz Lay got air 9 (All India Rank 9) in JEE, search it up on the net if you dunno what JEE is
i love the buff man with perfect english giving me good college advice
Hey Samuel, great video!
Could you perhaps also do a more detailed video in which you talk about what exactly is needed to get accepted in your opinion (e.g. grades, scholarships, internships etc.) and how one should go about creating such a resume for oneself (that is, tips on how to get good scholarships, internships etc)?
Learned a lot! Thank you for sharing your experience with all of us!
You’re welcome 😁
Hi Samuel,
Mega Video! Das ist genau was ich suche! Das wird mir bei meinem Bewerbungsprozess als ML (CV und NLP) Researcher in meinem Auslandssemester während meinem Master sehr helfen! Ich habe bereits zwei Publikationen und werde dank deines loopholes es mal wagen! :) Danke dir!
Grüße,
Nico
Hey Nico, I'm glad to hear that my video helps :) I wish you best of luck with your exchange semester and research!
Thank you for this amazing video! I'm in (what Americans call) my sophomore year and this video gave me an amazing insight in how to prepare for my application.
Nice info from you as always sir.
Thank you so much to tak about rare topics
You’re very welcome 😉
I really like this video and am going to put my challenging goals here.
1.To finish watching a course of clinical psychology.
2.to keep jogging for 20 times every month at least.
3.to watch a course about finance. I am not a finance major student, but I guess I can watch some videos about the finance growing or the country finance growing.
4.Finish reading the book named the view of giant’s back, which is a book about the Chairman Mao.
BTE, I'm an undergraduate from China, glad and lucky to see your videos！
Subscribed！
Hey Sam, I just stumbled upon your channel since it was recommended to me. Your information matches with what I’ve heard from other people. I just applied to MIT (I am from USA/domestic) and yeah I medaled at one of the international science olympiads/represented team USA this past year so hoping to get in as class of 2027!!! I also published a research paper by myself which happened to be huge for my field so I submitted that as part of my portfolio!
I highly disagree with building up everything just to apply to college. The mindset almost all top olympiad kids have is just we do everything for fun :D Many medalists and campers I know do olympiads purely for fun, and everyone studies hard because it’s something they are truly passionate about and not because they want to get into Harvard or MIT or any other college.
If you are good at what you do, you will automatically be recognized and offered admission to top colleges :)
How or where did you published the research ?
The video was amazing😁😁
gives me a perfect perspective of what my son is supposed to look into.
cheers mate!!
You’re welcome :)
Arber, you are so cool, you sure can be proud of yourself, and so should be Albanians of you. I wish you the best on your academic career.
When I saw a fellow Albanian a lighting of hope struck me
Thank you Samuel, this was a very insightful video, and fortunately for me, I have to apply for masters.
Thank you for the overview ! I is rare to find testimonies from international students. Do you plan to make a video that goes deeper into master admissions ? As an EPFL bachelor student who would like to apply to MIT for next year I would be really interested !
Thank you, the video was really informative. I wish to get into MIT as well for my masters someday its just my grades are not as competitive most people who get into MIT. But I'm going to work towards that and projects related to my degree as well
Awesome video
excited about the PhD admissions one!!
Thank you Shreyas, I’ll film it in the coming weeks :)
Here is my video about how to get into PhD programs at MIT and other top universities. Enjoy! 🙂 ruclips.net/video/VXEorm-KHAQ/видео.html
What a great campus vlog you recorded😊
Great video with great insights. I would love another video about how to get into a phd programm or how and what you studied at harvard.
Thank you Lorenz! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. And yes, I’ll soon make another video about PhD admissions :)
Thank you. Lovely clip!
You’re welcome 😉
Kia ora from Aotearoa New Zealand, Samuel! I'm Jack, halfway through my BE Civil at the University of Auckland.
During my recent summer internship, I created a system that designs the foundations of solar arrays, using geotechnical FEM software.
I found my passion in renewable energy, and plan to exchange at Uni Freiburg, Germany later this year to deepen my knowledge.
After watching your video, I have been inspired to pursue an MEng at MIT. Thank you! If there are any New Zealand or Australian students at MIT, please get in touch :))
Great video! And great tips!
Thank you :)
Hey Samuel great video! It would very nice if you interview such an exceptional genius you mentioned!
Hey Marcus, thanks for your comment 😁
That’s a really good idea. Although also a bit challenging, given that many people are camera shy. If I find someone who would be a good fit, I could definitely do that!
Sehr interessant! Kameraführung ist auch sehr gut.
Very interesting.. thanks for this!
You’re welcome 😉
Ik the Lay Jain. He's on the back cover of my coaching's module 😮😅😂
Which coaching
Great video! I got admitted to an M.S. at MIT as an international student, I was thinking of pursuing a PhD but I'm not sure I want to commit 6 years of my life to research, especially in my field, but who knows what the future holds, I may change my mind.
I didn't know that the admissions rates for Masters programs were that much higher! It was 3% for the program I got into.
Hi, I'm from India pursuing an online bachelors in CS due to unavailability of colleges in my region and health issues. I have no means to socialize or join any clubs either. I've lived most my life with no ambition and just studied enough to get by. I was never given any extracurricular opportunities or Olympiads. There were no clubs in my school or anything of that sort.
I aspire to get into a top school for MS but have no idea how to go about building my portfolio in my current condition. At the moment I lack the knowledge to do research and build projects but will get to it soon. What do I do to get into a top MS program in the US?
I Loved your videos bro keep it up. you are great
it was really helpful . thanks for this video .
Glad it was helpful! 🙂
Thanks for this amazing video
😊
That was good advice, I'm shooting for master's. I'm currently a freshman studying mechanical engineering but I'm not really sure about the path I need to take to maximize my chances of getting into MIT. Like a lot research sure, but what else.
Hey Samuel. First of all, congratulations on the 1000 subscribers on RUclips. I love you videos and I have been watching a lot of them recently. I am an undergraduate from India. My university is very prestigious but I do not have a good GPA (7.5 on a scale of 10). I was wondering if you could help or do a video where you talk about stuff which someone like me can do to better my chances of getting admitted to a masters program at a top university in the United States. Continue to make great videos.
Hey Anish, thank you for your comment 🙂 So far, I was planning on making a video about PhD admissions. In some way, master's degrees are somewhere half-way between undergraduate and PhD admissions in terms of requirements and other factors. I might make a separate video about master's admissions though. Would be really nice to do that sometime in the next few months. Best of luck with your applications!
It's the best video I've ever seen. Thanks for the detailed information. I would appreciate if you make a video related to MIT MEDIA LAB. Thanks!!!
Hey Manuel , thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate it 😁
I've been trying to convince my friend in the MIT Media Lab for a while to do a video with me, about his research in drones and humanoid robots - hopefully I'll be able to do that sometime soon :)
@@SamuelBoschMIT thanks a lot!! I'm looking forward to it. Hope you can do it soon, if you explain a bit about the admission process, I would really appreciate it :) have a nice day!
it'd be nice to see a video of you interviewing more international MIT students on how they got in to see the likelihood of getting admitted for Athletics or other reasons
I could do that sometime in the coming semester 🙂
@@SamuelBoschMIT thank you very much, will make sure to watch it
Hello mate very interesting video hoping to get into grad school at MIT, Stanford, CMU or UCB. You have a new follower, greetings from ETH Zurich (:
Thank you! And best of luck with your applications :)
I do know Lay Jain (the indian guy) he's been in my coaching institute and he's the IIT-JEE topper from India
Great to see him here .
I am from COEP(College of Engineering Pune) and some of my teachers have also graduated from MIT
Wish to come here soon , I love the vibes this is giving me ❤️
Amazing! Looks like Lay is really famous :) Just saw him yesterday in the gym
Bro you are a gem ✨
Totally vouch for the sports tip! I’m an international student from the UK who just got admitted to MIT’s class of 2026 and while of course the rest of your application, academics and character is important, I think it might have been the extra push from the coach that made my application stand out! If it’s an option available to you, definitely give it a shot!
Also, while a lot of the fellow admits I’ve met did participate in Olympiads, it’s by no means a requirement. I think a more general tip is to pursue what interests you to a really high degree - if that happens to be mathematics, physics or informatics, then the Olympiad is a good bet. However, if you’re an international applicant reading this, don’t be disheartened if you don’t have Olympiad experience.
Yeah, thank you so much for this comment and congratulations for getting admitted to MIT! Yeah, I completely agree. You've gotta find something that you are passionate about, and then become really good at it. It's hard to become really good in, for example, physics olympiads, if you're really just doing it to get into MIT!
@@SamuelBoschMIT Greetings Sir, did you contact the coach of MIT? And if so, how did you contact him? Or was it your club's coach that sent a recommendation letter? Thank you.
I'm from the UK and I'm wondering if other extracurriculars such as helping out in the community as well as getting silver award in UKMT Intermediate would boost my chances, is this possible?
Hi! What were your A-Level grades?
This has been probably the most (and only) helpful video for prospective international students. As a Pakistani, I do consider myself among relatively smart students (good grades and standardised test scores - type 1 as you mentioned) but unfortunately I didn’t know of Olympiads until my junior year started. I do have applied to a very selective summer program though, and with some more extra-academic exposure I might just get in (probably not - thoughts and prayers needed). With that said, thanks a lot for this video; I am glad I came across this!
Hey Ammar, thank you for your comment. I really appreciate it! Btw, this is the first time someone has published admissions stats for internationals at MIT. I reconstructed this chart based on old blog posts that I found, and info that I heard on campus
I also only found out about olympiads and competitions quite late but, with a lot of motivation, you can still catch up reasonable well. Even if you don't make it to the IPhO, you still stand (relatively) good chances with other extracurricular activities. And also, MIT isn't the only good school. And the bachelor's degree isn't the only opportunity you will ever get to go to MIT.
But either way, I wish you best of luck with your application. Would be really awesome if you managed to get admitted to MIT or any other university you like 🙂
@@SamuelBoschMIT Thanks Samuel! Will keep all of these suggestions in mind, and not stress about the whole applications fiasco. Your insight is much appreciated!
Good luck with everything!!!
What's the name of the summer program? Since I am from Pak too. Thanks
@@SamuelBoschMIT
AFAIK, the appropriate Admissions Officer for Olympiads (yes, there is one assigned and there has been one for the last two decades) has said things like (compiled from quora, College Confidential, talking with the Admissions Office, being an interviewer):
They have rejected as many or more IMO gold medalists as they could accept,
Yes, they are aware of the difficulty and the level of ability of those who have been in the International Science Olympiads,
YES, they recruit from the ISOs assuming you do well (and the Admissions Officer travels to the olympiad when possible).
No, they don't value medals in and of themselves -- this is one way of many to demonstrate you are world-class.
Applicants definitely need to demonstrate great academics (there was one American IMO two-time gold medalist who is not at MIT, although he is doing fine as evidenced by his pretty great Putnam results)
Applicants should think about how they would contribute to the community and how they can demonstrate that.
I've compiled a lot of countries over the last few years, so here goes:
qr.ae/pGUMQe (Bangladesh)
qr.ae/pGUgwN (Pakistan)
qr.ae/pGqeyC (Indonesia)
qr.ae/pGmNlq (Brazil)
qr.ae/pv2J9M (Canada)
qr.ae/pv2JeT (Canada)
qr.ae/pv2JeU (Canada)
(and I know of Thomas Guo, I wrote about him a bunch of times)
I'm sure I've profiled other countries, but I am forgetting :)
FYI, I was NOT an International Science Olympiad medalist at MIT (where I was an international student as an undergrad). I did have a lot of other things going on though (was national-level in Canada for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics; did USAMO, Canadian Mathematics Olympiad, 2x AIME; captain of first-place team for UBC Physics Olympics after I was admitted; president and founder of sci-fi/fantasy club; multiple musical groups, provincial semi-finalist for French horn concerto competition; 4.0 unweighted GPA [top 2%] in an academically oriented high school, had all A+ in STEM, could have graduated a year early and still gotten into good schools like UBC, a bunch of other things going on ... but I was from a different generation).
Really very realistic and informative
Glad you think so!
This was one of the most helpful video! I didn't knew about olympiads that much but I'm cyrrently studying in class 10th soo I think I'll be able to catch off till next year or so....
Thank you Abhyudaya! I appreciate the comment 😁 I agree, you should be able to catch up. I wish you best of luck!
Hii Abhyudaya....I m in the same boat like u and in the same grade too!! Are u gonna prepare for competitive exams like neet or jee....or just international uni??
@@inspiringmuslim Hey!! Nice to see people who are relatable in this stuff. Yeah, I'm gonna give jee if possible because of my parents(they want me to give it) but won't be preparing or focusing for it too much. My main hoal is international uni :) Best of luck!
@@abhyudayaraj575 Same bro....same plan!!
How can we be so similar 😢
Finally found someone who sounds like a intellectual human...lots of love bro💙💙
Btw.. are u joining any coaching for jee or sat?
Best of luck to you both! 🙂
Thank you for doing it
Nice video bro , great wishes from India ❤️🇮🇳
Thank you 😊
Great video as always, Samuel :) Unfortunately, it seems like this loop-hole won't help me since MIT, Stanford and CalTech don't offer a Master's degree in mathematics (at least not for people who didn't do their undergraduate studies there) but I'm looking forward to your video on Phd-Admissions ^^
Hey Leonhxrd, here is a bonus loophole just for you, as one of my favorite subscribers 😉
Harvard university! As a Harvard student, you can take as many classes at MIT as you want. Many of my friends really wanted to study CS at MIT, but couldn't get admitted (not sure if they even offer master's degrees in CS at MIT). So they got admitted to a Harvard CS program. It's not that Harvard alone wouldn't be good enough (obviously), but they also wanted to get MIT experience, so they're talking half of their classes at MIT.
You could maybe do the same with a masters degree at Harvard in Math, and then simply take any classes you want at MIT.
I'm gonna do things in the opposite direction. I'm doing my PhD at MIT in CS, but I'm gonna take business classes at the Harvard Business School next year. I hope this helps 🙂
@@SamuelBoschMIT Hey Samuel, that’s another great loophole, thank you very much ^^
By the way, I also noticed the loophole from the video for European top-universities. For example Cambridge Part III (so their mathematics Masters) has had offer rates of up to 50% in the last years (I think this numbers is also accurate for international students, or at least for students from the EU), so the chances to get an offer are quite good if you have very good undergraduate grades (one needs a First in the UK grading system, which, according to Cambridge, is equivalent to 1.5 or better in German grading, to apply there). :)
Yeah, it’s funny how there exists so many tricks that most people (from normal backgrounds) don’t even know. But I guess that’s one of the main goals of my channel: making sure this info is available to everyone :)
@@SamuelBoschMIT So does that mean you can have both CS and business classes for masters together??
loved the video
Thank you! I really appreciate it 🙂
I like that my country does not participate in IMO, IPho, IOI, ICHO
Thanks for learned to me
Great video Samuel! Really insightful, I loved every bit of it.
Can you please make a similar video for masters programmes for international students?
Two weeks from now, I’m gonna release a video about PhD admissions, which also goes through most points relevant to master’s admissions :)
@@SamuelBoschMIT Thank you😄
Here is my video about how to get into PhD programs at MIT and other top universities. Enjoy! 🙂 ruclips.net/video/VXEorm-KHAQ/видео.html
Can you make a video about your physics olympia journey, and tips for which books you should read to prepare?
Hello Samuel my name is yonas and I am from Ethiopia. my highschool isn’t that well known but I have a perfect gpa and 1550 SAT score. I am also the valedictorian of my high school. I also have some amazing extracurricular activities. I want to apply to mit on November. Most students who get into such prestigious colleges are from some well known and respected schools. My high school isn’t that known even has no search result, website and page if admissions officers search it in order to get context of how rigorous the curriculum I have taken is. All this is because It is a relatively new highschool and schools in Ethiopia have relatively lower international connection as schools abroad. our counselor told me that only 3 students applied to US colleges from out highschool last year. I’m concerned because while looking at what MIT considers for admission I saw the rigor of secondary school is an important factor. But even if the school isn’t that well known, we still take the same classes as the other top high schools in the nation since academic curriculums are the same every where in Ethiopia and they are offered by the ministry of education. So will this affect my application negatively? Please I would like to get an answer cause I’m am getting concerned a lot. Thank you for your support.
Great! Very interesting
Thank you :)
Hey. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I learned alot .
A small question , apart participating to Olympia but taking part to initiation courses likes BIA ( with a recognize diploma at the end) for Aeronautics makes a difference among other international applicants when applying for Aeronautical department?
Secondly, how can we obtain a scholarship?
Thanks for considering.
V amazing video ❤
Really helpful video! Computer science and engineering students have a lot of advantage cuz they can make individual projects that make them stand-out, but as a medical student their arent much sideline things we can do. I've heard of researches but in my country their is no concept of research whatsoever so we are at a disadvantage. Only thing we have is grades and maybe extra co-curriculars(but while being a pre-med student extra curriculars ares really hard to keep up) Would love to get your advice :)
It may be a bit harder to do research, but I do know a lot of med people doing research in different bio/med areas :)
Hey Samuel, thank you for this content. I am trying to help my 17y german kid to go to university after his bachelor at Kings Hospital Colledge in Dublin, this video helped tremendously!! I have a masters at UNC myself. Here is the catch: His grades are not great, just ok... but he is an entrepreneur and has his own software company in the garage with lots of clients all over the world. Do you think he has a chance? I liked and subscribed.
The International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is also a MAJOR advantage, being top 4 in any category is almost a guarantee that you'll get in!
Excellent video with very good advice! Unfortunately, my country doesn’t have a team for the biology olympics, nor a national competition either. Getting research opportunities is also very rare, and mostly for people over 18. I really want to get into a top college, but I don’t know how I can boost my application further. Would be awesome if you could help me!
Hey Diego, Thanks for your comment! 🙂
Hmmmm that's a tough one, and I understand your frustration. Maybe you can find some project that you're really passionate about? Or (depending on in how many years you plan to apply) can become really good at some sport?
But even if this doesn't work out, you always have the option of applying again after your undergraduate studies, where you will have plenty of opportunities to showcase your talent and ambition. But I understand that you want to do this already know.
@@SamuelBoschMIT Thank you Samuel for taking the time to answer me! I definitely want to study undergrad over there, so I will try to think of some ideas about projects I can do. Talking about sports, I have been previously selected to trainings with my national rugby team. The problem is that matches aren’t recorded here, so I barely have highlights about my game. Thank you again for your help!
most of things u said are right now out of my damm reach and i am prepping for an entrance exam for uni well hope i will do something
Hi, I read that for a masters degree there would be the possibility to work as a research or teaching assistant to reduce or eliminate costs. Do you by any chance have more details about this, as I am having a hard time finding information about the chance to land such a position and the associated pay.
Is there scope for people pursuing research in chemistry,major focus on quantum chemistry/applications of quantum physics in chemistry? Can you please have a discussion with students who are pursuing it, their experiences, their job prospects, etc?
I see a lot of people in research in fields of physics and math, but chemistry? Nope. So, would really like to listen to someone pursuing chemistry (and not biochemistry or chemistry with bio !!)😊
2:50 lmmmaooo completely roasted🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he definitely is "very highly educated"
Hhahahahhaha I wouldn't miss an opportunity to make fun of him 😂
I got bronze medal in class 9th in IMO
this was helpful
Hey Samuel, this was such an insightful video! I myself am a high school senior from india and wanted to apply. But, due to a a number of reasons i realised i have no shot to get in for undergrad.😅 Now, i am preparing for the entrance exams to get into some of india's top engineering schools(fingers crossed). However, I have made it a point to come to mit and am figuring ways out haha. I know this is a shot in the dark but i would love to work on something like Quantum AI at MIT through the MSRP programme during my college years as a CS undergrad. Please make a video about it if you ever can, or else just take me under your wing as a visiting student when im in college 😂. BTW you're really an inspiration to me as you too got into MIT as an international student. i'd love to know your thoughts about the MSRP(MIT summer research scholar programme) at mit!
Hey Siddhant, thank you for your comment - I really appreciate it 😊
It's definitely a great idea to work towards such a goal. First of all, I wouldn't advise you to focus so much on just one single institution, such as MIT. Caltech, Stanford, Harvard, CMU, Yale, and other institutions are more ore less just as good, so applying to all of these will significantly boost your chances
I do have a high-level video about my PhD research, in case you haven't watched it yet? It's called "quantum artificial intelligence", and you can find it on my channel.
I don't really know anything about the summer research scholar program, but there are a few things I have to say here. If you get to MIT in ANY form (even if it's just for a summer program), this will give you access to all of the people here, and once they get to know you personally, this will probably 10-100x your chances of getting admitted. I've seen this so many time - people come for one exchange semester, and then they get admitted to MIT for their PhD or something like that, simply because someone already know them 🙂
I hope this helps, and I wish you best of luck!!!
Holy--- Quantum AI is exactly the same interest as mine too! I've created multiple projects on this topic, and I hope to get in as an undergrad(I'm in 7th)
@@SamuelBoschMIT Bro i want to study BS MS MATHAMATICS RESEARCH FROM MIT... I'M NOW 15 YEARS OLD.... WHAT TO DO? I'M FROM INDIA
@@aadeeshwar.pathak Good that you've started from an early age. Stay focussed and motivated. You'll definitely get admitted
@@hypememer3115 Thank you, that means a lot :)!
This video is extremely helpful. Besides great ECAs, of course, from what I heard, most US unis (and not just MIT) are mostly looking for diversity in their personal essay, especially if they are an international student. How true is that?
Hey Pranjali, thanks for your comment. This is definitely very true for universities such as Harvard, Columbia, Yale, …
When it comes specifically to internationals at MIT, they still do care about diversity, but here the competition is so strong that they’ll mostly look for something that makes you stand out, and then after having looked at that, they might also start looking for some diversity and other factors 🙂
@@SamuelBoschMIT that's insightful. Thanks for your response!
Wow good to know can you tell us about how end semester examinations are conducted at MIT? How will the students be evaluated? Curious to know
1.admission statistics for internationals 1:53
2 groups:
1.exceptional geniuses(internation physics matholympiad )
2.'regular' smart people(good scores for typical test，lucky)
2.how to get admitted as an international(not have unfair lagacy admissions but Harvard Pennsylvania hava)
1.find out what you are passionate about such as reasearch，interships，science competition(Ipho Imo IoI ICho)，sport competitions
2.timing plan before
3.school experience in the us(doing a semester or a year abroad in the us) programs help you(Rotary imternational)
Loophole:sports competition
3.discussion with international mit students
Arbri(second year student studying biological engineering)):did math in high school IMO being from albania.national team.did exchanger here in St.Louis in Missouri for senior year in high school
Grecia(undergrad-physics and eecs doing masters):did physics and math in high school ipho.traveled to a lot of other countries for s but not to US(bushi)
Kita(undergraduate senior studying cs and economics) focusing on physics Ipho Asian physics of olympiad
Penuin(ee at mit) :loophole:master's degrees(expensive).undergrduate and PhD get paid degree can be ridiculously hard.
Hi Samuel! Thank you so much for this amazing video, it was very helpful. However, I just wanted to ask how important would an International Biology Olympiad medal worth in terms of MIT admissions, as that was the only major International Olympiad that was skipped. Thanks again for the video!
Hey Richard, thanks for your really nice comment 🙂 I've heard about a lot of people going to the Biology Olympiad. While it may not be as famous as math, physics, and informatics, it surely counts quite a lot. In the end of the day, this is just one out of many factors that matter, and it will surely be a great point on your resume, and boost your chances of getting admitted to a great school 🙂
Would love a whole episode dedicated to how Penguin got into MIT!!
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Well put this on our children’s channel 😂
Servus Samuel,
ich bein ein deutscher Zuschauer bei dir und stehe zur Zeit vor meinem letzten Jahr Schule. Nach meinem Abi würde ich gerne an einer Elite (Technischen) Uni studieren (MIT, Caltech irgendwie sowas). Und meine relevanten Punkte meines Lebenslaufs bisher wären diese:
im MINT-Bereich:
-3. Platz bei nationalen (Gruppen) Wettbewerb von DLR zu Energiespeicherung und Windenergie (eigenes Windrad mit Energiespeicher gebaut)
-2. Platz auf nationaler Ebene beim internationalen CanSat-Wettbewerb (auch Gruppe) von esa und anderen (eigenen funktionierenden Mini Satelliten gebaut)
-2. Platz im Gruppenteil bei Tag der Mathematik organisiert von Zentrum der Mathematik (Landesweit)
-4. Platz Einzel bei Tag der Mathematik organisiert von Zentrum der Mathematik (Landesweit)
-und einige andere Wettbewerbe aber nicht mit erwähnenswertem großen Erfolgen (IChO, IPhO, Matheolympaide, Mathekänguru, Informatikbieber, Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik - all sowas halt)
Neben den Wettbewerben auch:
-Teilstipendium für eine Woche zu nh Mathe Veranstaltung vom Zentrum für Mathematik
-MINT Zertifikat der höchsten Stufe
im sozialen-Bereich:
-eigene Begabtenförderungs-AG *leiten* an meiner Schule im Rahmen des Bundesweiten LEMAS Projekt
-Selbst auf einem RUclips Kanal (EinfachSchule) kostenlose Lerninhalte für andere Schüler erstellen (zur Zeit 15k Subs und um die 3,5 mio aufrufe)
-Private Nachhilfe geben
weiteres:
-Abi wird ca. 1,1 und alle MINT Bereich Fächer werden 15 Punkte
-Guinness World Record halter fürs schnellstes tippen aufm Handy
-über 10 Jahre Klavier Erfahrung
-SAT und toeffel mache ich demnächst
Jetzt wollte ich dich in Zuge dessen fragen - was empfiehlst du mir so noch zu machen in meinem einen Jahr an der Schule? Ich überlege noch ein Paper zu schreiben in dem ich Strömer (Flatterbänder) näher untersuche und die Auswirkung einzelner Parameter dabei. Aber was gibt es noch wo ich vielleicht was machen sollte, um höhere Chancen zu haben angenommen zu werden an einer der Elite-Unis? Kannst du mir was empfehlen worauf ich noch mehr Fokus jetzt und auch in Zukunft legen sollte womit ich mehr rausstechen könnte? Außerdem vielleicht was ist deine - bitte realistische - Einschätzung: gehöre ich mit diesen Sachen zu einem potenziellen Studi oder ist das noch nicht krass genug was ich mache für MIT, Caltech, etc.
Ich freue mich auf deine Tipps und mach weiter deinen Videos - die sind wirklich gut!!
Hey Linus, wirklich sehr beeindruckend! 🙂Realistische Chancen hast du auf jeden Fall. Ist halt extrem krass schwer angenommen zu werden. Und als Mann aus Deutschland wirst du da (so verrückt wie es klingt) dich gegen einige Kandidaten durchsetzen müssen die genauso Krasse Lebensläufe haben, und daher ist das ganze wieder etwas Glücksache.
Empfehlung: bewirb dich bei mindestens einigen Top Elite Unis in den USA (Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, Caltech, …). Hatte mich nur bei 3 beworben. War win fehler im nachinein.
Schau auch mal nach Oxford/ Cambridge. Da wäre ich wahrscheinlich reingekommen, war aber nicht schlau genug damals im mich zu bewerben.
ETH Zürich als backupoption.
Schau dir auch mal mein video “my principles to success” von vor 9 Tagen an
@@SamuelBoschMIT yo danke erstmal überhaupt dass du dir die zeit nimmst zu antworten.
Also grundästzlich weis ich ich steh erstmal in einem Nachteil mit Ausländisch und Mann und dass da auch viel Glück dabei sein muss. Außerdem ist es schon so, dass ich plane mich bei ~30 Unis aus DE, US, GBR, CHE
zu bewerben - da sind basically alle top unis dabei und nh paar "back up unis", wie TU München, TU Darmstadt, TU Dresden - die ja auch alle nicht schlecht sind, aber eher dafür da wenn elite unis nicht klappen.
Dein Video auf was du verwiesen hast kenn ich bereits - trotzde, danke
Da du ja aber auch bei den applications bei MIT was machst hatte ich mir vielleicht ein Tipp von dir erhofft - auf was ich mich mehr konzentrieren sollte/könnte so für mein letztes Jahr. Z.b. hatte ich mal gehört, dass man in Amerika auch sehr viel Wert darauf legt was soziales im Lebenslauf zu haben und nicht rein fachtechnisch aufgestellt ist.
Sollte ich vielleicht noch viel mehr soziales machen? Sollte ich noch mehr Aktivitäten im MINT Bereich nachgehen? Mehr hobbys vertiefen? oder ganz andere Vorschläge?
So klar mach ich auch das was mir wirklich spaß macht und worauf ich bock habe - aber das ist irgendwie alles und Zeit für alles hab ich nicht. Deswegen halt gibts sowas worauf man besonders achtet bei Bewerbungen oder auch einfach gibts Sachen die besser ankommen als andere? Was würde dir bei meinem Leben z.B. noch fehlen um zu sagen dass das nochmal mehr heraussticht?
LG und nicht zu sehr auf Rechtschreibung achten (Komma taste gibts nämlich beim casual tippen nicht bei mir ;))
Hey sam I’m from Denmark and I just wanted to know if the fact that my high school doesn’t offer AP-classes will hurt my admission chances?
PS: My school does offer A-level classes such as Danish litterateur, Math, Physics, Bio etc.
Heyyyy, great to hear that there are also people from Denmark watching :)
To be completely honest, I'm not sure. AP-classes seem to be an American thing. I've never heard about that elsewhere. So I suppose many international applicants won't have them either, and they manage to get admitted despite this.
Also, in recent years, schools have started putting more and more effort into getting students admitted from low-income areas, where schools typically don't offer AP classes. Therefore, they are even specifically looking for smart people coming from schools that don't offer AP classes. Obviously, Denmark isn't a low-income country, but they might value it nevertheless if you're performing very well, despite not having AP classes. Just some thoughts.
I hope this helps 🙂
Hi, MIT '26 here. Idk how it is for international students, but at least for domestic students, they look at your application respective to your school and environment. How well you used the resources AVAILABLE to you. As long as you made an effort to take rigorous courses at your school (doesn't have to be AP), you should be fine.
@@mattsmith2924 Yeah, I agree. I should have probably mentioned this in the video. Although MIT is not really doing a great job at this, just judging by the privileged and wealthy backgrounds of most admitted students (sadly).
And for internationals it's even harder to estimate what resources were available to someone - but luckily, that's what the essays are for
Hi!
Majid Here.
I am an 11th grade (Pre-Engineering) student from Pakistan. I am passionate about pursuing my academics in Electrical Engineering. Next year I will be applying for Undergraduate program. I was curious to know that what are the aspects which I need to learn and improve in order to get a scholarship admission in Universities in the US specifically in MIT.
I am really grateful to you for your valuable time making this video. I am looking forward for some helpful advice.
Thanks!
Hi! Did you get into MIT?
Thanks!
You’re very welcome 😉
@@SamuelBoschMIT Samuel. Your video is helpful. By the way, I did master's degree in Budapest, so I have some closed Croatian friends and my daughter has a Croatian name because of her mother's family background.
Great video bro! I just wanted to ask, how can I apply for the olympiads?
I think you could also include IOAA, tho I think that's kind of a given since you included IPhO, IMO ,IOI and IChO
It would be nice! I spend a couple of years in an FMCG as a fresh graduate travelling the world in Brazil, India, UK and Australia but it became too hectic for me to believe in International Travel. in the company I belonged we did a vast amount of behavior studies with Digital Analytics on patterns of Internet usage until they became a commodity, luckily, what was the saviour of the story was the mechanism of calculation of mathematics. Do you use SW such as Mathematica, or Matlab?
Hello Mr Bosche, I'm from an african country, I was selected twice and therefore I did the math olympiad of Burundi in 11th grade and 12th grade. I have good skills and performance. Actually, I had graduated the last year 2021, I got excellent results and fortunetaly i'm still minor. But I took myself quite late to start the admission procedures. Do you think that its enough or does it exists any possiblities to get admitted the next year at my dream university, the MIT ?
Hey Katy, thanks for your comment and congratulations on your accomplishments 🙂
I think it's totally ok to start a year later. You should definitely apply. I do advise you not to make the same mistake as I, and focus too much on just MIT. There are so many really excellent universities in the US, that will all give you a huge career boost: Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Yale, CMU, Columbia, UPenn, and many many more
I wish you best of luck 🙂
for competitions, is there any other competitions you would recommend that would also stand out in applications but are not as hard to even be eligible to compete like the IMO IPhO or so?. I am particularly interested in physics and astronomy. thx
That's a great question. it really strongly depends where you're from. In my home country (Croatia) we had a lot of local (state) competitions which are worth a lot too. In the US (and surely also in many other countries) there exist many experimental or project competitions, where you work on such things. Your best approach is likely asking people around you + googleing a bit for your country until you find something.
But even if you cannot find any competitions that are good for you, there are other ways to stand out. As I said, doing research is also really great! You might just have to bug a lot of people until someone lets you work with them (I went through the same process, until I eventually succeeded 😁)
I met someone in grad school who went to MIT as an international student for undergrad with a medal of some sort if I recall correctly in an international astronomy olympiad.
Brother! are you somehow related to Gabriel Macht, 'coz your face kinda looks similar. Also, first time watching your video, really loved the content. Thanks for sharing!
Do the music-related (or composing) things play a role in my admission to MIT or any other american university as an extracurricular or as a something that i could stand out with ?
Hi, nice video, I'm from Colombia, I'm currently in 10th grade.
Pretty sure of to study aerospace engineering, and this will sound really crazy, I want to study it in the U.S. doesn't matter if it's not in this college (but MIT still being my dream college), so I'm thinking in Ohio Cincinnati and west Virginia university, but if you guys know about other universities that offers aerospace engineering, it will be so helpful.
Caltech, stanford
Great video. I am also participating in math olympiads, I suspect I will make the national team next year and bag a medal (after that I would still have one year left.) Lets assume in the dream scenario I win a gold medal, how much do you think that would help when applying to graduate school, at for example MIT. I also think graduate school is more realistic if you are not from a wealthy family, getting to undergraduate seems a little bit unrealistic to me.
Congrats!! If you win a gold medal, most doors will be open to you. Just make sure to apply to at least a few top schools (not just MIT).
If you win a silver or bronze medal, you still have very good chances. I would also recommend looking into Oxford/Cambridge. Some of my friends got admitted there with bronze medals without problems. I wish I had applied too 🙂
@@SamuelBoschMIT Thank you very much for the timely response! It is amazing to me how you find the time to run this youtube channel, go the gym and do a PhD at the same time!
I will certainly keep this in mind, have a great rest of your day :)
Hi Samuel your video is so awesome, but I have a question: does MIT give any scholarships for international students who want to study their master degree in MIT ?
thanks so much for the video! really helps me a lot. I'd like to ask that what kind of advantage does winning a medal in international olympiads give us? I mean, someone says that MIT are not in search of the medalist, was that true? I'm currently working pretty hard on that. Thank you so much again.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂
I don’t think MIT is actively trying to admit only students with medals, but it practice, having a medal does certainly help. But it’s not the only way to get admitted
thank you so much for replying!
I have another question. Does taking ap courses and tests plays an important part in applying for MIT? thanks
@@user-fd9ev6kk2q It surely helps 🙂
Hii Samuel brother nice video....
I m from India currently a 10th grader...I wanna pursue career in biomedical engineering and cancer research along with minor in CS...I know JAVA,BASICS,PYTHON and other tech skills like Graphic design, cinematography, professional video editing and even photography....I m also a professional artist as I hv been learning drawing since 3 years and have 12 years of experience and hv won many competitions by ALMIGHTY's grace...and bro I m also a national level debater and have won alot of awards...Alhamdulillah I m good in my studies too and hv been in the top 5 students of my class but in my preboards in got only 66% bcoz I was suffering from COVID effects but then next time I again scored 97.8%...and from next month I m going to prepare for olympiads too as I didn't know about it earlier I came to know few weeks back only....Bro will that one bad semester matter which went bad bcoz of Covid stuff...and how can I contact u personally ?
Hey there,
Thanks for your comment and congratulations on your really impressive accomplishments. If you explain in your application what happened in that one year, I am sure it won't matter too much. They will surely understand that :)
Everything you did is truly amazing and very impressive.
There is just one additional piece of advice I have for you: don't mention anything religious in your application essays (or anywhere else). If the wrong person reads your essays and sees something such as "by ALMIGHTY's grace" or "Lover of Allah", it might just bias them. Obviously, MIT has complete religious freedom. But humans are humans, so be careful :)
I wish you best of luck with your applications 🙂
@@SamuelBoschMIT Ya I understand...thank you bro for ur advice 🤗💙
Also, I forgot to mention that I have a live stream on Sunday. You're welcome to listen in and ask questions: ruclips.net/video/1QZuen1DscI/видео.html
@@SamuelBoschMIT Ok brother sure
Hey this video is very informative but I have one question .if you are applying to those universties and you have inveted things in maths and things is it a good thing to add that in your application .or is it a good idea to show your discovery .thank you for the time you gonna give me
just finished grade 11 now, my grade is bad
i've finally quitted my gamming addiction for good, and now i've taken interest in quantum physics
i wanna enter MIT but it seems so impossible :(
ill give it a try tho
Awesome!
Thanks! :)
I am from Mexico and I really want to know about PhD admissions. Please make a video about that :D
Hey Luz, thanks for your comment 😁 I was just talking with Grecia (the girl from Mexico) why no people from Mexico are commenting. Glad this finally changed. And yes, I will make that video in the next 2 months :)
Here is my video about how to get into PhD programs at MIT and other top universities. Enjoy! 🙂 ruclips.net/video/VXEorm-KHAQ/видео.html
Hello, thank you very much for this video. Is it an advantage if we won several national maths competitions(national maths olympiad, mental math, chryptography...) but we didn t participate in any kind of international ones
Hey Raphael, yes it surely is an advantage. Especially in countries that are very competitive. But even in a smaller country, it counts quite a lot. I have many friends who just didn't focus on only one subject, and never made it to an international olympiad. But they still got into top universities (such as Cambridge in the case of the examples I'm currently thinking about), simply because they were so good at several national competitions :)
@@SamuelBoschMIT i see, thank you very much. I am personally from Lebanon, a country not participating in the IMO, so this is why I couldn t make it. The competitions were on the near east scale (lebanon, syria and Jordan) and I got 1st in the three competitions
Guys, I suggest you find good programs too, don't look only at universities' rankings, as these top universities are top not because they teach better, but primarily because of their reputation and research outcome.
So it’s basically you need to be an Olympiad champ to get into MIT, for which not many students have the opportunity to participate in, at least from where I’m from
Hi there! I'm an international student and I've received international awards (first and second places) in music, but I don't have any in physics or math. I have almost two years to prepare before I apply to MIT, but I'm not sure if I should try participating in the International Physics Olympiad (IPho) to increase my chances of being accepted. I'm sure I will get excellent results in SAT and IELTS(as I already passed it and just need to improve). Can you help me with this?"
As an international student,I really wanted to go to MIT so badly 😢.... unfortunately,im not good enough to go to math Olympiad.
Hi Samuel. I’m a Japanese science college student. So please forgive me for not being good at English. I seriously thinking of graduating from a master′s course at an overseas university like the Ivy League. First, thanks for the useful information. Let me ask you some questions.
I go to higher rank japanese university(not as good as the University of Tokyo lol).However, is it difficult unless I come from a top university like the University of Tokyo or Kyoto University? And,if possible from a slightly lower university than those, I would like you to tell me what I should do now.
(For now, I want to study computer science or mechanical engineering for my master′s degree!!)
Can you share some ideas for International Student who wants to attend MBA at MIT . What are the requirements?