Do you need an International Olympiad medal to get into MIT?
There’s no doubt about it. Very rarely does MIT accept someone with a low SAT score (It generally happened with the non-medalist admits). But an International Olympiad medal has become somewhat a requirement to get into MIT. I guess you know very less!
Do International Science Olympiad medalists get rejected by US universities?
However, the stakes turn significantly if one is an International Science Olympiad medalist and lives in USA. Yup. Last year, an applicant from Armenia, who won an IOI silver, got rejected by MIT and the other top US universities. I am an IPhO silver medalist and I got rejected by MIT twice.
Does doing an Olympiad help in getting admission in Indian Universities?
It is however true that a large portion of the admitted Indian students have done Olympiads, oftentimes a majority as a matter of fact. Being one of the apparent top 4–6 students in a country with a very large student population certainly does not hurt the application
Do you really have to have an Olympiad medal to get in?
But this isn’t the first time I’ve seen an indication that people really believe you have to have an Olympiad medal to get in. You can calm down: a medal is in no way necessary for admission. Your test scores indicate you’re a talented student.
Who won the 1974 International Math Olympiad in the US?
Trivia answer: MIT Professor Eric Lander, then a senior at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, scored 34 out of a possible 40 points to win a silver medal at the 1974 International Math Olympiad, the first in which the US participated.
Should I go to MIT If I’m not an international award winner?
Sometimes incoming MIT students or prospective MIT students ask questions implying that if they’re not one of these international award winners, that they shouldn’t be at MIT. I say, rubbish. Take the attitude I had — that it’s awesome to go to school with über-geniuses, even if (especially if) you’re not one.
How is the International Maths Olympiad team selected?
In each country there’s a selection process to try to find the best student representatives. (For example, the US begins selecting their International Math Olympiad teams with the AMC and AIME exams, the former of which is taken annually by more than 300,000 students each year.)