u/ChainFantastic5119

Selamlar,

Bugun ABC Horizon Basaksehir’de BC’ye girdim; bence MCQ genel olarak ortalama, FRQ ise ozellikle seal sorusu ve series acisindan ortalamanin bir tik daha ustuydu.

Girdigim test center’daki calisanlarin ise hepsi yabanciydi, ve acikcasi biraz fazla rahat davrandilar, zaten duzgun Turkce konusamiyorlardi ancak Ingilizceleri de bir o kadar kotuydu. Free response blanket’ini soylemesek neredeyse vermeyeceklerdi, tum silgileri (??) sacma sekilde topladilar (yabanci threadlerde bakiyorum millet gayet kullaniyor), ayrica once su dagittilar sonra sinav baslamadan 2-3 dakika once yanlislikla oldu diyip sulari da topladilar; 10 dakikalik molada tuvalete falan kontrole geldiler, sinav salonu bence bir tik soguktu ancak cantalari disari cikarttiklari icin ustume birsey de giyemedim, degisik bir deneyimdi.

Sizce sinavin zorlugu nasildi, bu yil curve nasil olur 5 almak icin?

Hi! I’m a Turkish high school junior applying from Ankara. Stats: SAT 1570, IELTS 8.0, AP Calc BC 5 (self-studied, my school doesn’t offer APs). I have a 94/100 GPA.

On the research/EC side: I’m a first-author on an IEEE-published paper (Quantum AI 2025) and have a second first-authored paper accepted to IEEE WCCI’26; also submitted a couple of papers to NeurIPS/COLM. I served as a reviewer for ICLR’26, ICML’26 and NeurIPS’26. I worked as a Research Engineer at an EdTech AI startup (partnering with Mark Cuban’s Test Prep company, the US’s 3rd biggest) and am a founding engineer at a Y Combinator S25 voice AI startup (raising $4M pre-seed/seed). I co-founded an AI chess coaching platform partnered with the Turkish Chess Federation. I’m a 3x TEKNOFEST (Türkiye’s international tech competition) finalist (top 1% in AI in Healthcare and AI in Aviation) and have top 2–3% Kaggle rankings. This summer, I’ll be conducting research with one MIT PhD, and one Stanford PhD Turkish professors, and will try to get some rec letters from them.

I know my standardized testing is slightly below MIT’s typical range and the lack of school-offered APs is a real constraint; just trying to get an honest read on where I stand. Any insight appreciated!