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Admission & Application Survey |
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SAT, SAT2, Application with Essays, Interview (not required).
When I was at MIT, we actually had a seminar with the admissions
director who told us that this is the way MIT was determining
applications (it of course, could have changed since then). MIT creates
a matrix where one axis is scholastic aptitude and one axis is
sports/social/student government (basically activities). The studens
who rank the highest in both categories are placed in the upper left
corner... and so on and so forth until the entire matrix is complete.
Then, they take some percent (which is less than 100) of students in top
category, a smaller percent of students in the next categories, etc.
etc. What this boils down to is that being perfect does not mean you
will get in. It also shows you that well-roundedness is important at
MIT. I personally was involved in muscial groups and sports teams. My
SAT scores were not amazing (1360 before the scores were inflated) but
my SAT2s were pretty good (math 800). Becareful with AP credit at MIT.
Most of the time you have to get a 5 to place out of anything.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Admission & Application Surveys
