zking786

Since MIT recieves the scores around December 5, how do they evaluate the students who are missing the scores? Are these students evaluated between the 5th and the sending date? Or are they deferred?

vu_preuss_06

Thanks, you've just affirmed my assertion that MIT has the best admissions process out of any school. Two responses in CC in less than 10 minutes on a forum that is not visited that much on CC. Thank you for the response, without your help, I would have been up at 4 in the morning on November 21st waiting to rush report my scores

zking786

Doh! 1 minute too late :-).

Shark_bite

A question worth asking is whether Mit mix and matches sat with act scores. If you do well on reading for the act, but do poorly on the sat reading, is it worth retaking the sat for a better score when your act reading score is already quite good? Also, in general if we do well on the act and poorly on the sat is it worth retaking the sat to show we can do well on it, or is our stand alone act good enough? (remember colleges see all sat scores even if you dont want them to so when you mail in scores for your sat2s, they will see your sat1s.) Wouldnt the time be better spent perfecting essays etc.?

mootmom

Yes, the time would be better spent perfecting your essays and doing the things you love to do.

James_Halifax

Hey,
I was wondering if international students from Singapore are required to do an extra year of prep school before attending MIT even though they have sat for all their required SATs?
Thanks

danbertusmaximus

Im doing a universities project at high school where you have to choose a college and talk about it to the class. Show and tell really. My first obvious choice was MIT, and our teacher wants printed brochures about our university. That's one catch, and the second one is that I'm Intl. Does anybody know if MIT sends out printed, tanglible materials upon request (all the way to Mexico)?

andi

They have a wonderfully creative and informative brochure. I'm sure if you contact admissions they'll send it to you.

danbertusmaximus

Thanks, I'll send them an E-Mail.

Eureka Seven

What is the ACT score needed to get into MIT?

molliebatmit

Just as with SAT scores, there is no minimum ACT required to get into MIT.

According to the latest Common Data Set, 20% of admits submitted ACT scores. The 25th percentile composite was a 31 and the 75th percentile was a 34.

Eureka Seven

whats a good score to have

vu_preuss_06

32 seems like "the" plateau for ACT, as that puts you in the 1430 range for the old SAT, and anything above it just seems like icing

Olo

Keep in mind, according the CDS that Mollie so graciously linked to, 1/4 of MIT students who submitted their ACTs had scores lower than 31. That means that a 31 is at least competitive, although obviously the higher your score, the better.

If you've already scored around a 31, I think it would be far more advantageous for your application if you spent quality time on your essays instead of studying for a higher score. Scores are really just sort of qualifiers to make sure you're capable of handling the work. The rest of the decision falls on being the right fit for MIT. Essays can convey this; numbers cannot.

Bottom line: don't worry too much about scores... spend that time making sure to transfer the core of your personality into an essay.

Qwertz82

If i've taken three SAT II's (physics, math II, literature), will you guys take my Lit score into account? And if you do, would it probably be for better or for worse?