act scores

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Hey, i am new to the ACT business; however, here are my scores:</p>

<p>36 SC
35 MA
35 ENG
34 READ</p>

<p>COMP 35</p>

<p>is this good enough for mit or should i retake? thank you for your help</p>

<p>my SATs are m 710 v700 r750 e12 total 2160</p>

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<p>From the [Common</a> Data Set](<a href=“MIT Institutional Research”>MIT Institutional Research), the 25th/75th percentile for composite ACT scores last year was 31/34. </p>

<p>The [admissions</a> website](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml]admissions”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml) shows that 19% of students with an ACT composite between 30 and 36 were accepted.</p>

<p>I think it would be slightly ridiculous to retake; those scores put you well in the range of consideration, and whether or not you get in will not be determined by your scores.</p>

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<p>A 35 is almost perfect. I really wouldn’t mess with that score. Like Mollie’s data set says, it puts you in the top 25% of applicants numbers-wise. It’s only part of the app.</p>

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<p>A 36 won’t get you in and a 35 won’t keep you out. Stick with what you have.</p>

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<p>When you’re that near the top, you can’t count on going up in score on your next attempt. </p>

<p>After edit: Anyway, a 35 is a rare score. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.act.org/news/data/05/pdf/t4.pdf[/url]”>http://www.act.org/news/data/05/pdf/t4.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Don’t bother retaking. Really.</p>

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<p>are you kidding? your ACT scores are more than enough right now.</p>

<p>if you really want to find a fault, that would be your SAT math section. M710 is not that impressive for schools like MIT. but you did very very well in other sections. so, you should not retake SAT either.</p>

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<p>If an applicant sends both ACT and SAT scores, N0mak, the admissions office will only use the scores that make the applicant look best, so presumably the admissions office will look at the OP’s 35 ACT math. (I’m not sure what the conversion factor is, but I think it’s reasonable to assume that 35 ACT > 710 SAT.)</p>