<p>Given that the lower quartile for SAT math at MIT is 740, I’d say that a math SAT below 700 pretty much rules an applicant out.</p>
<p>Not the answer you wanted, I’m sure. And I’m sorry. But, honestly, if a person’s best Math SAT is below 700, the course work at MIT would probably eat him alive. The work at MIT is grueling for top performers. If a person had to do all the same work as those top performers and also expend mental energy on the math that comes naturally to those top students, it really wouldn’t be a happy experience.</p>