Conflicted about whether to apply

MIT_9829
Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:16:44 +0000

Please don’t put words into my mouth. I never said 700s were a cutoff - that’s just around the point where Admissions won’t worry. They’ve said this time and again. It doesn’t mean that people with below those scores will be automatically rejected - but it does mean that, if one’s scores are significantly lower, they will hopefully prove competence in some other manner (ie APs, IBs, college classes, etc). Overall, however, CC has a habit of putting way too much emphasis on minor score quibbles and not enough on the major parts of the application. My original response was mostly in reply to the “My stats place me at the back of the herd” comment.

Okay, honestly? I have no clue what you meant. Just what you said. This is all true, and if you read my post, you’re basically agreeing with me here. However saying “your scores don’t matter after 700” sounds like it doesn’t matter if we can aim for an 800, why don’t we just get a 700 instead! You have to bubble in fewer answers. Less work for us all. Well, thanks for the clarification, I know that’s not what you intended. I don’t frequent CC, I don’t know the lingo.

There are two camps of people here as far as I can tell, the ones who go “OMG i got a 790 should i retake??” the ones who are like “scores don’t matter unless you FAIL.” Well, neither is correct. It’s a mix of the two. AKA “hollistic” system.