<p>Matt McGann just answered this question on his blog, as Mollie predicted:</p>
<p>[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “Application question: scholastic and non-scholastic distinctions?”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/application_question_scholasti.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_freshman_application/application_question_scholasti.shtml)</p>
<p>An important point is that basically, it doesn’t really matter. He stresses that there’s no right or wrong way, so don’t stress about it.</p>