Does a score improvement give me a leg-up as a deferred applicant?

Hypocrates
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 00:43:36 +0000

So I won’t give you every single detail but basically my SATs were good (2330 composite), and my SATIIs sucked - specifically my Math2 score, which was 650 when I applied for EA. I knew this was a problem because I had taken it not feeling well that day and etc., and of course the score was abysmal. So when MIT deferred me I wasn’t surprised - however, I gave it a fighting chance in January testing, and scored a 770 on the retake.

I really love this school, and I’ve done the best I could, so I have no regrets. I’m just wondering if a 120pt score increase on a subject test will mean anything to MIT or factor favorably into an RD decision.