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

rothstem
Mon, 17 Feb 2014 03:01:34 +0000

Obviously there is no way to know the reason that you were deferred but it’s possible that they may have loved everything else about you but were slightly concerned if you will be able to handle the work at MIT. They may have deferred you hoping that you will send in an improved score. I was in a similar situation. I scored only a 620 on my physics SAT2 and sent in an improved score once I was deferred. Good luck!