Friend from school accepted with a 2220 and a 3.9 UW

MITChris
Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:59:20 +0000

I don’t think those SAT scores are subpar. The math 2 and chem are great and well within our green zone. You didn’t share his math SAT but I don’t see why it would be catastrophic.

There’s nothing “subpar” about him academically at all. 3This is why I say don’t listen to CC about SAT scores!!

Also:



yeah he did have crazy awards lol, he told me he only got in because of he qualified for USAMO.



is untrue. We get literally hundreds of USAMO qualifiers who apply every year and we don’t accept them all. Being a two-time USAMO qualifier certainly helped him, but nothing you posted makes him look like a shoo-in to me either (then again, no one is a shoo-in at MIT).

The reason your friend got in is because his academics were good, his awards and ECAs were good, AND his letters/interview/etc were all good. You can’t see the last few things on CC, which is why no one can chance you accurately on CC.