How will the pandemic affect MIT admission this year?

hebegebe
Sun, 06 Sep 2020 11:52:11 +0000

Why would it value some applicants achieving high test scores through early and undue preparation?

Note that for a significant percentage of MIT applicants , these tests don’t require much prep at all. Students strong in math or English are often taking the SAT much younger, before age 13 in particular, in order to qualify for talent searches such as Hopkins CTY and SET. Most of these students can walk in as juniors and get a 1500+ without any addl prep beyond what they do for PSAT.