How will the pandemic affect MIT admission this year?

skieurope
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 17:15:13 +0000

kutter:

Lindagaf:

Any college that says they are test optional means it. No, the kid who wasn’t able to submit a score isn’t at a disadvantage.

I don’t mean that they would look at the application and go ‘They didn’t submit a test, that’s bad it must be because they are hiding something’ and score them (or whatever) lower.

I mean that when considering two students with similar qualifications in terms of GPA, ECs, etc and one has a perfect SAT score and the other didn’t submit one, that the first student would have an advantage. Basically the same reason why they went from test optional on SAT subject tests to not considering SAT subject tests at all.

I have always found MIT to be very honest and straightforward. I cannot say the same for all colleges. So if MIT says you will not be at a disadvantage, then you will not be at a disadvantage IMO. But more to the point, what other option do you have? Believe them or don’t believe them. But if you can’t take the test, then you can’t take the test.

Since MIT won’t be the only school you apply to, if you can take the test, do so. Because for those colleges, no test is not a disadvantage, but a good score could (emphasis on could) be a very slight advantage.