Is it possible to get into MIT without having taken AP Chemistry or AP Physics?

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Where I live, the ACT is the common test to take. In fact, I am having to travel about an hour, maybe more, to take the SAT Subject Tests. I’m not sure what to expect, so I’ll have to look into them a lot.</p>

<p>PiperXP: I’m guessing most of the people who attend MIT made pretty outstanding test scores for the most part. Did you make the average 31-34 ACT score (not sure what the SAT score is)? I still get to take the Subject Tests and the ACT again, so I have time to bring the scores up, but I’m pretty sure my scores aren’t comparable to most.</p>

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<p>According to an online chart, I would’ve made an equivalent of a 33 on the ACT, but I didn’t take the test.</p>

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<p>I didn’t realize the SAT is such a big test. All I hear about is ACT.</p>

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<p>@mcohen: You must live in the Midwest - everyone I’ve talked to from the East Coast is super surprised that I never took the SAT as well!</p>

<p>According to [MIT</a> Admissions: Admissions Statistics](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/index.shtml), the midrange ACT scores for the class of 2011 was 31 - 34. The site hasn’t been updated with information for the '12s yet.</p>

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<p>Really? I know exactly one person from my high school (a grade lower than me) that took the ACT. But she took the SAT too. From my understanding, the SAT is bigger on the east/west coasts while the ACT is used mostly in the midwest.</p>

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<p>My brother took the SAT in 7th grade for one of those accelerated programs offered in middle schools, but he’s the only one I know who took it. People here typically go to the two colleges in town, so all that is really required is an completed application and like a 19 on the ACT. Two students from another high school in town got accepted to Princeton and Columbia a few years ago, and it was a pretty huge thing around here. Very uncommon.</p>