MIT is getting rid of SATs?

Colleges & Universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>I heard from my friend that MIT is getting rid of sats as requirements for next year’s admissions.</p>

<p>anyone hear about this?</p>

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<p>Actually, no college in the united states requires the SAT reasoning test (the general one). Most require either the ACT or the SAT, though.</p>

<p>However, there isn’t a substitute for the SAT II (the subject tests). MIT might be getting rid of that requirement? Or possibly getting rid of the ACT/SAT requirement? I honestly don’t know, but I haven’t heard anything about that myself. It would, however, be in MIT’s nature to free up the requirements for application, so it’s definitely possible.</p>

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<p>It’s probably SATII’s they are not requiring. You should take them anyway, though. They’ll still look at them.</p>

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<p>can someone from MIT comment to this?
I want to know.
I hope they keep it because it is one of the few standards they can use to compare students from across the country since school to school can vary so much.</p>

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<p>I haven’t heard anything, and a priori I would tend to assume that the requirements are not changing.</p>

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<p>From Matt, in an email to me this afternoon:

:)</p>

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<p>didnt they change the sat II requirements from 3 to 2?</p>

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<p>Until the new SAT was required, MIT applicants were required to take a math SATII, a science SATII, and a humanities SATII. </p>

<p>Since the new SAT includes a writing section, only two SATIIs are now required.</p>

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<p>Is the ACT essay used for purposes besides like a validity check for your MIT essay?</p>

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<p>they better not…i actually did well on teh SATs</p>