<p>You can look at the [MIT</a> 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) to see how students with scores like yours fared last year. MIT has a holistic admissions process, so your scores alone will almost never ruin your shot at being admitted, but most applicants and admits do have high scores.</p>
<p>I strongly assume MIT does not look at the SAT essay, and they certainly don’t use the essay score for evaluative purposes.</p>