OK MIT, Princeton, Harvey Mudd, Cornell, Franklin Olin

molliebatmit
Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:03:13 +0000

But the statistics given are for applicants accepted, so obviously the statistics for those that applied will be much lower.

Ben Jones, who is an MIT admissions officer who posts frequently on this board, has stated before (you can search his posts) that somewhere around 70% of the MIT applicant pool is numerically qualified to be at MIT. So the averages for all applicants will be lower, but the average for that “qualified” 70% will presumably mirror the accepted student statistics quite closely.

MIT in particular is looking at quite a bit more than statistics, and merely having good SAT scores is not a way to distinguish oneself in the applicant pool.