<p>I heard that the estimate percentage for applying is like:
For university-GPA-37.5%
SAT-37.5%
personal-25%
For small college-GPA-25%
SAT-25%
personal-50%
Is that true?</p>
<p>What does this have to do with a math competition?</p>
<p>And the answer is that such a thing cannot be quantified. Even if it could, it certainly wouldn’t be anywhere near those numbers.</p>
<p>What would it be?</p>
<p>
I just shudder to think that the SAT score could factor a whole 1/4th into your admission decision.</p>
<p>Your percents add up to 200. =/ And no, admissions cannot be quantified.</p>
<p>For the record, though, MIT has specified how it considers various parts of admissions in the Common Data set. I’d like to point out that “personal qualities” are the only trait that garnered a “highly important” response from MIT.</p>
<p>[MIT:</a> Common Data Set 2007-2008](<a href=“MIT Institutional Research”>MIT Institutional Research)</p>
<p>
doowllew should have put in a space (and some bolding, perhaps), as follows:
I guess, technically, doowllew wasn’t even asking about MIT specifically.</p>
<p>From Ben’s blog: [There</a> Is No Formula](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_selection_process_application_reading_committee_and_decisions/there_is_no_formula.shtml]There”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/the_selection_process_application_reading_committee_and_decisions/there_is_no_formula.shtml)</p>
<p>Relevant excerpt:
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<p>Thanks.
-doowllew</p>
<p>add the digits of your sat score, then multiply by your gpa. finally, add one point for every word under 500 that you fit your essay into.</p>
<p>there is a formula</p>