<p>texaspg – I have no affiliation with MIT. I agree with xrCalico23, though. Those numbers definitely do represent a small percentage of the student body. Are you aware that colleges set aside numerous spaces for legacies, URMs, and athletes? Obviously such hooks increase chances for admission regardless of scholastic performance, which could easily explain the numbers that you have listed.</p>
<p>xrCalico23 – glad to see that we are on the same page – I agree that many people don’t perform up to their abilities on the PSAT. My only point was to say that many people duplicate PSAT performance on the actual SAT; if such is the case, a 1780 would indeed make admission to MIT very difficult.</p>