<p>My grades do not reflect my high board scores which I took without any prep. Will MIT look at my application and just dismiss me as a slacker without a second thought?</p>
<p>No. That being said, if you don’t have a good reason for those B’s (i.e. if you really were slacking, it won’t help your case). But if there is an extenuating circumstance, don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>… what? You don’t need an extenuating circumstance for a couple of B’s.</p>
<p>Though I’m wondering why you didn’t have any prep?</p>
<p>MIT views each application holistically. A couple of B’s are not killers. A couple of F’s may be different.</p>
<p>Mikalye - Are you an alum or adcom for MIT?</p>
<p>Mikalye is an alumnus and an international EC (interviewer).</p>
<p>Yes, for my sins. I have been an interviewer for some years now and an RC (regional chair) of the educational council for the last several. My responses are in no way, shape or form official, but they are informed.</p>
<p>I also got into MIT ED, with more than a couple of B’s on my transcript.</p>
<p>Thank you for the replies. I always wondered when admissions say they view the application “holistically” if they really mean it because you hear that word applied so often.</p>