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2 years ago
Admissions Advice

How I get to MIT?

I'm live in New York.

GPA : 3.9

SAT : 1540

Is it enough to get to MIT ?

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@student222 years ago

Hi there, could you please provide us with more detail, thank you

@pizza1082 years ago

Not sure if you are willing to elaborate on your ECs.

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2 years ago

This a "Chance Me" question which unfortunately is not allowed on the CV Q & A.

To better understand what you are up against read these MIT articles and watch these videos.

https://blog.collegevine.com/how-to-get-into-mit/

https://blog.collegevine.com/how-to-write-the-mit-application-essays-2021-2022/

https://www.collegevine.com/schools/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-mit/admission-requirements

https://www.collegevine.com/livestreams/school/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-mit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFu_a6fHHo0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAqxCPbMFA

MIT probably uses a matrix of 100 decision criteria so your 2 stats don't mean much to an MIT admissions officer. Since MIT is primarily a self-selecting college, I would guess that 30000+ out of 38000 applicants have met those stat thresholds before they applied and they only accepted 1337 this admissions cycle.

Use the Q&A in the future to ask specific questions about college admissions like "should I take an advanced math topic like "real analysis" after I take AP Calc B/C if I want to apply to Caltech?" Something like that.

Good luck.

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2 years ago

Definitely your stats fall into the range that most accepted students have but however there is no guarantee. Stats aren't everything, your Ecs, essays and more other factors plays a very important role.

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2 years ago

look beyond these. EC's, experience, etc. you need these too. colleges want to see someone who is unique, not a plain old run of the mill basic person who only looks at general "how good am I" and not "how much fun am I having" (No offense mean't)

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SAT: 720 math
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