<p>This has probably been asked many times before and I have been searching through old threads all morning trying to find the answer, so forgive me..... Does MIT consider your weighted or unweighted GPA? My school gives 4.40 for an A in an AP class and a 4.0 for an A in a normal class. I am a junior this year and I am fairly certain that a certain class <em>cough cough APUSH</em> is going to lower my 4.0 unweighted GPA. I know that a 3.9whatever is still good, but I know my weighted GPA will still be above a 4.0 so I am just curious....</p>
<p>Second question. Does MIT see AP test scores? I got the impression that I can send whichever test scores and they will see them and it won't make or break anything, but is nice to have..... I'm asking this because I am contemplating NOT even taking several AP tests simply because MIT and other top schools do not grant credit for AP tests and I already qualify for my safety school (MSU)'s honors college where any classes that I would waive or get credit for, I wouldn't have to take. So really there would be no reason to take the test for money saving purposes and as each test is like $90, I would just as soon not take them.....Which leads me to my problem, will MIT take the fact that there are not AP scores from AP classes that I took as a 'well this student did poorly on the AP exam and grade inflation may be an issue here...hmmm' or does it not matter at all?</p>
<p>Third question..... 31 on the ACT......I know that people at MIT say >~740= 800 for SAT, is there some kind of similar thing for ACT. I know that a 31 on the ACT puts me in the 25 percentile or lower, but I was curious to know if there was some magic number that =36?</p>
<p>1) As far as I know, MIT unweights your GPA, then considers your AP’s as part of a holistic review of your transcript, and how it compares to others at your school. 3.98 UW will not be the reason you don’t get in.</p>
<p>2) No, unless you report it. But IMO take AP and corresponding subject test to enhance your application. I am in a similar situation as you, but I still took the AP exams. If not AP, at least take subject tests in the areas you have taken AP’s in at bare minimum.</p>
<p>3) IMO whatever the 50th percentile is for freshman profile. So… 33/34?</p>
<p>I’m no authority or expert, so trust what someone else might say.
But if it counts for anything I was admitted EA?</p>
<p>Yeah I figured it’d be that way with the ACT scores, my 31 is from 10th grade and my state requires that all 11th graders take the ACT as part of a test week, so I will be retaking it in March, and I’m fairly certain I will score higher (I had an unfortunate coughing fit in the middle of the science section and lost about 10 mins of time while in the hallway lol :P)</p>
<p>And, CONGRATULATIONS on getting in EA, hopefully that will be me next year lol, good job!!! :)</p>
Just for the record, it’s not entirely true that MIT doesn’t grant credit for AP tests. </p>
<p>A score of 5 on several of the math/science tests would allow you to place out of some of the General Institute Requirements, and a score of 5 on a humanities test gives you some units of general elective credit, which is a nice buffer while at MIT if you need to drop a class.</p>
<p>Only you can decide if the $90 per test is worth it, but it isn’t unreasonable to take AP tests for the purpose of making your time at MIT a little easier.</p>
<p>Oh, I knew that MIT grants general elective credit, but I didn’t see the point of it, so thanks for pointing it out. I was definitely planning on taking the AP calc tests. I just know that if I don’t get into MIT and I end up going to my state school, I wouldn’t need the credit because I already qualify for the honors college and it doesn’t have any ‘‘required’’ classes and only grants like 1 credit and you still have to take another class to replace it. I guess I will probably take the APUSH test then anyway.</p>