ACT Sub-sections

Colleges and Universities A-Z Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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<p>Does MIT consider all sections of the ACT with equal weight? I know both english and math are obviously considered, but neither science nor reading are listed on the admission statistics page (whether nor not that means anything, I'm not sure). </p>

<p>I ask this because some other universities make it clear they look mostly at the english and math sections rather than all sections of the ACT.</p>

<p>So, bearing in mind that scores can't be "unseen", does it make sense to send in secondary test date scores which improve upon reading (like five points better) while showing a somewhat lower performance in english and math, and a substantially lower performance in science? Keep in mind that none of the scores are atrociously bad, they're just not all necessarily "up to par".</p>

<p>The first test date composite also falls around MIT's 75th percentile of admits, while the secondary date falls around the 25th.</p>

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<p>I can’t answer whether MIT considers the science or reading sections, but their policy on sending multiple sittings of a single test is that sending them will not hurt you – they will use your best scores on each subsection in their evaluation of you. </p>

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