<p>“Back to the OP’s original question: Your SAT scores will gain you consideration and no – your application won’t be set aside or tossed in the trash heap simply because your critical reading score places you in the top 3 % of applicants, rather than the top 1%. RELAX.”</p>
<p>Here is the data from MIT’s blog:
[MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “MIT Admissions Statistics 2007”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/mit_admissions_statistics_2007.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/admissions_statistics/mit_admissions_statistics_2007.shtml)
Middle 50% score range of admitted students:
SAT Reasoning Test - Critical Reading [670, 770]
SAT Reasoning Test - Math [720, 800]
SAT Reasoning Test - Writing [670, 760]
ACT Composite [31, 34]
SAT Subject Test - Math [730, 800]
SAT Subject Test - Science [700, 800]</p>
<p>As you can see, the 660 falls in the lowest 25% of admitted students. Nevertheless, they were admitted. Your SAT scores won’t matter nearly as much as your extracurricular activities and grades.</p>
<p>By the way, hi Le Zhong</p>