<p>An0maly, your question is particularly interesting for me, since I will be the first applicant from my school. I’m curious to hear the answer!</p>
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The applications are kept for several years, but I don’t think it’s common practice to dig them out and compare applicants from the same school. That isn’t really done even for applicants in the same year, anyway – if there were two of you applying this year, they wouldn’t compare your applications to each other.</p>
<p>The only real consequence of never having had applicants from your school is that the admissions officers will likely take a few more minutes to familiarize themselves with your school and its offerings.</p>
<p>I can definitely empathize with feeling a little out of the game, coming from a school that doesn’t send many (any) students to top schools. I was the first person to be admitted to MIT from my school, and I think I was probably one of fewer than five applicants at the time. :)</p>
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I’m not sure that the GCs calling unsolicited would be of any real help. MIT will contact the school themselves if there are any questions, but I haven’t actually heard of contact going the other way without MIT asking for information first.</p>
<p>When we list hours for a sport, should we list only the amount of time actually playing the sport (+training etc) or should we count the amount of time total that the sport makes us commit to nothing else (for ex. Time spent traveling, staying overnight etc). I am asking because I was only at school for pike 5 Thursdays and Fridays last spring because we travel so much. I just thought that the number of hours should reflect the difficulty it causes me in school. </p>
<p>Thanks for any
response</p>
<p>Haha I mean like not pike^</p>
<p>I am still a bit confused about how sending the scores policy works.
What if i didn’t do very well on my first SAT2 test. I got a 800 in math level2,only 750 in physics and only a 730 in chemistry. but i did much better on my second time. i got 790 in physics and 790 in chemistry. Will MIT consider the scores i got on the first time? Or they just look at my higher score? Thank you!</p>
<p>They consider the higher score; if you are worried, you can just use score choice.</p>
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When in doubt, you can always list this as additional information in the “anything else you’d like to tell us” section. If it were me, I’d probably list practice + game time in the EC section, then mention in the additional info section that your sport requires a lot of overnights and time away from school. I think that’s the fairest way to do it.</p>
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MIT will use the 800 for your math score, and the 790 in physics as your science score. No other scores will be considered, at all.</p>
<p>Can anybody tell me if i can get into MIT or not?
Well, if i scored exactly 2200 in SAT and 800 in Math level2, and 790 in physics for SATII. I took 5 AP tests in one year,physics chemistry calcBC stat. computer science, and all got a 5. I am the team captain of my school’s academic team. but my school is just a small school and a newly started school. i one year got >120 in AMC10 and a 6 in AIME. and another year got a 110 in AMC12 and a 7 in AIME. Besides i’m pretty expert at violin and any kind of sports. But i’m kind of lack of leadership and community service.
I am wondering whether i can apply for MIT next year, or not.</p>
<p>btw, what else should i do in the next year to improve the chance for me to get in?</p>
<p>If I would like to send in my mid-term grades for the second term would MIT consider them even though they are released past the RD deadline?</p>
<p>MIT actually requires that students in US school systems send in a mid-year report as soon as midterm grades are available. It’s okay if those grades aren’t available until after the RD deadline – they’ll be reading applications through the month of January.</p>
<p>Hi, I have a quick question about the self-reported transcript. I was unable to take a math course senior year though I already have 4 years of math classes. My guidance counselor is sending an addendum through email noting that I could not enroll due to a scheduling conflict. Should I also note this on the self-reported transcript, and if so, how? Should I include it in the math courses section, or in the additional information box at the end?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>If your GC is sending a note, there’s no need to repeat the information. But if you’d like to, the “additional information” section is there for precisely that purpose.</p>
<p>Thank you very much!</p>
<p>I took the november SAT 2 and improved my score in physics, but on the online application tracker, it still hasn’t show up. Does this mean that it hasn’t been processed yet…or wasn’t received? I applied EA by the way. I guess my question is: should we expect to see our November scores online by this time?</p>
<p>Since APs are considered a little more advanced than SAT subject tests, would MIT accept the AP scores instead of SAT subject tests score?</p>
<p>@nrousep: no. They require the subject tests, not the AP. But you can still submit your AP scores - there’s a place on the application to do that. :)</p>
<p>Thanx T-bird. There are so many tests to do now - SAT, SAT subject tests & AP ! Since AP can let you skip some courses in some Univs /Colleges (not in MIT though), it has a distinct advantage over SAT II ! And since AP tests are more advanced form of the Sat Subject tests, dealing with the same subjects etc. & administered by the same Board, i feel it should have been an option in MIT’s test requirements.</p>
<p>@ nrousep,</p>
<p>Some colleges do use SAT II’s for placement</p>
<p>@nrousep - the thing is the APs test different things from the SAT IIs. Especially math - the AP Calc exams test calc - the subject tests don’t. I think the idea is that they need something that they can use to compare all applicants, graded on the same scale. AP classes aren’t offered everywhere, and they’re substantially more expensive than the SATs.</p>
<p>@ T-bird</p>
<p>you’re right</p>
<p>:)</p>