<p>Hello! I have questions about MIT. </p>
<p>What are the average SAT scores for MIT students?</p>
<p>Does MIT take highest scores of each SAT section?</p>
<p>I will be preparing for a Microsoft Software Eng. Exam, and if I pass, will it look good on my resume?</p>
<p>Does MIT have good financial aid?</p>
<p>Howdy!</p>
<p>I suggest <a href="http://www.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">www.mit.edu</a> and <a href="http://www.collegeboard.com%5B/url%5D">www.collegeboard.com</a>.</p>
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<p>OK, for everybody who keeps referring people to the MIT website, the site is <a href="http://web.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu</a>, not <a href="http://www.mit.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.mit.edu</a>. Both work, but giving the latter identifies you as someone who does not actually know much about MIT.<br>
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<p>For the OP, you can find a lot of statistics on MIT admissions by using the Common Data Set: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2005/cds2005.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/ir/cds/2005/cds2005.html</a></p>
<p>thanks but I couldnt find out if MIT takes the highest SAT score of each section.</p>
<p>That's not really a very relevant question - they will have all of the scores when they make a decision; they will see a good V on one test and a good M on another test, and they will take that into account; if they're good they're good, but the scores won't matter too much anyway.</p>
<p>ok thanks...</p>
<p>Is MIT a university or what?</p>
<p>Yes, MIT is considered a national university, as we have programs ranging from bachelors' to doctorate and several different schools (School of Science, School of Engineering, etc) which administer various majors.</p>
<p>Also, let me say that our financial aid programs are well funded and support students who need assistance. We operate a need-based and full-need financial aid system and over 50% of our applicants receive MIT scholarship assistance every year.</p>
<p>Read my blog for more info on the MIT financial aid programs.</p>
<p>Thanks a bunch. However, I already figured that out.</p>
<p>Barkowitz (Daniel):</p>
<p>there are some parents (of which I am one) opining on the number of matriculant/applicant AP's for highly selective schools. The discussion centers on stanford, but MIT is much more reprsentative since it doesn't recruit athletes. Care to join the fun and add real stats for MIT, particularly "average" number of APs. But, even better, what is the range of ap's for matriculants (25-75%). I'm betting a cyber dollar that the 75% exceeds 10 ap's. </p>
<p>The discussion is in:</p>
<p>Since my area of expertise is financial aid, I don't think I could add much to the conversation.</p>
<p>You may want to ask Ben Jones to join in though. He is the Admissions person from MIT who is on these boards...</p>
<p>I've already sent email to Ben asking if he'd care to respond. He's out as part of the traveling admissions road-show until 10/3, though, so you might not hear from him really quickly.</p>