<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I applied to MIT in December for Regular Decision and took my SAT IIs on the January 28th testing date. However, I didn't notice that MIT required one of the SATs to be in a science subject (until it was too late, of course). All other requirements of my application are complete, but will this mistake ruin my chances of admission (or even consideration of my application)? Will I still recieve a decision? Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>Whoa, that's a bummer. A math and a science SAT II are clearly listed as requirements. You should call them for an official answer, but my guess is that your app will be considered anyway and that your will receive a decision along with everyone else. And the admissions committee could compare you to other students using science AP scores, assuming you have them. Maybe your app is otherwise so dazzling that no one will notice (or care) that you don't have a science SAT II. But someone who is NOT blinded by an otherwise dazzling app could certainly wonder about both your ability to follow directions and your common sense. This is MIT; most of their applicants would probably choose to take math and science SAT IIs even if MIT didn't specify what they wanted. Is your passion for math and science obvious from other things? Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply -
I know I should have realized that MIT required a science (I did take the Math II Subject test, luckily :) ). I've taken alot of science classes in high school and dual enrollment, such as Bio, Chem, Anatomy and Physiology, etc. I'm also in a medical magnet program in high school, so maybe they will overlook my mistake (I hope). The checkbox for "Testing Requirements" in myMIT isn't filled in though, so I hope they don't consider my application incomplete and will recieve an admission decision next month.</p>
<p>You should call them. It sounds like you should have plenty of other science "stuff" for them to consider, but you don't want to risk having your app languishing in some incomplete pile waiting for a science SAT II that is never going to arrive..</p>
<p>My daughter never considered MIT but they've emailed her and sent her a letter this week. Do they have an undergraduate business school and could she possibly apply there without a science SAT II. She's just not going to be able to take one because she's taking Physics this year (junior year) and really isn't very good in it.</p>
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Do they have an undergraduate business school and could she possibly apply there without a science SAT II. She's just not going to be able to take one because she's taking Physics this year (junior year) and really isn't very good in it.
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MIT doesn't even have an undergraduate business major. The closest they have is a management minor. Also, students just get admitted to the university as a whole, not to some particular division. Everyone then has to take quite a bit of math and science regardless of major. I don't know how MIT got your daughter's name to send her a letter, but if she wants to study business and really isn't very good at math and science, MIT might not be a good match. Maybe after she graduates from someplace else she could apply to MIT's Sloan School of Management for graduate school.</p>
<p>Can you beg MIT for nothing less than a deferral until you can take the SAT Science exam on May 6th?</p>
<p>Do you know if it makes a difference to MIT which science exam you take: Biology E/M, Chemistry or Physics?</p>
<p>You should call and/or e-mail MIT ASAP to acknowledge your omission and request a resolution from them. That way, you demonstrate your willingness to "handle your business" quickly and efficiently.</p>
<p>Given the thousands of applicants who took the correct required set of SAT IIs, I doubt they will offer to "wait" while one applicant takes an SAT II in May, as harsh as that sounds. I suspect they will read your application, but will probably consider it incomplete.</p>
<p>It does not matter to MIT which science SAT II you take, as long as you take one. That is clearly stated in the application materials, and is a requirement.</p>
<p>yeah, sorry.</p>
<p>your application is incomplete.</p>