<p>I KNOW and HAVE BEEN TOLD that MIT takes no preference, but do applicants tend to send their SAT scores, ACT scores, or do and send in both? And also which applicants tend to get in more? SAT applicants, ACT applicants, or applicants that send in both scores? If you have no say in this, but have been accepted or deferred, let me know which scores you sent in!</p>
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<p>I sent in a 2300 SAT score and got in. No ACT. I've heard that schools on the coast generally get more SAT scores.</p>
<p>no preference by MIT, i also sent a 2300 SAT score, but 34 ACT score, but was deferred.</p>
<p>If I sent both scores in would they look at the better one? If they were equally good (the ACT translated to the same SAT score) would that show me as a more solid applicant?</p>
<p>They'll look at the one that makes you look better.</p>
<p>But they really don't matter that much.</p>
<p>More students on the east coast only send in their SAT scores, but MIT has no preference if you send the ACT or the SAT. More people in the middle of the U.S. will take the ACT and will send those scores into MIT, while more on the coast will send the SAT scores. If you have a 35 on the ACT and you send that in and someone else has a 2340 SAT and sends that in, MIT won't have a preference over either applicant, in terms of test scores (b/c a 35 and a 2340 are equivalents).</p>
<p>MIT will look at the better set of scores and ignore the other set. There's no advantage to sending more scores than are required.</p>
<p>^ Exactly. The only reason my schools see my SAT I is because of my SAT II scores. But they should disregard my SAT I in favor of my ACT b/c my ACT is higher (my SAT isn't bad by any means at all: it's a 2270. But that is lower than the 35 on my ACT, so they should just consider my ACT. This can go for many others too. Say someone's SAT is a 2040, but his/her ACT is a 33. The ACT is a better score [a 33 is equivalent to a 2200, much higher than a 2040]. The school will consider the 33 over the 2040 b/c the 33 is a better score).</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>