<p>Hi I got 770 M, 700 CR, and 680 W? Are these scores good enough for MIT? If not, what scores should I aim for?</p>
<p>Visit the MIT Common Data Sets to see the ranges and percentiles for incoming freshmen for the past few years. Drill down to section C to see the kind of data you're looking for; section C9 in particular addresses SAT scores.</p>
<p>The middle 50% for CR was 660 - 760 from the most recently published list.
The middle 50% for M was 720 - 800.
(W has not been used in past years so there is no percentile data.)</p>
<p>Of course you know that SAT scores are only a small part of the application. If your scores show you can likely handle the work, the rest of your app will come into play. Looks as if your scores are in range for consideration, based on previous years' data.</p>
<p>Your scores are fine. I've heard MIT doesn't care about the writing as long as it's ok (and yours is.) If you were to raise a score, I would think about the verbal (CR). If you were in the 750-800 range, then you would be in really good shape.</p>
<p>Unless you had a bad day, your verbal score won't go up much unless you put in significant time.</p>
<p>I've heard from a few people here that SATs don't play as big as a role as people think it out to be.</p>
<p>What if you have extremely low scores would MIT consider even looking at your application, I feel worried since i have taken the test twice and yet have not gotten a score adequate enough for the middle range test scores, my highest score was 580 in the math section. Could you answer this question.</p>
<p>I am not an admissions officer at MIT, but if you look at the Common Data Sets above, you will see that of the incoming freshmen a year ago (meaning those who were admitted and chose to attend), 32% had CR scores in the 600s and 7% had CR scores in the 500s, 13% had M scores in the 600s with none in the 500s. Looking through all four Common Data Sets available on the website above, there are zero matriculating students with M scores in the 500s for the past four years.</p>
<p>I think the figures show that it would be a very, very low probability that an application with SAT M score below 600 would get very far. The SAT scores are used, I believe, as a gauge for whether you'd be able to handle the work required of you, starting with the GIRs and moving onward. While the rest of your application might be strong, SAT scores that low are likely to raise a red flag, and they don't want to admit students whom they believe would not succeed. I'd say it would be unwise to get your hopes up, and that you should have other choices of schools that you'd like to attend. If you can afford the time and money to apply, you could, but it will be a very, very big stretch with SAT scores below 600. Good luck.</p>
<p>That is a discouraging fact that my hopes and dreams will be crush because of one measly test, and why should this test determine if I can handle the work in MIT. I don't think anyone in MIT knows the determination I have to succeed. Will an interview/essay be considered otherwise to change this "red" flag as you call it.</p>
<p>I will be going on an interview this summer too, but my SAT Math score is well above 600, along with my other sections.</p>
<p>I don't think it will help you, but if you want to pay for the plane ticket/etc. go for it, you may as well try :).</p>
<p>well sometimes "determination" alone isn't going to make you succeed; you also need knowledge and potential.
You have to admit, the SAT math is pretty easy. My schoolwide average for math is about 660 so I don't think having a math in the 500s really shows your knowledge and mastery of the skills. Without a great foundation on the basics, it's hard to talk about potential.
It would be hard to prove that you would succeed at MIT with a 500s in math, but you can always try. Good Luck</p>
<p>Although, I can honestly say, I don't think you'll get in. However, my friend had perfect SATs and he didn't get in. Maybe your application can somehow trigger the admissions officer. Best of luck to you. I would suggest retaking the test this October, or trying the ACT ;).</p>
<p>I apologize for spam posting but I don't know why I can't pass the SAT, in the sense of getting a high score, I thought that the math section was easy but when i received my score I was disappointed to see my score was not as high as i thought it would be. Maybe I naturally can't reason well, regardless of how much I study for it. If i were to take the test a third time would it hurt my application, maybe i might get a solid 600 next time or something. I also did not mention that the first time i took the SAT my math score was a 510. Or maybe i should just kill myself since a monkey is obviously smarter than me.</p>
<p>you should aim to get 700+.
cuz 600s still gives you a VERY SMALL chance , and those who does get in with 600s in math probably has godly EC, awards, essays, recs ,and personality that adcom was looking for</p>
<p>there are great math/sci/engineering school other than MIT you know...</p>
<p>Aerex, have you looked at "the Xiggi method", highlighted at the top of the "SAT Preparation" forum? Many people who've used that method swear by it for improving their scores. He advocates far more than just studying, he offers a test-taking method which can help anyone do better. And from what I recall the MIT admissions folks saying in their blogs, it won't hurt your application to take the SAT a third time if you feel ready. They'll only look at the highest of each section score.</p>
<p>rainynightstarz is right, though, there are many great schools. MIT is one of them, but there are many, many more. Take a look at the Xiggi method and see if you think it might help you, if you decide to take the SAT again in the fall.</p>
<p>@Aerex
One thing I might suggest is to take the ACT... in my opinion, the SAT math is 80% "Heeyyy, do you know this dumb random trick to do this dumb random certain kind of problem??" GRAR. ACT math covers more difficult concepts, but it's more "do you know how to do trig? Okay, do it." I found ACT's math section MUCH easier than SAT's. I dunno, you might just want to try it.</p>
<p>I also like doing standardized tests' math sections backwards. That way, when you get to the end and you have 40 seconds left, you're only doing 3+5 as opposed to 3 log 5, or something.</p>
<p>Hey, I do that too :). I was taking my SAT in June, and I remember in one of the Math sections, I had 2 minutes left, but I did # 20 up to #4. I did the last 3 problems in two minutes, and I spent a lot of time on the hard problems at the end. It works ;]</p>
<p>SAT scores correlate with admission rate "monotonically" at MIT vs. HYP.
See: <a href="http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/hoxby/papers/revealedprefranking.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://post.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/hoxby/papers/revealedprefranking.pdf</a>
Specifically, read pages 7 and 8 of the pdf file.</p>
<p>Now shall we start another meritocracy debate?</p>