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<li>"If you are a U.S. permanent resident, you are required to submit a copy of your green card to the following address:</li>
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<p>MIT Office of Admissions
77 Massachusetts Ave., Rm. 3-108
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307"</p>
<p>Is this for people who were born elsewhere and then came to the US and became permanent residents? Sorry I'm a little confused. Correct me if I'm wrong, this doesn't have to do with US-born citizens right?</p>
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<li><p>I had my interview with an EC. Now I recall a few other posters saying they went through their myMIT account and basically "told MIT their interview was complete" and then when the EC sent in the report it became confirmed. Again correct me if I'm completely wrong. I just don't see where I can do that anywhere on myMIT or the site. Any help?</p></li>
<li><p>Letters of recommendation are sent through the mail (not online), correct? Also any other additional materials are sent through the mail with my full name and birthdate?</p></li>
<li><p>I just took the Physics Subject SAT this October. I feel as though my score will be in the mid 600s. I am registered right now for the SAT Reasoning Test in November. My current scores are 740 CR 730 M 800 W, and I was hoping to increase my CR and M scores for the EA deadline. But I am considering changing my test to another Physics Subject and shooting for a 720+ in order to have that in my EA app. Any thoughts? My other subject test is Math II 760. My ACT Math is 34 and Reading is 35 if that helps. </p></li>
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<p>That's all I can think of for now. I appreciate any responses.</p>
<p>Er, what’s your ACT composite? All of the score charts I’ve ever seen have used the composite score for comparison purposes (and that’s what’s on the statistics page as well).</p>
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<li><p>That’s what I thought, thanks, I was overthinking it. </p></li>
<li><p>Okay, thanks. I’m planning on having another letter of rec from my counselor (I’m assuming this isn’t uncommon), but they only I space for a URL link on the application regarding Robotics, and I wanted to send some supplementary material of what my team did. Thanks.</p></li>
<li><p>It’s kinda unfortunate that my 800 is in the Writing section I guess. Its on the application, but everything I’ve read points to the fact that the admissions places no weight on it in decision-making. My ACT breakdown is Eng 34, Math 34, Read 35, Science 34 (Combined Eng/Writ 31 (8 Essay)). I have always planned on sending both SAT and ACT in. My logic is that CR+M wise my score of 34 converts to a 1510 (which is higher than the 1470 I actually have). So MIT places the most emphasis on that, but why not just send in my SAT, which isn’t necessarily terrible, so they see my 800 in Writing and some consistency in the other subjects. I don’t know. Its a debate. Sending my SAT in can’t hurt me, the admissions office will just take the higher Math/Reading scores from the ACT anyway right? </p></li>
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<p>k4r:</p>
<p>ACT composite is 34 (which translates to roughly a 2260), but my ACT is strong in Math/Reading where my SAT score is skewed because its Writing heavy.</p>
<p>CalAlum:</p>
<p>Say I get deferred (all remaining dates are after EA, assuming I take Physics in Nov), would retaking the SAT Reasoning and bringing the CR and M scores up to the level of my ACT CR and M scores even make a difference, or would admissions just pick one anyway? Do you think there is a disadvantage to sending my SAT scores in?</p>
<p>Thanks guys, this site is a great resource. I appreciate the help.</p>
<p>Also, just to clarify, financial aid wise, right now I’ll I do is say I am planning on applying but I don’t actually do anything as far as applying for it, yet right?</p>
Correct. You can send both sets of scores, and the admissions office will choose the best ones, but keep in mind that they’re not using the SAT writing score in admissions decisions this year – your 800 won’t really help you. My opinion is that, with your ACT scores, there is no added value in taking the SAT again.</p>
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Financial aid applications are due in mid-February; they need to wait until your parents have done the taxes for this year.</p>
<p>The writing section is new; many colleges are just collecting data on how to use it. It’s not like MIT not needing the SAT Writing would mean that you wouldn’t take it, especially since the vast majority of other colleges would still require it.</p>
<p>I get your point, I guess. But I still think to say that the writing score is not considered at all is a bit dangerous…</p>
<p>I retook the SAT in Oct just because my reading and writing combined was not too strong.
But now I guess I could have been happy a 1540/1600 on SAT</p>
<p>Dangerous how? The score is not used to evaluate you – MIT’s still collecting scores to see if the writing scores correlate with anything they care about. (I suspect that they will soon, because even without selecting for high writing scores, the 25-75 for last year’s class was 670-770.)</p>
<p>I emailed Matt in July, and he confirmed that the scores will not be evaluated again this year.</p>
<p>Also finally got through to the CollegeBoard over the phone and was able to change my test from Reasoning to Physics. </p>
<p>Quick question:</p>
<p>Under my Science Subject the date to be taken is listed as 11/2009, is there any other way I should notify the admissions office to wait for my score from the November date? Or is that it?</p>
<p>What If we have ran out of room in the self reported coursework section? I have taken orchestra since freshman year, as well as other electives and it all wont fit.</p>
<p>Furthermore, for Senior Classes, do you leave the grade section blank?</p>
<p>Lastly, in the section about our schools grading policy, should I note that Gym and Health do not go into the GPA, and that IB Classes are weighted?</p>
<p>@nk9230 - As you’ve discovered, the self-reported coursework section doesn’t have enough space for all your classes. Decide what you want to show on the online application, and remember that MIT will also see your official transcript. When she filled out that section, my daughter (now a junior at MIT) wanted to show that she’d taken Art every year up to AP Art Studio, but to show those classes, she left out an electronics class and a robotics class. It didn’t matter in the end. You get to decide what’s important.</p>
<p>If you have not received a mid-year report for your senior year when you submit the application, leave the grade section blank.</p>
<p>In the section about your school’s grading policy, go ahead and enter your notes.</p>
If you were born a US citizen, you don’t have a green card to send a copy of.</p>