Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	97%
  Second tenth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 89% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 22% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 99%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 95%, SAT math scores over 600 100%, ACT scores over 24 99%, SAT verbal scores over 700 63%, SAT math scores over 700 89%, ACT scores over 30 80%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	52%	86%	73%
  26-29	32%	13%	21%
  21-25	14%	1%	6%
  16-20	2%	n/a	n/a