From: ichudov@algebra.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:58:00 -0800 (PST)
To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
Subject: Re: Getting into MIT is impossible
Message-ID: <199701290658.WAA21810@toad.com>
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can any kind soul tell me, what are the SAT scores needed to be in the top
10%, top 1%, and top 0.1% of all the students who take these tests?

thank you

igor

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> According to Rick Osborne:
> 
> "I disagree and can speak from experience.  I was denied admission to MIT
> even thought I had a 3.82 GPA, 1440 SAT (one try), and had taken 9 AP tests
> with two 5's, four 4's, two 3's, and one 2.  As for being well-rounded, I
> was on several academic teams, sang in Chorus, acted and stage managed in
> Drama, and played Tennis."
> 
> People get into MIT--or don't get into MIT--for lots of reasons. Most
> intelligent people apply to several schools, knowing that admissions
> practices are subject to the vagaries of reality.
> 
> In my case, my SATs were about 1500, with some 800s in achievement tests.
> And the usual bullshit high school clubs, political offices, etc. etc. I
> was accepted by MIT, but not by Caltech. I didn't lose any sleep over the
> way things turned out.
> 
> And I decided not to go to MIT, either.
> 
> "The only thing I didn't have that the next MIT applicant had was money.  I
> made the mistake of letting them know that I was dirt poor and would need
> full aid/grants/etc, and to quote "The Great Escape" it was "Zzzt! To the
> Russian front!""
> 
> My guess is that "other factors" were involved. 
> 
> I noted with some interest, but little surprise, that the guy claiming MIT
> required a 4.0 GPA and a 1600 combined SAT score could barely spell, and
> had major problems making a coherent point. Methinks this is why MIT
> rejected him, not his lack of a "1600."
> 
> ">For what it's worth, I wanted to go to MIT my sophomore year in high
> >school, too
> 
> "Lucky you.  It had been a dream of mine since I was an annoying
> overachiever of 6.  Sux to be white trash, I guess."
> 
> MIT offered me a substantial economic aid package, in the form of loans,
> grants, and various campus jobs. What does this tell you?
> 
> "MIT may be a great school, but they tend to be snooty assholes for the most
> part.  (DISCLAIMER: Not all MIT grads/attendees are necessarily "snooty
> assholes", I'm just saying that I've yet to meet one that wasn't.)
> 
> I've known about a dozen or so MIT grads, and only one of them was a snooty
> asshole, and it was a _she_, one of the first MIT women grads (and she was
> _very_ impressed by this). 
> 
> Most MIT grads are perfectly reasonable.
> 
> Xanthar
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 



	- Igor.