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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MIT usually does a good job navigating data. Check out what they have to say on the matter. https://news.mit.edu/2022/stuart-schmill-sat-act-requirement-0328[/quote]

Did you read your link?  It's a highly specific reason.

Our General Institute Requirements demand that all first-years must take (or place out of, through Advanced Standing Examination) two semesters of calculus and two-semesters of calculus-based physics, no matter what field they intend to major in; students who do not place out of physics also take a math diagnostic. In other words, there is no pathway through MIT that does not include a rigorous foundation in mathematics, mediated by many quantitative exams along the way. So, in a way, it is not surprising that the SAT/ACT math exams are predictive of success at MIT; it would be more surprising if they weren't.

No way that other colleges require two semesters of calculus and two semesters of calculus-based physics as part of their general reqs.[/quote]

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