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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it's about making people happy. Their data points to testing being pretty useless in their pool.

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Can you clarify what you are saying?[/quote]

Their middle 50% being 780-900 is telling us that they have thousands of people with scores that are almost identical. We're talking people who get 1 questions wrong vs. people who got 2 questions wrong.

What's more, a new SAT is going in place. If they were really doing this properly, they'd wait for studies to come out. They aren't, which makes me think this isn't about actually using test scores in the application review. I think this is a way to cut down on shutgun apps and make people like the ones here happy. I am certain there are other sectors that are disappointed with this move. 
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What this tells you is that MIT believes a good indicator of success at MIT (one of the best STEM schools in the country) is dependent upon scoring very high on the math portion of the SAT/ACT.  Normally, I'm a fan of eliminating SAT/ACT test requirements, as I think it definately favors those with access ($$$/Time/etc) to specialized tutoring.  However, I would tend to agree with MIT---unlike the verbal portion which can be tutored more easily/taught tricks/etc, the math portion requires good math skills to score well.  If you don't already have very strong math skills, it will be harder to raise that score to nearly perfect.   And I'd argue if you cannot find a way to earn a 770+ on MATH, that maybe MIT isn't the right place for you---your 4 years will be spent taking math/science/CS classes that utilize those high level math skills/thought processes all the time.  [/quote]

The “specialized tutoring” a ton of kids do is cheap - buy some practice books and work them or online for less than 50 bucks.  The DCUM rationale that standard tests should be cut everywhere because wealthy kids game the system is crap.  [/quote]

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