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You get 200 points per section automatically. [1] And to get into MIT you'd need at least 1,000 points, no matter your race. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S
by crackercrews 5y ago
You get 200 points per section automatically. [1] And to get into MIT you'd need at least 1,000 points, no matter your race.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT
- edflsafoiewq 5y agoWhy does it have such a weird score range?
- xadhominemx 5y agoYou get negative points for answering incorrectly, to disincentivize blind guessing.
- crackercrews 5y agoI believe it doesn't disincentivize blind guessing. It just counteracts it. If you can eliminate one answer you should guess. Even if you can't eliminate an answer you break even.
- relaxing 5y agoThat wouldn’t be blind.
- AnnikaL 5y agoThe SAT no longer penalizes guessing (i.e. incorrect answers).[0] [0] - https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/whats-on-the-test/structure https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/whats-on-the-test/stru...
- xadhominemx 5y agoInteresting, thank you
- nostrademons 5y ago800 points on one section will get you into MIT, as that's a perfect score. 1000 on combined seems very unlikely to get you into SAT; the 25th percentile is 1500. https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/MIT-SAT-scores-GPA https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/MIT-SAT-scores-GP...
- crackercrews 5y agoI was replying to a comment indicating that URMs can get in with extremely low scores. My point is that they can get in with somewhat lower scores. But they still have to clear a much higher threshold than 800 combined.
- judge2020 5y agoMassachusetts Institute of Technology/Typical SAT scores Reading and Writing 730-780, Math 780-800