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> MIT will be accepting anyone over a (presumably secret) threshold

I don’t think it’s a hard threshold. Some people are bad standardised test takers. If the rest of their application shows they won’t flunk their math tests, a lower score could be fine. If, on the other hand, it looks like a pattern, a marginal score could be seen to not make the cut.



Yeah that's probably right. It's not a ranking mechanism which is what I think some people believe it is advocating. More isn't necessarily better.




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