RequiredEA

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MA · Private · Northeast · National university · Top 10 tier

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate4.6%
EA rate6%721 of 12,052, per the school's website
Regular round (est.)†3.6%estimated from early counts

† Regular round (est.) = (all admitted − early admits) ÷ (all applicants − early applicants), using the early counts the school published and the totals on the same page.

Trends, Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Admission rates

Overall
0%5%10%'22'23'24'254.5%4.6%no datano data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

Early Action, non-binding · School admissions page ↗What this means:

EA rate figures: Class of 2029 (entered Fall 2025) · MIT Admissions statistics ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
RequiredSAT or ACT requiredSchool testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Superscores
ACT
Superscores

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Required. Self-report scores from all exams taken; do not enter a self-calculated superscore as a single sitting.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

Send all scores? Requested

Self-report all sittings; MIT superscores.

School’s words: “We do not require applicants to officially send scores as part of their application, and instead have a verification process upon enrollment. ... You should self-report scores from all exams taken, and MIT will consider the superscore in our review process.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 3, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡100% 

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT83%
Submitted ACT31%

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2025. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1520–1570 median 1550
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
740–780 median 760
500800
SAT Math
780–800 median 790
500800
ACT composite
34–35 median 35
2036

Trends, Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'22'23'24'25100%100%83.0%83%29.0%31%no datano data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
160015001400'22'23'24'251520–1570157015201520–1570157015201520–1570157015201520–157015701520

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36343230'22'23'24'2535–36363534–36363434–36363434–353534

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

  • 2025: 2%

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. Fall 2027 Required2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Not reported2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Not reported2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Not reported2022-23 CDSThis form’s own wording says Fall 2023; every CDS here is read as covering the fall two years after its first year.
  5. Fall 2023 CDS not available2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 CDS not available2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 CDS not available2019-20 CDS

Sources