09-09-2010, 11:30
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Re: I'm an MIT Admissions Officer. Ask me Questions!
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Originally Posted by Petey
We don't throw students out because of minute differences. In fact, we're one of the few highly selective colleges that don't convert all of our incoming applicant's GPA to the 10.0 Exeter/Andover grading system. Many schools will just take whatever you got and convert it to that, find the top students, and go from there.
We don't do that, certainly not with grades - see my post above about our models. Once you're academically qualified for MIT, we look at everything else.
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That's refreshing to hear. The point of what I said (poorly communicated, I know) is that if you're worried about number x being juuust a bit low, you should consider schools that consider you for more than that, MIT being included on that list. 
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