US Top 50 · Cambridge, Massachusetts · Extreme Reach

Massachusetts Institute of Technology麻省理工学院

US News 2026 #2 (US News 2026 National Universities)

“Mens et Manus”

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At a glance

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a Extreme Reach school on our readiness map — that label describes how demanding the preparation is for international-school applicants, not an admission probability.

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts (US Top 50, US News 2026 #2 per US News 2026 National Universities), it reviews both AP and A-Level curricula, so the question is not which system you study but how strong your core-subject evidence is.

The benchmarks and admit-case chart below come from anonymized application records of Chinese international-school students, aggregated with percentile ranges to protect every individual case.

Requirements and next steps

Eligibility pending review. A readiness score does not confirm admission eligibility.

Official sources and scope

MIT testing policy ↗

First-year testing policy · Current published policy; recheck for your cycle

Checked：2026-09-18
  • SAT or ACT is required. MIT sets no SAT/ACT cutoff or recommended score.
  • English testing recommendations depend on language background. Planning targets are not official cutoffs.
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Planning targets are advisory. Historical admits are a selected sample, not admission odds. Program availability, costs and eligibility require separate checks.

Where past admits landed

Not enough complete anonymized data is available to display a chart. This does not mean there are no admitted students.

Case benchmarks (anonymized aggregate)

Median GPA3.92P25-P75: 3.92 – 3.96
Median SAT1545P25-P75: 1540 – 1560
Median AP count11P25-P75: 4 – 11

Ranges use P25/P75 percentiles instead of extremes so a single outlier cannot skew the picture. These cases are not the full applicant population and cannot estimate admission odds.