Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT publishes 4.6% (Fall 2025). Early Action applicants got in at 6.0%; regular action at 3.5%.
- Acceptance rate
- 4.5%
- College Scorecard, latest cycle
- SAT middle 50%
- 1520–1580
- Section 25th–75th, summed
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–36
- Avg. HS GPA
- Not published
- Test policy
- Required
- 2026-27
- Regular deadline
- Jan 4, 2027
More detail: SAT and ACT requirements · Majors and earnings · What they look for · Merit and financial aid · AP credit
Acceptance rate
What MIT's 4.6% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits MIT reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Required for 2026-27
- Policy
MIT reinstated required SAT/ACT testing starting with the Class of 2027 cycle (announced March 2022, the first elite school to reverse test-optional) and continues to require it for 2026-27, with no general hardship exceptions beyond documented 'disaster or disruption' waivers. ACT Writing/Science and the SAT optional essay are not required; MIT superscores.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1520–1580sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 34–36
- Average HS GPA
- Not published by the school
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (EA)
- Regular decision
- Jan 4, 2027Source
- Supplemental essays
- 8 required
MIT does NOT use the Common App or Coalition App — it has its own MyMIT application platform. The count above is provided for comparability: 4 main essays (~100-200 words each) plus 4 short-response questions (40-50 words each) = 8 required written responses, plus 1 optional open-text box for additional information.
- AI use in essays
No Official Policy
We reviewed MIT Admissions' apply pages, essay instructions, FAQ, and policies page, and searched the site for 'artificial intelligence' and 'ChatGPT' — nothing published on applicant AI use.
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 4,535
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $62,396
- Category
- Elite Private
- Admissions site
- web.mit.edu
Dewey Smart
Dewey students who got into MIT
Sources
- MIT test policy (2026-27)
- MIT deadlines
- MIT admissions pages
- MIT admissions pages
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-09-14.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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