What TOEFL score do you need for MIT?

Undergraduates do not send official scores with the application. You self-report every full sitting, including future sittings, and MIT verifies scores when you enrol. If you sit the same test more than once, MIT says it primarily considers the highest score in each section.

Graduate applicants self-report on the application's Test Scores page, and ETS must then verify the score before your department's verification deadline. Scores that will be invalid by the application deadline are not accepted, and MIT suggests testing at least two months before the deadline.

For comparison, the undergraduate page sets IELTS at a minimum of 7 (7.5 recommended), and the graduate page recommends IELTS Academic 7 overall.

Neither page offers conditional admission or a pathway programme for a low score. At graduate level, applicants without an automatic exemption can ask their department for an English test waiver, granted on demonstrated fluency under each department's own criteria, and programmes can still ask for extra test scores during review.

Requirements vary by programme and change between admissions cycles. The score that binds you is the one on your MIT programme page and in your offer letter, so check it there before you book a test.