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Can You Pass An MIT Entrance Exam From 1869?


Can You Pass An MIT Entrance Exam From 1869?

Hey smartie pants! MIT’s current acceptance rate is 4.5%. Back when MIT first opened nearly two centuries ago, there was no entrance exam. It wasn’t until 1869 that MIT decided to test on English, geometry, algebra, and arithmetic. Here’s a small sample taken straight from that first entrance exam. Do you think you can pass it? Things were definitely different then, and honestly, you might surprise yourself! Ready to give it a go?

Audrey Engvalson

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