[whymauri]

>The conventional wisdom has long been that the SAT subject tests are MORE predictive of future success at MIT, because the influence of test prep, cramming, test coaches, etc. is minimal for the subject tests.

Citation needed? The admissions office has much better data on this stuff, but in my experience, MIT students who performed well on these tests did so because their schools offered AP exams that were relevant. For students like me, we were S.O.L. and had to teach ourselves a year's worth of test material entirely by self-study while still maintaining top grades in school, doing research, and studying for the SAT.

To clarify: not disputing that there's less cramming, just that it's a better predictor.