<p>Which would you rather have: a perfect score on the Reasoning test and a combined 2200 or so on three subject tests, or a 2200ish Reasoning with three 800s on subject tests? Which is a more 'competitive' score?</p>
<p>I hear often that 2200+ on the SAT I is all regarded as the same. So does that mean that the latter is preferable?</p>
<p>That's a toughie. If I had great AP scores and grades, I would take the perfect on the Reasoning because the subject tests could all be around 730-740, which aren't terrible scores but would be offset by 5s on AP exams and such (to a degree, at least).</p>
<p>800s on Subject Tests, because those show that you've mastered harder material. 2200+ is very competitive for SAT I, so I would be fine with that. Then again, it depends on the curving for the Subject Tests, because some of them <em>coughMathIIcough</em> allow you to miss 6-7 questions and still get an 800.</p>
<p>i would take the 2400 SAT I.</p>
<p>I think it is like this
800 on SAT1 CR trumps all SATII 800
800 on SAT1 Math trumps 800 on SATII Math 1 or 2C
800 on SATII trumps 800 on SAT1 Writing.</p>
<p>I would prefer 800 SATI Math/CR 1600 with 800 on 1 or 2 SATII with SAT1 Writing above 700 and all SATIIs above 700.</p>
<p>Whoa, that's well-thought-out... and I hope admissions officers think like you! XD</p>
<p>It is a proven thing and over the last 4 years, I've seen students with these combination getting the most benefit from the standardized tests.
One caveat though if you are from a name brand high school your GPA and course selection will have more weightage but irrespective of the weightage of other facts/stats the above combination will provide you the best benefits.</p>
<p>Some SAT II have same weight as SAT I and some not
I think it should go with the percentile
Here is the SAT II's
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SubjTestPercentileRanks.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/highered/ra/sat/SubjTestPercentileRanks.pdf</a></p>
<p>IMO, 3 800s in SAT IIs and a 2200 in SAT I show that you are extremely well rounded, whereas a 2400 SAT I and 2200 SAT II might not look as well rounded (but obviously it's very competitive nonetheless).</p>
<p>For college admissions it's definetly a 2400 SATI and 2200 SATII.
a) only around 300 kids in the country have a perfect SATI
b) most colleges only require 2 subject tests or even none so the 2400 will go a lot further
c) with subject tests such as MathII/Korean/Chinese/Physics/etc at least 8% of people taking those tests get perfect scores so you start mixing and matching and there is probably a fair amount of kids with that.</p>
<p>Another way to look at it is percentile</p>
<p>SAT1 CR 800 is 99percentile
SAT1 Math 800 is 99percentile</p>
<p>while SATII Math 2c 800 is 88 percentile.</p>
<p>definitely 2400 on sat 1, much much harder to do</p>
<p>i dont care what anyone says... 2200 SATI does not equal 2400 SATI</p>
<p>2200 on SAT I and 2400 SAT II.</p>
<p>I do not want to have 600/800 on Math IIC thank you very much ^^.</p>
<p>But sure go ahead and give me a 600 on SAT I Math. Don't really care.
2200 is good enough for a recent immigrant to Canada (moi), while 2200 on SAT II is just unacceptable.</p>
<p>"800 on SAT1 Math trumps 800 on SATII Math 1 or 2C"
Not true at all. Math 2C is, in theory, harder than SAT I Math.</p>
<p>"800 on SAT1 Math trumps 800 on SATII Math 1 or 2C"
Not true at all. Math 2C is, in theory, harder than SAT I Math.</p>
<ul>
<li>Math 2 is in practice a lot harder than SAT I Math. The latter is all basic math and the only challenge is staying focused for all 70 or so questions.</li>
</ul>
<p>i got 2200 SAT 1 and 2400 SAT II so i definitely hope the latter is better ><</p>
<p>Well, it depends on the tests. If I had a choice of 800 Lit + 800 Math 2 + 800 Chem/Physics/Biology or 2400 SAT I, I'd take the subjects because math 2 and lit alone are much harder than the SAT I's reading and math...</p>
<p>i got 2400 SAT II (math2, chem, ushistory) and 2260 SAT I
i honestly dont even know which one is better :)</p>
<p>SAT II's are much much less important. I would rather have a 2200+ Sats than a 2400 Sat II. You can get in with bad (650+) Sat IIs, but with those same scores for SATs its much harder. Also there really is no question that SAT I Writing counts more than any one SAT II test.</p>
<p>doing well on SAT IIs shows you can study and memorize a large amount of material and regurgitate it in an hour-long test.
doing well on the SAT I shows, to a (limited) extent, how well you can reason.</p>
<p>2200 SATI and 2400 SATII show the all-too-common applicant who works ridiculously hard and is definitely intelligent, but was unable to master, for whatever reason, much "easier" content tested on the SAT I. in college, you may not need to know, for example, how to apply the right-hand rule to magnetic flux situations (physics sat II)... but reasoning skills show inherent, constant ability that should carry over to other situations/classes/etc.</p>