<p>I was obviously stupid for thinking I would do well on this exam, considering my Spanish classes have been heavily writing/grammar and speaking based rather than listening. Does this make my As in Spanish courses look irrelevant now? This, coupled with my first B in Spanish for this term in AP, is not going to be pretty. </p>
<p>Anyways, now I'm left with my top two SAT subject scores as 760 on Math 2 and 690 on US History. Are these good enough to be considerable for Ivies/top schools?</p>
<p>The thing is, Spanish is one of my stronger subjects in school. I just don’t know what happened…</p>
<p>Sorry for being obsessive, but bump please </p>
<p>Check how many subject tests the schools that are your top choices want. And then take enough that you don’t have to report the Spanish score.</p>
<p>(FWIW, my son reported his scores, including a 500, to his top choices, but later realized he shouldn’t keep reporting. They will take the top scores only I hope though.)</p>
<p>Just retake it.</p>
<p>Or better yet, don’t report.</p>
<p>Sorry, forgot to mention that many of my schools require full testing history, and my early decision school considers best two. But they still look at the whole picture. Will this damage the legitimacy of my As?</p>
<p>I have a 530 on French Listening, but A* for IGCSE French. Don’t worry, because getting a 500 means you’re above average and honestly everyone knows these subject tests for languages are tailored towards first language speakers.</p>
<p>Actually, alafae, not so. For languages, 640+ is expected, and for top 25 schools a 700-750 is.
@pianogeek: just retake Spanish in December, it’ll just be reading and you should be able to do better considering your classes’ emphasis.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I’ve been told by more than 5 university counselors about this, so I’m fairly sure. But OP has other subject test scores to submit so I seriously doubt it’s going to be a huge problem. I have other subject tests to submit so I’m hoping it’s that much of a problem for me too.</p>
<p>Yes, they’ll take the top 2 scores, so the third one doesn’t really matter… but since OP has to submit that score and it is problematic, I’d retake it if OP thinks it doesn’t reflect his/her level.
I can assure you that a score “above 500” on a subject test or language test will not cut it at a top 25 university/LAC that requires them, no matter what counselors will tell you.
Not everything rests on test scores, but if test scores can’t get you in, they can keep you out, and unless OP attends a lower-performing school there’s no reason a good student would get a 540 on a foreign language test except bad luck or poor preparation.</p>
<p>Honestly I’m more than sure colleges have a lower boundary for language tests. I’m a native Chinese (international), and along with all my native Chinese friends, we don’t get 800s on the Chinese subject test. What does it show? Language tests simply aren’t for non-native speakers to take, let alone native speakers who don’t get full marks. Because 500 is the average, having scores over 500 is really an indication of you being able to communicate in that language. What else is the use of a language test other than proving that you can speak or purely use that language? </p>
<p>OP does have to improve his score if the Spanish test is included in the 2 he’s sending, but I’m arguing the credibility of language tests in general.</p>
<p>@alafae which colleges told you that they are more lenient on language tests? By the way, the spanish is not one of my two top scores. </p>
<p>Well no colleges specifically said they’re more lenient on language tests, but surely you can check around those admitted students from different cool colleges on CC. You’ll see they generally has a way lower language test scores than the other subject tests scores. And of course from the experience I mentioned above.</p>
<p>If spanish is not your top two scores than of course don’t send it! :)</p>