<p>Hi, I received a 740 on my January literature subject test. I scored 770-800 on the practice tests I took, so it was a bit of a disappointment.</p>
<p>I'm applying as an English major to a few top schools. Most of my EC's are focused around writing. Will the 740 in literature hurt me? I don't want to retake.</p>
<p>My other scores are a 2250 (1st time SAT) and 790 (chem subject test).</p>
<p>740 lit is pretty good. I wouldn’t worry too much, especially because your major usually isn’t taken into consideration in admissions.</p>
<p>Retake if it’s really bothering you and you feel you could do better (770+).</p>
<p>740 is a really good score.</p>
<p>740 on Literature represents a higher percentile than does 800 on Math Level 2.</p>
<p>Universities realize that the potential major you put on college applications is an indefinite declaration. And yes, a 740 is very good indeed. I found the Literature Subject Test moderately difficult, particularly since it was hard to make confident discriminations between a few of the answer choices. Also, there is a fairly stringent curve. I believe I missed three overall (technically four since I did not omit any).</p>
<p>off topic a bit - I’m curious about your choices for SATIIs. Why literature and chemistry?</p>
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<p>Chemistry was my favorite subject in high school and is definitely a discipline that I wish to integrate into my college concentration. As for Literature, I simply wanted to add a third test to my exam schedule and that was the one that I felt I could do best on. It is more of an aptitude-based assessment so there was essentially no material in particular that I needed to learn. Physics, for example, would have been more pertinent to my eventual college major, but I did not have the confidence with the material to obtain the top score.</p>
<p>I chose chem because I took chem AP sophomore year and liked it.</p>
<p>I also read a lot, and my main EC’s focus on writing, so I chose literature. Though, I admit that I was expecting a 770+ score. I’m applying to three ivies, and two selective LAC’s.</p>
<p>Hopefully the 740 doesn’t hurt me too much.</p>