<p>A lot of people have been posting about curves and being happy they get 720-780 and looking for math intensive programs (for math IIC).</p>
<p>This is NOT GOOD. You're not the only one that knows about the curves. College admissions officers know the average Math IIC ranges from 655-665 (See Sparknotes SAT II Guide).</p>
<p>They know that your 750 means you got about 38/50, that equates to 76%. NOT GOOD EVEN THOUGH ITS 750. Frankly, especially for math anything below 790 is bad and 790 is actually not that great as its 84%. (For math intensive programs and selective universities, as most CCers are interested in the latter)</p>
<p>This is aimed mainly at Math IIC not the other difficult SAT IIs (The sciences) which aren't as curved.</p>
<p>This is why even 800 scorers get rejected, it simply isn't that amazing.</p>
<p>Reality checks may hurt initially, but in the long run they help out.</p>
<p>I know that I did not do so well on my Math IIC earlier this month (I'd be lucky to break 700), so I'm aiming to do much better on my November tests, which are in subjects I'm more comfortable with. </p>
<p>So for those people who want to retake 750s or 760s and know they can do better...don't listen to what other people (non CCers) may say! Always keep trying =]</p>
<p>@atrophicwhisper, the probably made up for it with something else phenomenal.</p>
<p>I've head of someone getting into MIT with very mediocre SATs (1690) and SAT II's in the low 700s but he was an ISEF grand prize winner, had an NIH grant and when to IBO.</p>
<p>I understand what you're saying but sometimes people just aren't good test takers. They might be able to think in the complex manner that most people who plan to major in math can do but simply are stumped when it comes to the easy calculator math on the SAT II's.</p>