B/C in the class but an 800 on the subject test

Applying to College
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<p>so this is my main situation</p>

<p>i haven't done well in some classes, but i've scored 800 on the subject tests</p>

<p>what now?</p>

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<p>Subject tests, how many tests would that be?
If that is the case then you have some explaining to do in your essays. It’s either your school is difficult or it’s that you were slacking off in class!</p>

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<p>5 subject tests</p>

<p>Math2 (Got a B in Alg2, C in Precalc), Bio-E (B in bio), Physics (B in physics), US (B in US), and Chem (C in chem)</p>

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<p>is my grade really that much more important than my mastery in the subject?</p>

<p>Because sometimes at my school getting a good grade is equivalent to how much ass you can kiss in class</p>

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<p>^ an important life skill ;)</p>

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<p>Although your scores are obviously extremely impressive and I’d take those 800s over a kid with A’s and high 600s to low 700s, unfortunately colleges won’t. Those grades will hurt. Perhaps there will be some mitigation because of the 800s but it really depends at what schools you’re looking at.</p>

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<p>obviously you need to bring to the colleges’ attention that you’ve done extremely well on all of the subject tests and that perhaps your school grades are misleading. however, damage has, as plusplustutoring pointed out, been done to your gpa and classrank. </p>

<p>what i wouldn’t do, however, is state to colleges that, at your school, “school getting a good grade is equivalent to how much ass you can kiss in class” because that would make you seem like either a bitter child who’s probably smart but is lazy, doesn’t do homework, and refuses to take the blame and punishment for it or someone who is too arrogant concerning his own intelligence and doesn’t have any people skills.</p>

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<p>I have a question- what If its the reverse- Like i had all As and I B in Chem, a 98 on the state exam, but only scraped a 620 on the subject test.</p>

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<p>^Depending on where you’re applying to college, you might just want to not send that score.</p>

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<p>The problem is, in most cases where that happens, the kid is just lazy. The material is easy, so they just slack off on the assignments and end up with a B or C. Whether or not that’s your situation, an admissions officer will look at the grade as “oh, here’s a kid who knew the stuff and didn’t bother trying”.</p>

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<p>But what if it is mandatory for Engineering school :/</p>