<p>After taking a basic freshman chemistry course in high school, my chem teacher suggested that I take the SAT II in Chemistry at the beginning of my sophomore year. Being young and completely uninformed about the college admissions process, I took her advice and I believed I would actually do well. Unfortunately I pretty much bombed with a 630. But now I'm planning on taking Biology, World History, and Math IIC in the spring and am aiming for 750+ on all of them, considering that I will have taken the AP's for bio and world and am pretty good at math. So, my question is, can a score of 750+ on all my other SAT II's compensate for my one 630? In other words, do most top schools take only your highest scores or do they take all of them into consideration?</p>
<p>Schools generally require 2 SAT II's for admission. More selective schools may require 3. To my understanding, only your top three scores are considered and/or used for statistical purposes. However, the official collegeboard score report does include all of your scores, even the ones that are not "officially" considered by colleges.</p>
<p>That will not be the reason why you are rejected. They may look at it but I doubt it will be very important if you take 3 other tests.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, when you send your score(s) report to colleges, they get ALL the scores for all the tests you have take. So they will see all of them and you don't get to pick which they consider or look at. I took the Biology SAT II test and got a 530 three years ago and I re-took it this year and got a 700. Colleges will see both scores and the 530 might not get offset by the 700.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^^^^^^
Doubtful...
Colleges will use your highest scores... They are looking to boost their own average statistics for acceptance. If you retake or take three other tests, your highest scores will the tests they weigh most heavily.</p>
<p>If you do get 750+ on those tests, your low first test will be a nonissue. Don't worry about it.</p>