Can SAT II's Scores Kill You? What About Theses?

Applying to College
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<p>On one hand, I have straight As and 2000 on the new SATs, but...</p>

<p>I have a 560 on the U.S. History Subject Test, how much do you think that will hold me back? Even with A-/A/A+ in every History ot Social Studies course I've ever taken, do you think colleges will really care about this test?</p>

<p>Same for any other subject:
Do you think if your transcript and recommendations say one things (Science Genius) but your Subject Tests say another (Biology 540; Chem 570) that it will mean anything to the colleges? What do you think an elite school would say about it...say Johns Hopkins, Amherst, or Brown?</p>

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<p>They'll hurt you a lot...if a school sees an A in a class and a 560 on the SATII, they'll know you're not learning anything in your school, and the grades are majorly inflated.</p>

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<p>but if they see a B in the class, and a 5 on the AP exam, rather than assume uninflated grades, they call you out for laziness.</p>

<p>never seems to work in our favor</p>

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<p>It works when you get an A/5/750+</p>

<p>To the OP: your SAT IIs will keep you out. Being an unlucky test taker is one thing, but scores <600 are another.</p>

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<p>Do you really think one SAT II score will kill me? Even if the others are above 700?</p>

<p>MY life is history and politics, and my application, grades, ecs, and letter from the Museum of Afro-American History make that pretty clear. Do you really think one score says more than that?</p>

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<p>retake January 28th and prep like no other</p>

<p>heres my plan</p>

<p>take them tommorow with no prep (math and lit)</p>

<p>Hear back from ED school</p>

<p>get scores</p>

<p>decide whether to retake, and if I decide to, prepare for them</p>

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<p>That might make it worse. If history was your worst subject, maybe they could let a bad score slip by. How do you explain it in your favorite subject?</p>

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<p>Your original post said you got three scores under 600, though, no?</p>

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<p>No that was an example, my only low score was a 560 for U.S. History, which I think may be a mix up b/c the score report doesn't even correlate with my test date.</p>

<p>I don't know, what going on, as fars as I knew the CollegeBoard lost my scores and now a 560 pops up on the application materials page, but it's non existant at CollegeBoard.com.</p>

<p>I took the pretest with Princeton Review and recieved a 690, I'm stunned at how this could possibly be the outcome.</p>

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<p>i'm in the same type of dilemma, but on the bright side, JHU and Amherst don't require SAT IIs...I'm gonna submit just my ACT; but then again, I'm from a dominately ACT state so they'll understand why I'm sending the ACT rather than the SATs...</p>

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<p>A 560? Are you even awake during the test?</p>

<p>I'm in a similar situation....</p>

<p>Math 2: 800
Chem: 800
Physics: 780....uhhh...yeah...retake.</p>

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<p>Yes, that's exactly the same as his situation.</p>

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<p>i wouldnt exactly call that a similar situation</p>

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<p>(<em>sarcastic tone</em>) I'm in the same sinking ship as Fata1 and the Cre8tive, my SAT II's scores are going to get me rejected even to local community colleges (800 math2c, 700 chem, 670 hist) what am i going to do!!!!???....(<em>gets serious</em>) Although 560 is the second worse score I've heard of on a SAT II, I don't think it will keep you out of a school alone as long as you have high gpa, EC's, SAT I's, etc. I think everyone's allowed one small blemish on their record</p>