<p>I took Math 2 SAT Subject and hope for 800 but for chemistry I am expecting 670-720....would my chemistry score look bad if it was as low as a 670? I don't know what is considered "low" for subject SAT's</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You can get a better idea of what’s high/low by looking up mean/standard deviation of past SAT subject tests, as well as the typical range of subject test scores of the colleges you are applying to.</p>
<p>anything >600 is considered good</p>
<p>^ Not always. For subject tests whose nationwide mean score is ~700 and standard deviation around 100 or so, a 610 is pretty weak (especially at some selective schools).</p>
<p>so then to follow that up, would anything greater than 700 be considered “good” by most colleges?</p>
<p>Eh, usually. Depends on the college and subject test though.</p>
<p>Depends on your high school background in chemistry. If you only have a basic high school chemistry course under your belt, a score around 700 wouldn’t be considered bad. However, if you are considering STEM, you might want to consider taking a different subject test and get above 700. 700+ is considered good and 750+ is competitive for Top 20 schools, IMO.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why 700+ is considered good. My subject tests were 740 and 760–68th and 69th percentile. That’s not “good” by any stretch. xD</p>
<p>@bodangles: 700+ is considered very good. People who take SAT IIs are generally applying to top-tier colleges and are extremely proficient in their respective subjects. Even MIT says that differences in SAT II scores don’t matter much once you break 700.</p>
<p>The main idea is that once your scores are high enough to demonstrate that you can handle the workload, colleges move on to looking at other parts of your application (ECs, recommendations, etc.).</p>
<p>I got my scores today
Math 2 - 800
Chemistry - 720</p>
<p>Math 2 is obviously good because that’s as high as you can get… but it the 720 chemistry a respectable score?</p>