<p>...I got 680. crammed, yeah, but still . . i'm supposed to be "good" in biology. so far I haven't seen higher than 740 (which was a retake supposedly). left 5 blank and honestly thought I didn't get more than 10 wrong as per the answer compilation, which is at least 700+ according to the usual raw score conversions.</p>
<p>any thoughts?</p>
<p>Yes! Should get 800 got 770.</p>
<p>freaking...;fljkl';a</p>
<p>chemistry had a SUPER good curve, i KNEW i should've taken that instead. i dont even want to retake bio again, im sick of it.</p>
<p>so...come oct, will the chem curve be bad and biology curve good?</p>
<p>iono... the bio test was so much easier than in may... so possibly the curve was bad. I got a 680(cramming) in may and a 740 (barely studying) in june which is good enough for me.</p>
<p>I just don't know if I'd do better like you since I've already forgot a lot of it .. and the next one is so many months from now. </p>
<p>so uh . . a 5 on ap biology vs something like a 680 M SAT II</p>
<p>how do colleges view that? maybe there' still hope =</p>
<p>Roubi, I think I have the same issue regarding the AP Vs. the SATII...</p>
<p>lol iono seriously i think the second time around you just feel more relaxed</p>
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so wait..how many did u get wrong or how many do u 'think' u got wrong?</p>
<p>lspf, you didn't have to edit/delete your post, you did well, no problem. :)</p>
<p>I still think the curve was harsher though...didn't seem that a whole lot of people did as well in bio as in the other subjects. </p>
<p>Well looking at the bright side, AP is more comprehensive, SAT II is more..."random"></p>
<p>I'm in a very similar situation.. I got a 700 on this June's Bio-M Sat II, but I got an A in my AP Bio class for the year and am fairly certain I received a 5 on the AP exam... I'm not sure if I'm retaking it just because I don't feel like studying everything all over again in the Fall.</p>
<p>Besides Roubi, if you really did get a 5 on the AP exam, won't that look more appealing to top colleges anyway since the AP exam comprises more material? And a 680 really isn't that bad either: it's still well above the average.</p>
<p>I am happy for the curve. I was expecting a score in the 720-750 range but got a 790. I haven't even taken AP Bio.</p>
<p>I hope it had an awful curve, just so I feel better about myself. 770 disappoints me. Out of like 8 friends that took the Bio-M in May, one got 780 and the rest got 790-800. And they thought I was good (better?) at bio.
Should I retake it? I'm leaning to yes. And restudying may help with getting Bio Olympiad semifinalist again.
I was looking at the college destinations site at my school (TJHSST). Of all those that took the Bio-M and got accepted to Princeton (and posted their scores), nobody got lower than 790. Those that got in the 700-780 range usually went to Duke. I don't know how I feel about Duke. Just sayin'. Not like your SAT II score is an indicator of which college you'll go to or anything.</p>
<p>=O</p>
<p>I got an 800, but I think I might not have missed a question. So yes, the curve could have been harder than in years past. </p>
<p>As for retaking a 770... that is pushing it. A thirty point difference is rather insignificant, statistically, in my opinion. But the percentiles for SAT 2 scores for a school like princeton would tell you otherwise...</p>
<p>If you got a 770, 800 is definately within reach, especially for a bio olympiad guy. Coming out of a school as competitive as I gather yours is, I would consider retaking it (though there are many here that will disagree with me rather angrily, I assume).</p>
<p>Well you know, the people that would say their Bio score would have been as part of their top 2 ot 3 SAT II scores.</p>
<p>I got a 790 myself. I cannot see which ones I missed. I'm guessing I missed 2 at most, maybe in those last couple of questions in the Molecular section (the flask with the clear/yellow colors with dye added).</p>
<p>And chronicidal, I don't think you should sweat it. 770 isn't a bad score at all. Anything about 750+ is wonderful. You shouldn't retake it. By the way, I was a USABO semifinalist as well.</p>
<p>How much more do you need to know for USABO over the SAT 2? I imagine the SAT 2 seems pretty basic in comparison. Now that I'm done with the SAT and the AP, I'm still interested in Bio. </p>
<p>Is there any way to go about taking the first USABO test if your school doesn't have a program?</p>
<p>USABO has a bunch of questions that are little details that you wouldn't be expected to know for the AP or SAT. I remember a question on how nerve gases work and how atropine counters it. I only remember that because it's interesting. On the semifinal exam there was a free response that was like, give three reasons why poriferans may can be classified as eumetazoa.</p>
<p>You need to get a teacher to "nominate"/ sign you up to take the Open exam.</p>
<p>Yeah I can see why I wouldn't retake it now. But I have a while to decide. Or before I can talk with my GC. Anyway, what do colleges think of retakes? Especially with a 770, would they think I'm an obsessive perfectionist (in a bad way)?</p>
<p>The USABO is much, much more difficult than either the SAT II or the AP. I had absolutely no idea what many of the questions were talking about, and I ended up making educated guesses on the majority of them. </p>
<p>I remember walking out of the testing room expecting a 15/50. Somehow, I made the cutoff for the semifinals, though. o_O</p>
<p>I got a 770, but I pretty much killed my vacation studying from Princeton Review. Good thing I took one last look at those hormones before taking the test!</p>
<p>The curve was definently harder.</p>
<p>So someone on here omitted 3, missed 2. </p>
<p>He could've missed 1 more and still would've received an 800. </p>
<p>Did he get 800? nope. 770. the curve was either harsher or the scantron really messed up . . which since they scanned it twice, probably not.</p>
<p>Oath...thanks for the encouragement, but .. I don't want to do it again though, it's either retake biology or take physics for the first time, and I'd rather stick with physics since I need it for my major, even though I haven't taken the class, yet. I heard that the curve for physics was pretty decent, and if I make a 5 on the ap biology test. . I think i'll definently not retake. Colleges take the highest 3 sat II scores right? so bio can be the 4th sat II hopefully, and maybe a 5 won't make it look as bad.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, about usabo, one of the finalists told me that if you memorized the huge Campbell's book for biology .. or whichever book they recommend, down to every diagram/chart, you're guaranteed to do really well. so i suppose it's not <em>that</em> random</p>
<p>I saw somewhere on the collegeboard site that they only show 5 SAT I + II scores on your grade report. Could someone clarify/debunk/whatever?</p>