<p>I took Biology E, Math IIC and Chinese today.
My previous scores for Bio M and Math II were 780 and I decided to retake them since I already registered beforehand. This time I think I did better than 780s, but I know I did dismally on Chinese, like getting 20 plus wrong. Should I cancel all three scores? How much can a 5xx hurt me in colleges like UC/Stanford when they saw they only consider your "top" scores?
Thanks everyone</p>
<p>Retaking a 780…</p>
<p>/facepalm</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with the language tests but I’ve heard (especially for the Chinese) that the curve is very generous</p>
<p>A 5XX is going to hurt* your scores alot (compared to 780s and 800s)</p>
<p>And considering a 780 –> 800 is like not a big deal (to most people lol)
U should cancel imo</p>
<p>Although they consider Top scores… they still see the 5xx</p>
<p>I thought you could specifically choose which subject tests to send since they are not required( Stanford)? Only all the SAT Is have to be sent.</p>
<p>The curve is not very generous at all for Chinese. On most practice tests, you can miss 3 or so to get an 800. The only reason the percentile of 800 is so low (57) is native speakers flooding the test.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses guys but I didn’t cancel my scores and I’m really grateful I didn’t because my Chinese turned out to be a 760 haha. It’s either the curves for languages tests are very nice or I lucked out, anyhow that’s a 26th percentile.
Oh, and for UCs, since they’re using a points system always go for a 800 because the higher your score are the more points you get, just my opinion.</p>
<p>760 is the 26th percentile. Dude…</p>
<p>^ What are you saying?</p>
<p>I mean that even though a 760 seems like a pretty high score, its only the 26th percentile for Chinese.</p>
<p>^Ah. But it will still probably be looked favorably upon adcoms if OP is not a native speaker.</p>