<p>I got a 630 on the U.S. History SAT II. Not only was I expecting a 700+, this is the same score I got on World History as a sophomore! This is so disappointing............................................why does this have to happen? I thought I did so much better than that, and I aced everything else in my U.S. class.....maybe it was because there was a big gap between the end of my class and the test and I didn't review very well...this sucks!</p>
<p>Chin up kid! I know it hurts now but this too shall pass. There are still many great schools who would love to have you. Check out <a href="http://www.ctcl.com%5B/url%5D">www.ctcl.com</a></p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it's more insulting than helpful to give him a link of schools that no one's heard of....</p>
<p>I actually do have one of Loren Pope's books....thanks mizo.....thanks for contributing banker88....i'm still really disappointed, but i think i'll forget all about the SATs and just send my ACT instead....i did slightly better on it.</p>
<p>Good idea. This is what my daughter did (forgot the SAT IIs and submitted the ACT) and she still managed to get into her dream school (Brown).</p>
<p>Don't feel bad. The more I hear, the more I think how one does on an SAT II is not just about how well one did in a class or how much time one looks at prep books, but how well the course curriculum happened to match up with what the CB likes to test on within that subject. And this is something beyond your control ...</p>
<p>Certainly with history there is a virtually unlimited amount of information out there. What is important, and what isn't? Some teachers may develop a sense of what is likely to be covered or the choice of text may simply be fortuitous.</p>
<p>I hung out on some e-lists for teachers of AP subjects for a while (I was a homeschooling parent). An incredible amount of time was spent on figuring out the text most useful for the test, what can be safely omitted, what should be stressed, what is "due" for the test that year, discussing previous tests, and the like. I wouldn't be surprised that the same sort of thing is true for SAT II tests as well.</p>
<p>Also, I know I found it very annoying that test prep books disagree with one another as to what would be on the tests, specifically. At least this was true for the subjects my daughter chose to be tested upon.</p>
<p>I also wonder how well a multiple choice test can really gauge one's understanding of history. Be proud that you aced the class and just shrug off the test ...</p>
<p>I was kind of disappointed too, a 640 on Biology M, and like jackson, I too was expecting a 700+. Anyway, how does a 640 look ? I guess not too great, huh ?</p>
<p>well its still above average......</p>
<p>There are plenty of great schools which take the ACT in leiu of the SAT I plus SAT IIs (Yale for example). There are also great schools which will take the SAT I or the ACT and don't request SAT IIs at all (UChicago for one). Also, if you were to do Georgetown EA, their policy reads like you don't have to turn in SAT II scores yet, and you can get in EA without submitting them if the rest of your app is good enough. SAT IIs are not the end of the world! But take some more in other subjects, just to see if you get better scores. I was surprised by a couple of mind, and a lot of schools only require 2 of them as opposed to 3 now that the SAT I has the writing.</p>
<p>dont get sad, get glad!</p>