<p>So I just got my Subject Test scores back........and they're bad. REAL bad.</p>
<p>I have my solid 800 in Literature :)
A god-awful 740 in Math II (but hey, I'm no math geek)
and.......a <700 in World History. Well below 700.</p>
<p>I'm crying my eyes out.</p>
<p>Will these three scores, when seen as a group, keep me out for sure?</p>
<p>I just threw up :(:(:(:(:(</p>
<p>the World History is a bummer, but the other two are perfectly great.</p>
<p>I have two Ds at Harvard, both with mid-600s on Math SATs. They were exceptional on everything else however.</p>
<p><em>sigh</em> thanks gadad and zephyr.........</p>
<p>Harvard takes the January SAT right? I just don't want to seem too desperate by retaking...</p>
<p>hookem:</p>
<p>I suspect World History is a bit difficult; Harvard will allow January SATs, so I suggest taking two subject tests (to be on the same side). They are not as long as the SAT, so it should not be too much of a time investment, I hope. Meanwhile, concentrate on the rest of your application and good luck.</p>
<p>My son got a 700 in World History. That pretty much rules him out since he is applying to study history at H - Bummer.</p>
<p>Yeah, luckily, I want to concentrate in English, not History, so the 800 in Lit helps with that hahaha</p>
<p>I would not say that the 700 in World History disqualifies an applicant. Adcoms know that students change their minds about their majors so they don't pay all that much attention to declared areas of interest.
World History can be difficult because the subject is so vast and teachers often cover different countries and histories from those that will appear on the test.</p>
<p>It doesn't rule him out at all. I had a 680 in European HIstory or whatever the other Subject Test is called and I got in as a potential history major. I never took a Euro class and didn't do that great on the test. Now I'm studying History at Harvard and doing great!</p>
<p>On a side note, do scores after your top three really matter? (Assuming you aren't majoring in any of the others)</p>
<p>lol... I am majoring in Physics and my score is in 600s.... haha I am pretty much screwed</p>
<p>The adcoms use only the top 3 scores, whatever they are.</p>