<p>alright my app is pretty good besides my SAT II scores (I got a 740 Math 1, 630 Lit, 550 US History)</p>
<p>are they that important?</p>
<p>For Harvard?</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Harvard places huge importance on SAT 2s. Your Math 1 Score is fine (as long as anything is above 700, it is OK). Any other opinions?</p>
<p>How would I look with a Bio 800, Lit 760, and US History 680? I'm kinda worried about the last one.</p>
<p>680 isn't stellar, but it isn't horrible either... your 800 and 760 will pull your 680 up, IMO</p>
<p>but, is there any way you may be able to retake the US history one and possibly get a 700+? it could look a little better (but again, the 800 and 760 may negate that 680)</p>
<p>to the OP: yes, SAT II's are very important, possibly more important than the SAT I since the II's test what you've learned in high school vs. your reasoning</p>
<p>Should I retake any of these?</p>
<p>French: 720
Math II: 720
Biology: 730
Chemistry: 690 (die!)</p>
<p>^ maybe chemistry, but you have 3 II's already that are above 700.. i think you may be fine, but I'm not completely certain. anyone else have an opinion on this?</p>
<p>Do they only count your top 3 sat IIs? I had lit at 670 and 590 (I got sick during both of them and fell asleep during the 2nd one) :P</p>
<p>Well, if you're Navajo at all, you're a shoe-in haha.</p>
<p>Hmm, my SAT IIs are overall kind of iffy.</p>
<p>790 Bio E
760 World History
750 Spanish
680 Chem
640 Math I (took freshman year, and this is absolutely abysmal)</p>
<p>Does Harvard only care about the top three? My top three are good, but the rest are... atrocious.</p>
<p>i heard that for the ivies, you have to score 750+</p>
<p>750+ on two tests and 700+ on the third one is usually a good rule of thumb</p>
<p>Is 750+ on three tests, and absolute crap on the other two considered to be okay?</p>
<p>Harvard considers your highest scores, and tells the world that it does so every year in the Harvard viewbook. </p>
<p>And Harvard takes care to answer a frequently asked question in another section of the viewbook by pointing out it doesn't have strict minimum score requirements for any applicant. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications.</p>
<p>750 Spanish is effing beastly, considering you're up against natives.</p>
<p>Well, I don't think I want to retake US History. The main reason is that the last two years of history I've taken have been more world focused (Oops...). I took a history class on Latin America and this year it's 20th Century World Topics, which is mostly Europe. I guess I could have saved myself a lot of trouble and just took World History for the SAT II.</p>
<p>I took 6 subject tests, but only scored well on 3 of them. What should I do?</p>
<p>-List only the highest 3 on the app, since those are the only ones Harvard will consider
-List all 6 and explain my 3 poor scores (I took those tests freshman year and bombed them)
-List all 6, give no explanation and assume my low scores won't be held against me</p>
<p>Right now, I have all my scores listed and an explanatory blurb in the "Additional Info" section. Is that overkill?</p>
<p>"-List all 6, give no explanation and assume my low scores won't be held against me" </p>
<p>That's the credited response because </p>
<p>a) the application form that Harvard uses, the Common Application, shows the date the test was taken (as does your score report from College Board) and </p>
<p>b) Harvard has announced that it gives you the benefit of your best scores.</p>
<p>Whew! Thanks, tokenadult. I was really worried about that :)</p>
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hahaha, I am pretty sure that if you have a 750+ for 3 subject tests then the other 2 (which you are considering absolute crap are 700+ (?) ). Don't worry, you'd be fine if they consider only your highest scores: ahem important quote:
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