<p>Stupid mistakes on the Bio M that I realized right after the test, should've been higher so i was disappointed. I still realize it's a really good score though. Is it high caliber, however, for a school like Cornell (the ivy)?</p>
<p>Every one says 750+, but I'm really close to the 750 (so annoyed that i didn't pass it haha) - but im just wondering if that's not absolutely true</p>
<p>if you have good everything else (GPA, SAT/ACT, EC’s) i would assume that anything over 700 would not hurt you</p>
<p>I agree, a 740 is still quite good. I would only retake it if you feel you could do significantly better (i.e. very close to or actually achieving an 800).</p>
<p>since bio has a hard curve, i would say say so</p>
<p>i made it into columbia engineering, cornell engineering, and stanford with a 650 in physics sat 2, 690 math 2 sat2, 630 reading sat1, 740 math sat1, and 680 writing sat 1.
i say that as long as you go above 700, or have done a couple memorable things, you are ok. id say that a 740 for cornell is way above average.
g luck!</p>
<p>Were you a recruited athlete?</p>
<p>Nothing short of an 810 will do. :)</p>
<p>middle class white at a completely normal high school</p>
<p>wow, even stanford…what did you do that was memorable?</p>
<p>I think you’re cool. Test scores are what put you in the running, they’re not that impo in final decisions at many colleges.</p>
<p>uhh…roflcoptersoi…you say in your previous posts you’re a URM (latino)…
as a general rule, yeah you should get above 750, but i don’t think 740 will hurt you that much. The SAT reasoning is much more important though.</p>
<p>700-800 is the desirable gradation.</p>
<p>it’s just part of your overall application, but you could always look at the stats of those you got in, or didn’t, and see what pattern you see.</p>
<p>Short answer: No</p>
<p>But you shouldn’t retake it, because its a perfectly good score. Instead take another subject and score even higher. Good luck!</p>
<p>To the original poster</p>
<p>740 on bio is perfectly acceptable for Cornell, the rest of the Ivies and other top schools. Both my kids got into Ivies with a similar score and among their friends who got into top schools were many kids with a lower mark on the Bio SAT (680 into Georgetown, 700 into Williams, 700 into Harvard and 720 into Brown are the ones I know of who were in a study group with one of my children).</p>
<p>You should focus on the rest of your academics, your essays and your extracurriculars.</p>