<p>Can someone debrief the situation about Math II SAT Subject Test scores and what's good enough for Cornell, UC Berkeley, Stanford, U Chicago, etc.? Thanks.</p>
<p>Honestly, a 750+ is solid for all those schools. But if you think you can definitely get an 800 (and are willing to spend the extra time and money), then go for it.</p>
<p>I think that a college will consider a 770 and an 800 as equivalent scores.</p>
<p>If MIT publishes that a 750 is good enough for them, I think you can assume its OK. An 800 is not going to make you any more impressive in the application process.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>
<p>It’s because people who haven’t gotten 800 are going to retake, I’m guessing because the curve is “easy.”</p>
<p>Yeah, the curve for math II is one of the most forgiving, but that’s also because it’s one of the hardest tests. A 770 is totally fine, I’m pretty sure the difference between that and an 800 means nothing.</p>
<p>Are you kidding? 770 is really good.</p>
<p>I also got a 770 and thought I could improve to an 800 but I spoke with a college counselor who said it should be fine. He also mentioned that if a college sees you try to take a 770 and make it an 800, it shows that you can be obsessive with your grades and can actually work against you.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!</p>
<p>Seriously you are ■■■■■■■■ for asking that question, a person shouldn’t even be allowed into those schools asking such a ridiculous question. Let’s get back to reality…</p>
<p>Colleges can careless about 30 plus or less points. They know if they want you right from your essay and transcript. </p>
<p>If you are doubting yourself now, you are not looking at the big picture.</p>
<p>^Thanks for that amazingly encouraging and positive reply! 
love it! Btw, how about using a euphemism instead of “■■■■■■■■” if you want to insult me?</p>
<p>Woohoo! I was thinking the exact same thing. I got a 770 on Math II and im also applying to Cornell! I feel less discouraged now :)</p>
<p>SAT subject tests are especially not worth retaking if you’ve already done well on them.</p>
<p>I thought I was a pretty good math student (34 on ACT math) and I felt ok when I took the test, but I got a 670… I have no idea what happened.
That’s worth retaking, right?</p>
<p>I understand nervousness when applying to top tier schools but don’t freak. Can you understand the enormous irony of getting a 770 MATH score (~98th percentile) yet you can’t translate that into “good” or “bad” or “mediocre”??</p>
<p>Congrats. Relax. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>770 on Math II is more like the 79th percentile, NOT 98th percentile…
Depends on the program applied for as to whether or not that’s a good score. For Wharton or MIT or other math-oriented programs, it would be lower than most qualified candidates.</p>
<p>Lots of students get 800 on the Math Level 2 because it is a self-selected set of students who are among the better ones in math. Generally, these are the students who are at least a grade level ahead of the normal sequence in US high school math (i.e. completed precalculus and trigonometry as high school juniors, rather than as high school seniors like most college bound US high school students).</p>
<p>Nice necro</p>
<p>Judging yourself by percentiles is a little unfair. On the 2011 SAT percentile chart for Math II, even a 790 is “only” at the 85th percentile and a perfect 800 is 87th percentile. On the other hand, for the Math I an 800 is 99th percentile. It just means that people who tale the Math II are more the math whiz types who already excel at the subject vs the ones who take Math I which has a mixed bag of test takers.</p>
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