<p>^ Oh yeah, you’re right. Like if something went wrong with the scanning/scoring process, then they DO give you back your money. But I’m still mad that I even have to pay in the first place!</p>
<p>^ haha well, the fee you have to pay is probably like a motivation for them to take the time rescoring your tests.</p>
<p>yeah, it’s just that money is a bit tight in our case, so i really don’t know if my parents are willing to spend the extra $50. what i was hoping to get out of the subject test was to prove my SAT I math wrong, and that i could do better.</p>
<p>i agree completely, i was just telling my friend how it’s kind of ridiculous to challenge and pay for something that might not be yoru fault. she kept on saying there was hidden costs, but we all know collegeboard is a monopolistic corporation. because we all know you don’t make enough off of our AP, clep, SAT, SAT subject tests, and score reports already…</p>
<p>let me get this straight, you have to pay 50 dollars for a rescoring, and if it does turn out that it was their fault, you get your 30 dollars back for the subject test? so technically, you’re still paying them 20 dollars? correct me if i am wrong please.</p>
<p>^ Nope, they give you all your money back.</p>
<p>^ the money that you could potentially get back is the 50 bucks, IMO</p>
<p>oh sweet man, i’ll update you guys about what happens in the next couple days or so then. wish me luck! hahha</p>
<p>best of luck to both of you</p>
<p>^ Thanks! I now have my form all filled out and a check written for 50 bucks, and I’ll be paying a visit to my local post office bright and early tomorrow morning. 
I’ll keep you guys posted when the results of the rescore come back in January!</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, has anyone here ever had a successful rescore, or do you know of anyone that has? I once read that most rescore requests generally end up with the same score as before, but in my case I feel it’s necessary… I had no trouble understanding any of the passages, and I was pretty confident of my answers. The worst case scenario would be that I got five wrong, and even then I’d still be well within the 800 range (I looked up the scoring scale in the blue book). </p>
<p>Bleh, I should probably just go to bed right now, mail the form and check tomorrow, and stop worrying about this lol… but the fact that most rescore requests don’t end up making a difference scares me. :/</p>
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I’m in the same boat as you. I got a 600 on my Math Level II, even though I felt quite confident in my answers and only left 3-4 blank. I thought about requesting a rescore, but for me, it doesn’t matter - the damage is done.</p>
<p>^ It’s not done unless you want it to be. If there’s a big discrepancy, I don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t get it checked out. I’m sending in my completed form and check.</p>
<p>My point is that, even if I have it rescored, the corrected scores would not reach the colleges before their score deadline. Even with that said, I’m still baffled as to how I got a 600. I would’ve had to miss roughly HALF of the question …</p>
<p>^ Oh… well, in your case it would probably be a better choice to retake, since there’s always that issue with time. Some colleges accept scores from the January testing date. It certainly sounds like something went wrong with yours though.</p>
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<p>I already signed up for the January test, as I still needed to take a science test but I wasn’t ready for it on the 5th. As far as I know of, only one of the schools on my list accepts scores from the January test date 
Oh well, things will be okay…I hope.</p>
<p>^ I’m sure they will. Don’t worry; if you do a lot better the second time round they’ll certainly know it’s a fluke. </p>
<p>Now that I think about it, I recall changing a couple of my answers during the French test, but because I had a bad eraser, I ended up erasing a lot just to get my previous mark completely off the answer sheet. I also recall switching pencils towards the end of the test since the tip of the previous one snapped. Would those be logical explanations as to why my answer sheet would have been scored wrong? I’m looking at the French scale in the blue book and am still baffled as to how I could have missed so many.</p>
<p>So let me get this straight. If you get a higher score on your rescore do you get your money back? If not, that’s stupid. Really, the test is already insanely expensive to start with. Given their services, and their slow responses, I am already cranky about the high price.</p>
<p>^ Yep. If there’s a change in scores, you get your $50 back. But you have to be absolutely sure that something must have gone wrong. I only decided to take the French test because of its amazingly easy curve (i.e. I wanted to leave room in case I messed up on one or two questions by pure carelessness), and considering my level of fluency, this score was extremely surprising.</p>
<p>Well then, if you are very sure then go for it. If not, then don’t waste the 50 dollars just in case there’s a conspiracy behind this. Lol. 740 is as good as 800. In my opinion, anything within the 90th percentile is alright. Looks to me that if you get 700+ you are fine.</p>
<p>^ I actually just looked up the percentile ranks for each of the subject tests from 2008, and according to that data a 740 would put me in the 78th percentile of all test takers, which I don’t think is an accurate representation of my abilities at all. (Even my Math II score puts me in the 79th percentile, and I’m HORRIBLE at math lol!) Anyway, my form was sent yesterday morning, and now I’ll just have to wait until the end of January/the beginning of February to find out what actually happened. The fact that I added the French subject test at the last minute (was signed up to do 2 tests but added a 3rd) also adds to my suspicions.</p>