<p>Yes, Italian, it actually exists as a language in my school and it can be taken as a subject test :P. Lol, just saying that cause I know its not common in most places. </p>
<p>Anyway, I was recently looking over the lists of which SAT Subject Tests various ivys require/request. I noticed, to my dismay, that UPenn (where I will most likely be applying to the College as opposed to Wharton) requests a Language subject test. I had no plans on taking that SAT II (it'll bring me up to 5...), but I thought I should consider it since it was requested. </p>
<p>So my question is, does anyone know of how the curve works on this particular subject test? I mean, is it one of those where omitting 10 questions still gets you a 800, or is it one where you can omit 3 if you're lucky? I'd look in a review book...but alas, I also can't find any review books for this particular test. Any suggestions on that as well? </p>
<p>The thing that sucks is you can only take it in December, so you either have to ask them to send it later if you want EA/ED, or wait until RD.</p>
<p>I took lit last year, and although I'm fairly good at Italian (I'm in AP and I get A+'s) I read really, really slowly, or at least I used to; listening and conversations are much more of my forte. </p>
<p>My opinion was that the grammar section was easy, full of silly little things, but also a few subjunctive phrases if you haven't learned that (I hadn't), and the fill-in-the-blanks were not difficult. However, the sheer number of readings overwhelmed me and I ddn't even get to answer the last 7 questions of the test and I'm not sure how many I skipped. All told, I recieved a 650, which I thought was horrible, but others disagree.</p>
<p>What I recommend is that you practice your reading speed and comprehension a lot beforehand, and review basic grammar that you probably learned in 8th or 9th grade if you tend to make little mistakes. I didn't do...anything, at all, because I underestimated how intiimidating the readings would be (there was some specialized vocab, ex. one was about an astrophysicist, with a few cognates and words I could figure out in context.) Also, I blanked on the test, but remember, ormai means "by now." It was in nearly every single passage.</p>
<p>I've practically written an essay here. :-p I hope I helped.</p>
<p>Wow, that was incredibly useful, thanks so much! I had no idea about only the December availability...I guess, under those circumstances, I probably won't take it for the sake of just UPenn. </p>
<p>I did the practice problems from the CB website, and I too found the grammar to be pretty easy (I have done subjunctive), but yeah, the readings were tough to get through.</p>
<p>I know that it's only a reading test. I got confused because when I went to look at info about the Italian test on the collegeboard website, it didn't say that it's only administered in december there, like it says for the w/listening tests (but in november). finally found SAT</a> Subject Test Calendar
heh.</p>