<p>Dafuq? According to this, I’m in the 78th percentile with a 780: </p>
<p><a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Subject-Tests-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/SAT-Subject-Tests-Percentile-Ranks-2012.pdf</a></p>
<p>Sorry my keyboard had a malfunction, I got a 760 without studying at all. I think I am done, I heard 750 + is good enough for ivies.</p>
<p>@Matthew5 What does OPLL mean?</p>
<p>Im thinking about the ivys like cornell and upenn and then top schools like johns Hopkins. …I still don’t have a set SAT score but I want to know what to target. .thanks</p>
<p>@hawkace well you’re in the 85th percentile with a score of 800. </p>
<p>Can someone explain why 800 is 85th percentile…cuz thats just not right</p>
<p>I think it’s because so many people receive a score of 800 on math II. If you look at the explanation above the chart, it says a 600 for literature - 43 means that 43% of people scored lower than that, so it probably means that 85% of people scored lower than a 800… which makes me even more depressed. </p>
<p>790! Retook from a 700 last June. I’m ecstatic. Not aiming for Ivies, is it enough for UCLA and USC?</p>
<p>I have a quick question. Do Ivies super score the subject test scores? Like let’s say you got a 740-790 on a subject and want to retake it, do they see only your highest score? </p>
<p>Only Ivies who require Subject tests see all of you subject test scores. But, those who only recommend it superscore your scores. I.E. Stanford- <a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University;
<p>@07160123</p>
<p>Btw, I believe that you got a 790, right? There’s no point in retaking it because as most people said, 750+ is good enough for everything including Math Level 2. I got a 780 and I’m not going to retake it and instead, I’m gonna study and take a different subject test</p>
<p>P.S. Don’t believe that Collegeboard bullcrap. I just realized that colleges don’t look at percentiles given by Collegeboard, so don’t worry. I’m in the same position as you. </p>
<p>So is a 760 like an ok score for college? I really don’t want to retake</p>
<p>@doctator 760 is a pretty decent score. Unless you are applying to Caltech or MIT, you don’t have to retake. I got a 780 and I’m still gonna apply to both of those colleges so it is not imperative that you need to get a 800. </p>
<p>What was the raw score needed for an 800?</p>
<p>@Hawkace Thank you for making me feel a lot better about it. Now that I think about it, I don’t think I’m going to retake it. I still have to take the SAT one more time, ACT, and few other subject tests, so I should use that time to study for all these other tests. But what would you say about the Chem subject test (I know this is off-topic but I really want to know)? If it is below 750, should I retake it? </p>
<p>It really doesnt matter for chem anything above 700 is usually ok cuz chem is really tough so like a 720 is still a big thing.</p>
<p>Got a 800! I skipped one and got two wrong.
Personally, I do not recommend Barrons, Kaplan, Princeton Review. Blue book is enough and most importantly, pay attention in your Pre-calc class!</p>
<p>Time to study for SATII Chemistry for May. Does anybody have tips?</p>
<p>Sparknotes is completely wrong about the curve, there’s no way CB’s as nice as Sparknotes makes it seem. My estimates for the previous 2 tests have put me in the low 700s.</p>
<p>@iamkimj </p>
<p>I used Barron’s SAT chem for sat chem last year for about two months and scored a 790 on the may exam!</p>
<p>I got a 750 before and got an 800 this time. I really was just mentally unfit to take the test I think. The most important thing that changed this time around was that I just wanted to do it for myself whereas before I couldn’t stop shaking and thinking about what the test meant for my future. I used Barron’s and took the tests out of the official CB Math 1 and Math 2 book. I’m super happy even though I know it’s not a big deal compared to everyone on here, but no one from my school has gotten this score in years, and I’m now considering MIT and Caltech. I hope the bio test will be kind to me!</p>
<p>I got an 800 by doing Barron’s review this time around compared to the 780 I got without studying. Also another reason I think I did better was because I focused solely on this time, whereas the first time I took it, I really focused in on Chemistry and put the Math II to the back</p>