<p>730, E. I’m pretty disappointed. But I have sophomore and junior year to take others I guess.</p>
<p>completely bombed it. do you guys suggest i self-study over the summer and retake in october (sophomore year), or retake it after ap bio in junior year?</p>
<p>You’ve got time, do it after AP bio. Honestly I don’t know how I could possibly have taken the SAT subject test for bio without AP. :x</p>
<p>Got a 700-E. Eh… Gonna retake in October. How would you guys suggest me to study over the summer? 15 minute a day? or like wait till it’s August then study 30 minute a day? Review stuff or Vs Learn new things?</p>
<p>haha stewta, same! Yeast is a fungus… i’m going to know that forever now</p>
<p>@ with<em>one</em>voice
on the non collegboard tests i always scored a 690-720. i took barrons , princeton, and kaplan tests. ON the official collegeboard test i scored a 770 and on the real thing i scored a 780(bio e). i bet it was nerves because the real thing is a lot easier. Might want to retake since the scores on the practice test suggest a lot higher score ,but a 740 is generally good</p>
<p>@ altamash,</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. He’s just really confused right now. If he had been testing in the 730 range, it would have been fine. But after taking Sparknotes, Barron’s, and Princeton Review, scoring 760 on all of them, and then taking the official CollegeBoard test and scoring a 790, the 730 was a huge disappointment. Especially because everyone said that most test companies’ practice tests are harder than usual, and that the CB test is most accurate (obv, since it’s a real test), to get a 730 after all that was such a blow. </p>
<p>He admits he was nervous, but even through reviewing the thread on this forum with the consolidated answers, his answers would not yield a 730. After talking casually with his friends and learning that he answered many debated questions correctly, he thought he had done better than them, only to find out that he did worse. So confused and upset…</p>
<p>@ altamash,</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. He’s just really confused right now. If he had been testing in the 730 range, it would have been fine. But after taking Sparknotes, Barron’s, and Princeton Review, scoring 760 on all of them, and then taking the official CollegeBoard test and scoring a 790, the 730 was a huge disappointment. Especially because everyone said that most test companies’ practice tests are harder than usual, and that the CB test is most accurate (obv, since it’s a real test), to get a 730 after all that was such a blow. </p>
<p>He admits he was nervous, but even through reviewing the thread on this forum with the consolidated answers, his answers would not yield a 730. After talking casually with his friends and learning that he answered many debated questions correctly, he thought he had done better than them, only to find out that he did worse. So confused and upset…</p>
<p>I got a 790, which is really really annoying me. GAH, it’s a horrible score to get. Should I take it again and try for an 800?</p>
<p>Hey hritikguy, from aops! Lol. Yes I would take it again and I am cuz I got a 750 M…</p>
<p>@hrithikguy NO. Colleges don’t care between a 790 and 800 (at least on tests like bio, Math 2 is a diff. story) and they will think that you are a “score wh0re”. Plus, with a score that high, there is a chance you could get a lower score on the next one. If you are applying to schools where you have to send all your scores def don’t, if they see that you scored a 790 and then an 800 they will think you wasted your time.</p>
<p>how about the difference between 780 and 800?</p>
<p>EDIT: not quantitatively, obviously ;)</p>
<p>No. I have heard that scores 750+ on most of these tests, not including the heavily weighted ones, is more or less looked at the same. Colleges don’t even care that much about the subject tests anyways, probably one of the least important part of your application.</p>
<p>guys honestly how bad is a 700?? i’m pretty bomed knew the information perfect buy i totally freaked out on the test and therefor did much worse! :(</p>
<p>hey guys, i got a 690 T.T
i just wanted to know, i feel like i can definitely do a lot better because i started studying wayyyy too late. i’m retaking in october. will this first bad score have a huuuuuge negative impact on me even if i do really well on the retake? please help D:</p>
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<p>Are you not aware that many colleges accept Score Choice and most of those that don’t explicitly state that they only consider your two highest SAT II scores?</p>
<p>how bad is a 740? 
im content
but im not sure if retaking it is worth it</p>
<p>@ chistinesong… nah dont retake, 740 is pretty good and pretty impressive to colleges too…retaking would just be a waste of time :P</p>
<p>I got a 700 on the bio E 
should i retake it? i thought the test was fairly easy and i also took ap bio this year. What should i do?</p>
<p>tulipkur, I’d retake it. I’m retaking my 720 on Bio M because I did the AP test, and had felt better about that. In addition, I had known that I had made some silly errors that I should have gotten right, but I was not sure what to expect.</p>
<p>To be honest, I don’t think the SAT II PR review book I had gotten helped much at all, and I hope to do some review on the weekends for a later test (only using CliffsAP, which I loved).</p>
<p>Anyway, I did better than I had felt walking out of the exam.</p>