<p>When the CB sends its score report out to colleges does it only send the core or the percentile as well? Do colleges care more about one or the other?
I am a little confused because I only got a 740 on the Literature SAT II but apparently scored in the 93rd percentile. Which is reported? Which matters more</p>
<p>I would think that the score itself is reported, but college adcoms likely have a working knowledge of where that score falls in terms of percentiles. They’re both important in their own way, really!</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of using percentiles. Raw score is the only data the report, so I imagine it’s the only thing used.</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter since the percentiles are available online anyways. The percentiles probably don’t matter since the people who take SAT Subject tests are really self-selecting, since only the more selective colleges require SAT, and people usually take the tests they’re best at.</p>
<p>This is an interesting question because I read this question on another thread (I would try to find it, but it was awhile ago and I don’t know where to look lol). Anyways, it seemed like from the discussion on that thread that the percentiles are more important because a 740 on the Lit test is way higher percentile wise than a 740 on the Spanish test because of all the native speakers who take that test (and all the foreign languages for that matter). I think both are considered, but the percentile allows the adcoms to compare your performance to that of your peers.</p>