<p>are SAT II percentiles put into consideration? for example, a 790 on chinese translates into a 40-something percentile... likewise, an 800 on math ii is not as impressive as an 800 in math i. how do colleges look at this and how should we?</p>
<p>:-) thanks!</p>
<p>Adcoms at selective schools are sophisticated in reading the SATII scores. They'll be less impressed by a 790 on chinese by someone who grew up in a home where chinese was spoken, and impressed by an student who started Chinese from scratch who scores a 600 on the same test; more impressed by similar scores on mathII than mathI, etc.</p>
<p>I know, I was wondering about this because UCs only look at the top two scores, but my third score (790 Lit) is probably more impressive than my 800 in IIc.</p>
<p>hmm. if that's the case should we choose tests that we can get more impressive scores holistically in? i just kind of went with the ones that i knew would give me high numbers (chinese, math ii, spanish) lol.</p>
<p>Take the tests that you will score the highest on, but realize a 800 on a language test by a native speaker is not impressive and adcoms realize this.</p>