<p>It’s just a subject test. Harvard isn’t even going to require them from now on, so other schools are soon to follow to not care about them either…</p>
<p>Move on.</p>
<p>@guineagirl96 My opinion is somewhat skewed by the very competitive school I go to, where the overwhelming majority of people applying to the same schools I am have 800’s in Math II. I can see the point that you don’t need an 800, and I did learn and rethink about things due to this argument. 
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<p>@CaptJack I go to a very competitive school too. Top 10 school in the nation STEM high school. You just need to remember that what happens at your school is not what happens nationally always. Like my SAT score was like 95th percentile in the nation and like 3rd percentile at my school lol… i took the ACT after that</p>
<p>Hey guys! I think I’m stuck in a somewhat similar scenario because I thought the SAT Math II for June was definitely a curveball… Anyway, it seems like 770 might be good enough for Ivy’s in general, but how would MIT look at a 770? Would a 770 kill you in MIT admissions?</p>
<p>@Newdle Bad form to hijack another poster’s thread; it’s better to start your own. But no, a 770 won’t kill you for MIT.</p>
<p>Also recall that only about 8.5% of students who take the SAT take the Math II subject test (140,000 out of 1.66 million students in 2013). Thus, while a 750 corresponds to the 79th percentile within the subset of students who take the test, it corresponds to the 97th percentile in the larger population. Regardless of the huge curve Math II has, a 750+ is a great score.</p>
<p>My D retook a 770 in Math 2 in order to get an 800. But to put the decision in context, an entire year elapsed in between. She took Math 2 at the end of sophomore year after Trig/PreCalc Honors and got the 770. Then, in December of her junior year, she took the SAT and got a 2340 (CR 800, M 740, W 800). She only missed 2 on the math portion but because of the curve, that was a 740. She felt that the combination of the 740 on the SAT Math and the 770 on the Math 2 subject test didn’t adequately reflect her math abilities. She didn’t want to re-take the SAT and she was already signed up to take the Chemistry subject test in May, so she took Math 2 at the same time. She plowed through the Barron’s prep book and got 800’s in both Math 2 and Chemistry.</p>
<p>Don’t. However, do take another subject, preferably not science-based to show your abilities beyond the basic Math2+science tests that most applicants will present.If you can get 750 in a foreign language or literature, in addition to your two other scores, now THAT would be impressive.
For schools like MIT, test scores aren’t what will differentiate you for the ultimate round - they’ll just ensure you’re not cut. What will matter is your EC’s and achievements.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 Do universities see all my scores? My forte is english and I would like to take the subject test, but I dislike reading old english and obscure poems. Can I hide my lit scores if I don’t like them?</p>
<p>if you want to major in math or science and get a high 700, do you recommend re-taking for the 800</p>
<p>no</p>