Rule of thumb for evaluating SAT 2 score average?

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<p>good points reasonabledad.....having a S who is definitely not going the science-math route, I hadn't fully contemplated that perspective. Guess I'm coming at it for a humanities-type student that needs to post 2 decent SAT 2 scores in general, not ones particularly focused on their future area of study.</p>

<p>FYI, I've searched a few of the most selective schools, and have only come up with 3 that post anything related to SAT 2 scoring track record:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley<br>
Fall 2005 Freshman Profile*<br>
Average SAT I scores (middle 50%) <em>Verbal:</em> 590-710 / Math:* 630-740
Average SAT II scores <em>Writing:</em> 600-740 / Math:* 620-760 </p>

<p>Princeton (2005) 3 highest SAT 2's<br>
....................................Applicants / Admits / Enrollees
SAT I Verbal (highest) ....650–780 / 700–790 / 700–780
SAT I Math (highest) ......700–790 / 700–800 / 700–790
SAT II Subject Tests .....650–750 / 700–780 / 700–770</p>

<p>Williams
SAT-II SCORES FOR THE CLASS OF 2009
All Subjects
Note: These are re-centered scores.
Score Received / Percent of Class
.........800-750 / 32
.........740-700 / 35
.........690-650 / 20
.........640-600 / 8
.........590-550 / 3
.......below 550 / 1 </p>

<p>a rough calculation using the Williams percentiles puts the average SAT 2 score somewhere near 705-710. I presume Writing is factored into their numbers.</p>

<p>Difficult to extract much from these data, but in general, the SAT 2 averages fit the SAT 1 averages. Top end of UC Berkeley's writing & math SAT 2's do look a bit higher than V & M on SAT 1, and top end of Princeton's average SAT 2's look a bit lower.</p>