SAT II: Which to submit

Applying to College
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<p>Hi, I am a junior and I have 3 SAT II's under my belt. one of them i took in 9th grade and i did pretty badly (610) in Bio. The other grades i will find out in a few weeks</p>

<p>I know that you are supposed to sumbit these grades to the colleges that you are applying to. I am looking into some very competitive schools and a lot of them are asking only for 2 SAT IIs. I will take another two of them in October of my senior year. </p>

<p>My question is whether or not you are allowed to choose which two you can submit, or if you have to send all of your scores even though the school may only ask for two. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I don't think the College Board allows you to choose which scores you send -- the score sheet contains all your SAT I and SAT II scores. However, if colleges only ask for two, they'll most likely only look at your top two.</p>

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<p>violetmist is right. Your score report will contain all of your SAT and SAT II scores; Collegeboard does not let you pick.</p>

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<p>Thanks...but will the other not so great scores reflect badly on my application and give them a reason to reject me?</p>

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<p>If there is something that I have learned during the 8 months I have been to CC, it is that a lot of people will try to answer your questions even though no one here knows the answer. Your latest question is a typical candidate for that category. </p>

<p>Some colleges say they will only look at your highest scores. Believe them.
As for the others, I don't think anyone here knows how colleges read applications. Maybe a couple of colleges will notice the date you took the Bio SAT and won't pay attention to the score. Others might well give it some weight. If you really want to know, e-mail some colleges you are interested in.</p>

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<p>You can't change it. Why does it matter what weight they'll give to it? You're sending it anyway.</p>

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but will the other not so great scores reflect badly on my application and give them a reason to reject me?

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By the way, colleges are NOT looking for reasons to reject a candidate, they are looking for reasons to ACCEPT him.</p>

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<p>^^ agreed.</p>

<p>It's things like this that make me wonder whether the College Board is actually pro-student...</p>

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<p>Any idea what is considered a decent score on an SAT II ? Does it vary from exam to exam ?</p>

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<p>Yeah it varies... it all depends on the pool of students taking any given test... for example, the average scores for SAT IIs in Physics and Chinese are higher than say, Biology, because the students taking those tests are usually pretty brilliant.</p>

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<p>Depends on the school you're applying to, too. For the top ones, it's best to have at least a 700.</p>

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<p>In a way, it seems to correlate a bit with the parts of the SAT I ( i.e. 700 on each part being decent, 750 very good, etc.. )</p>

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<p>In a way, it seems to correlate a bit with the parts of the SAT I ( i.e. 700 on each part being decent, 750 very good, etc.. )</p>

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<p>For top schools any bad SATII can hurt. So you should side with caution and don't attempt to take a SATII unless you can score > 700.</p>

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<p>^^that's not necessarily true. If you got 600 and below on the first try but 750 + on the second, that would look REAL good.</p>

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<p>Who said you cann't improve it to > 700. I just said if you leave a SATII < 700 on your report that can hurt you.</p>