<p>hey guys anyone taking the SAT subjects this weekend or have taken them already?? if so what do you think about the Literature and Math 2?</p>
<p>Math2 is easy - 10% of the test takers get 800’s. Literature’s harder on a statistical basis, but perhaps not if you’ve read a lot of the classics.</p>
<p>those are the same ones i took!
but…i did not get an 800 on math II…i got a 720, which is 68 percentile hahah
and 730 on english which is 90 percentile! so i actually think math is harder, for me anyways :|</p>
<p>Good luck, bennjerrysxp! You can’t go wrong taking Lit and Math 2–they are the standard “defaults” of subject tests. I think they’re particularly appealing to busy students because they don’t really require preparation, unless you want to brush up on a particular type of math question. If you haven’t taken any practice tests, you can access some on the College Board site–you’ll see what I mean. They test your cumulative math knowledge and, in the case of lit, reading comprehension and critical analysis skills (the comment about having a foundation in the classics is relevant because it means you’re likely comfortable with reading a passage and answering questions about your interpretation, but the test isn’t over your knowledge of particular works of literature).</p>
<p>As LoremIpsum said, the Math 2 test is considered “easy” – but I will qualify that statement: It is easy for students who have taken and done well in advanced math! The reason so many people ace it is because a self-selecting group tends to go for Math 2 – those who know they’ll do well or need it for selective college admissions or to support a math/science profile vs. liberal arts.</p>
<p>Is there a particular reason you need Math 2 over Math 1? I ask only so you are sure you know why you’ve made that choice. Some schools state if you’re submitting math, they only want 2. Selective schools favor 2. And, or course, if you’re pitching yourself as a math or science student, you should take 2. Otherwise…liberal arts students not aiming for tippy-top schools should give strong consideration to taking Math 1 if they think they can score higher on 1 than 2. Taking Math 2 and scoring poorly doesn’t help your app, and as you can see from the discussion of percentiles, the score value plummets quickly…if a perfect 800 is 88-89% and a 720 is 68%, a whopping 20 percentage points lower, then you can be sure a score in the 600’s will be pretty dismal. </p>
<p>See <a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/2010-sat-subject-test-percentile-ranks.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/2010-sat-subject-test-percentile-ranks.pdf</a></p>
<p>cndylx, congrats on those scores! You are the perfect illustration of someone who probably doesn’t view math as their greatest strength…but gosh, you should be very proud of that 730, and the 720 Math 2 is really AOK. An admission officer is unlikely to pull out the percentile chart to figure out, oh, my, this is only 68%. If everything else you’ve got going for you–grades, SAT I, recs, EC’s, etc., is similarly strong–what they’re going to see for subject tests is scores consistently about 700. And that is really terrific!</p>
<p>hey thanks for all the info i’m takin git bc im trying to apply to the UC system
for UCB and UCLA which recommned math 2, it’s not a requirement either just thought i’d give it a shot. In no way am i a super genius and am lucky to get even a 1900 on the SAT’s. i’m going to Take math 2, Us history, and LIt hoping two will be alittle above average scores. Any help for studying tips on these three will be great I don’t have much time, and with such a busy schedule i have done little studying.</p>
<p>Sparknotes has 3 practice tests for many of the most common SAT II’s. There are a few typos and other glitches (at least on a Mac), but it should be good enough for you to discover your approximate score and to find out which areas you need to review.</p>