<p>I know getting a 2400 on the SAT1 is super rare, but what about a 2400 on the SAT2? Is a 2400 on the SAT2 (Chem/Physics/Math2) equally impressive? I'm assuming its not, but would getting a 2400 on the SAT2 be a huge boost for HYPSM, and other ivies?</p>
<p>SAT II or SAT Subject Tests are only out of 800.</p>
<p>NOoooo, i’m saying 800 math 2, 800 physics, 800 chemistry.</p>
<p>I doubt that it would be a huge boost.</p>
<p>Considering only one college that I know of requires 3 SAT Subject Tests, I doubt they care.</p>
<p>2400 on SAT 2s is a ****load easier than getting 2400 on the SAT 1, speaking as someone who earned a 2360 on the SAT 1 and 2400 on SAT 2s (Chem/Physics/Math 2). The difficulty might be comparable if you’re talking about, say, a Lit/Math 1/Non-native language combo. But generally, getting a 2400 on SAT 1 is going to be quite a bit more impressive than 2400 SAT 2s because SAT 1 tests reasoning skills more than the SAT 2s, which test your knowledge of the material more. Knowing a set of material is generally easier than having good reasoning ability, and therefore, the SAT 1 is going to be harder for most people than the SAT 2s (in general; SAT Lit is apparently CR on steroids). Thus, it would probably be more common to see 2400s on the SAT 2s than on the SAT 1 (in the population that submits more than 2 subject tests).</p>
<p>The bottom line is that 2400 on SAT 2s probably isn’t that much of a boost, particularly if you submit 800s on tests with good curves and low corresponding percentile ranks (Math 2 and Physics come to mind).</p>
<p>^ I actually had a thread in the SAT subject tests forum asking which test score a person with a 750 in both Math 1 and Math 2 should send. Although Math 1 would be 95th percentile versus the 76th percentile of Math 2 at that score, people in the thread stated that Math 2 would be better to send anyway. Do you agree?</p>
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<p>I’d say SATI Is more highly viewed.</p>
<p>You could simply take each of the SATIIs in different months, which requires little studying, and if any ONLY for 1 subject. And the time frame is sooo much shorter than the SATI</p>
<p>But, the percentiles on the SAT I are marvelously scewed by, well, pretty much the entire population. Think about how many ‘simpletons’ take the SAT reasoning. Practically everyone I know took the SAT 1, smart or not. However, most of the people I know who took the Physics SATII were intelligent to begin with…so percentiles aren’t very meaningful.</p>
<p>^ It’s also the truth. The way I see it (based off purely trying practice tests), Math Lvl1 is the harder version of SAT1 Math, and Lit is the harder version of SAT1 CR. However, this does not imply one should favor taking MathLvl1/Lit over the SAT1 totally, as the SAT1 is conjoined and thus puts you under more pressure and requires greater effort in a given amount of time (speaking of the total time of the entire test), while the others are, obviously, separate. Of course, the SAT1 also has the writing section, but this section is solely (which is nearly a fact) based on your knowledge of the rules of grammar and how to compose an essay (since content apparently has no influence; you can say Barrack Obama was Abraham Lincoln’s brother and get away with it).</p>
<p>I would say both are impressive but SAT1 is more impressive because of the CR and Writing section and for SAT 2 you only have to memorise imformation.</p>
<p>I would say SATI, because your SAT II does not indicate your reading comprehension and writing level. If you got 800 on lit, then it might be debatable</p>
<p>SAT2 is a lot easier…</p>