SAT2's Too Low?

[Vhiremath4]

<p>I got my results back. A 760 chem, and a 730 math 2. I know I have to retake math 2, but is the chem too low? Tell me the truth.</p>

[molliebatmit]

<p>No, absolutely not. The middle 50% range for accepted students for the science SAT II is 710-800, so your score puts you well within the middle 50%.</p>

<p>From Matt McGann, [here](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml]here[/url]:”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/standardized_test_requirements/whats_the_big_deal_about_402.shtml):</a>

Let me tell you one more story that I often relay. I was doing a regional reception in a city a few years back, and afterwards a student – we’ll call her Artemis – comes up to me and tells me that she has a 760 on the Math SAT. As I was about to tell her that her score was just fine, she keeps talking, to inform me that she was going to take the test again, since “clearly” her score was “too low.” I was like, “What!!!” I “ordered” Artemis to not take the Math SAT again, and instead to have a picnic on that Saturday. Because to us, a 760 math is the same as any higher score she could receive on the retest.

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[Vhiremath4]

<p>omg thank you so much mollie! you have no idea - wait you probably do - how nervous i was about that 760. the 730 was a no-brainer retake, but the 760 was really making me nervous! you’re a doll ;-). hahaha</p>

[MeSsIaH_1]

<p>You can make that 800 and 800 easy. The math gives you about a 5 question allowance before you start dropping from the 800, and I didn’t study at all for chem and got 800.</p>

[LuthienTinuviel]

<p>I got a 760 on my chem SAT II, and I’ll be going to MIT in the fall.</p>