<p>Does Harvard require 3 SAT II tests? Is 750+ generally good enough?</p>
<p>Did anyone else think this thread was about Hindu ritual suicide?</p>
<p>Anyway, yes to both of your q’s.</p>
<p>…Just want to make sure because I am a bit worried about my literature test.</p>
<p>Harvard requires three Subject Test scores. “good enough” doesn’t really mean anything in the world of college admissions; higher is better. Moreover, 750 is not the same for all tests, as they are not cross-normalized: 750 on Literature is better than is a 800 on Math Level 2, for instance.</p>
<p>What was your score? If it was 750, go away :P</p>
<p>To silverturtle, while I agree that a 750 would exceed an 800 in terms of percentile (94 versus 90), an 800 in Math II is the highest possible score, so it’s difficult to compare the two. Someone with an 800 could have gotten all questions correct. That’s why I feel it would be a lot better if they harmonized all subject tests so that each score correlates to the same percentile for all subjects.</p>
<p>^well that would mean you couldn’t get higher than a 540 or something for a few language tests! Yeah…let’s not bruise the ego…</p>
<p>Besides, I think the current scale essentially means you’re equally competent…i.e an 800 on Math II represents a similar level of mastery in that area as an 800 in literature…except it’s just harder to attain in English because it’s a lot of training involved.</p>
<p>and to the OP, definitely yes and conditionally yes. Harvard requires 3, and 750 is good enough, but people get in with less and rejected with more.</p>
<p>I believe that the percentiles associated with the SAT II are much more indicative of performance than the scores themselves. But I do think that the current difficulty and scoring of the tests are fine as they are. All Subject Tests are standardized to assess a body of knowledge appropriate for a particular level. It is just that many appeal to a particular and better-prepared demographic. For instance, the exams in Far Eastern languages (i.e. Chinese, Korean, Japanese) typically have a higher mean score since these are most often taken by native speakers and are languages that are not widely offered as educational opportunities for non-native-speaking students. (That accounts for the relatively lower mean scores for the more commonly taught languages such as Spanish, German, and so on.)</p>
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