<p>I got a 690 in Lit this October on the SAT IIs. I was expecting a 700 or so, so my prediction wasn't too far off. I knew the test was going to be hard so it's my fault for taking it in the first place, knowing I could not do too well.</p>
<p>I already have a 740 and a 750+ in two other SAT IIs. The only thing is, they are the Math SAT II and a language SAT II (my native language). </p>
<p>Should I report the 690 anyways? I did not report it for Yale SCEA, but it will be in my score report. Other schools I'm applying to are around the same caliber (Columbia, Stanford, etc).</p>
<p>Don't you need to report three for some of those schools anyway? Do you have another test to list instead? 690 sounds good to me... On SAT 1 690 is around top 5%, right? Is the percentage for this test comparable? If so, list it.</p>
<p>No, I think only Harvard and Princeton make you report 3 SAT IIs. </p>
<p>Most of the stuff in my application indicate that I am NOT math/science oriented. If I'm going with an angle in humanities/liberal arts, wouldn't a 690 in Literature hurt a little? Or do college adcoms know that it's a difficult SAT II and a 690 is okay?</p>
<p>List it only for schools where it is competitive or where it is required to have a third score. You were right to omit it for Yale. Yes, the test is a hard test but the tests are scored on a curve, I believe, so it still only reflects a top 5% -or whatever percentile- score.</p>
<p>It'll show up when you send your score report so it really isn't a matter of whether you should or not.</p>
<p>However, you should still report it on the common app as it is a solid score and you may look dishonest if it shows up on your score report but not on the application.</p>
<p>If it is only 80th percentile, I wouldn't list it... That is the equivalent of a 25 on the ACT English section... It would probably be great for most schools, but you want to get into universities where students with perfect stats are rejected on a regular basis. I don't know anything about SAT 2; and if you want to list it just because they will see it anyway, that is valid; however, 690 sounds a lot better than 80% and if they know the percentile, that score will not help you (especially if you want to play the english/humanities angle).</p>
<p>You probably shouldn't take me seriously though. Everyone else says that it is a good score. I was just surprised because 690 on the SAT 1 is around 95%...</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! If it makes a difference, my SAT I's are 800 Math and 750+ for Critical Reading and Writing (Essay 12). </p>
<p>I wonder if by not self-reporting it, will they look at my score report and decide whether or not to consider the 690 Literature? So if it will hurt my application, will they disregard it since I did not self-report it (and consider it if it doesn't hurt)? I'm probably being much too hopeful...</p>
<p>Just chill!!!! You will be fine. Getting agitated over a 690 as your lowest SATII score is bordering on neurotic. Be more confident, it's more attractive! ;)</p>
<p>I would not consider it the equivalent of a 25 ACT since a much smaller, self-selected group of students takes the literature SAT. So you are 80th percentile in a group of students who feel pretty good about their skills in that area.</p>
<p>Why would schools take not self reporting scores as a bad sign? If they only encourage/require 2, and clearly state that they only look at your 2 highest, then wouldn't you want to not emphasize your lower score in an additional subject and emphasize your top 2 scores that you want to be considered?</p>
<p>So if a school only requires 2... should I just report my two highest? The one I got above a 750 on is in my native language, so I'm assuming not that much weight would be put onto that one (hence, I took the Lit SAT II).</p>
<p>Or should I just self-report all of them and just let the college decide which ones they want to consider? </p>
<p>Thanks for all the input... although I think I'm as or more ambivalent than before, haha.</p>