<p>Does anyone know what a good score range for a non-native speaker is? I'm planning on taking it in December, and I have Kaplan & Barron's to study off of in addition to a Spanish 4H class.</p>
<p>(If anyone also has any suggestions for books, that'd be great)</p>
<p>Anything that is 700 or above is considered a very good score for a non-native.</p>
<p>I took the Spanish w/ Listening test in November and found the Barron’s book quite helpful for all parts of the test.</p>
<p>That being said, any language test is different from a math, science, history, etc. test in that you cannot prepare for it from books alone. Study books will give you a good recap of what you already know, but even the best book will not replace a solid 3-4 years of preparation and grounding in the language. I am in Spanish 5 AP right now and I still found much of the vocabulary/fill-in-the-blank section to be fairly challenging (unfortunately, there’s no list of words to study, so that’s one part of the test where you just have to hope for the best).</p>
<p>I posted a similar question a few days ago and from what I’ve seen and read, I would say that a score of 700 or better would be considered “good” for a non-native. Of course, if you’re aiming for some of the upper-tier schools (Ivies, etc.), a good score would be higher- probably closer to 750+.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks for the advice everyone 
I’ll keep studying up and hope I get a bit lucky.</p>
<p>On Barons I’m consistently getting about a 710 right now and I’ve heard that you can pretty much expect +50 points on the real thing. If that holds true I’d get a 760 as a non native so 750+ is possible.</p>