<p>I know that some SAT subject tests have insane skews (such as chinese) and some where a seemingly mediocre score still equals a decent percentile (like lit). I was wondering which one matters more and what I should take into consideration if I want to retake one of the two tests in those situations.</p>
<p>scores.
having a high score is better than having a high percentile.</p>
<p>hypothetically, if everyone scored a 600 and you scored a 650, you'd be in the 99%ile, correct?</p>
<p>but a 650 wouldn't look good would it? lol</p>
<p>on the other hand, if you score a 780, but your in the 92%ile, even though you have a low %, it is a solid score!</p>
<p>I think scores too. I mean, university websites always list scores and all but never percentiles because those probably keep varying every year. Percentiles might make one feel good, but it doesn't necessary mean his SAT scores are good.</p>
<p>scores.</p>
<p>percentiles mean pretty much nothing to colleges.</p>
<p>scores. if you look at the freshman profiles that colleges put on their sites, the SAT (and ACT) profiles are always in terms of scores. I haven't seen any that was expressed as percentiles of where the SAT scores fall. They may be out there, just haven't seen any.</p>