<p>I received a 690 on the SAT II Chemistry. Admittedly, I didn't take it seriously enough, but now I'm stuck with the score. Would it hurt my chances?</p>
<p>Depends on the schools you’re applying to. Ivies look for 700+ so you might want to study and retake it at your next opportunity. If you aren’t going to an Ivy or a school of like competitiveness, a 600-700 is very acceptable.</p>
<p>Thanks for replying :)</p>
<p>I’m applying to an extremely competitive school overseas, but it doesn’t require SAT Subject tests. I can choose to send it or not, although sending it may raise my chances. I’m an international student as well. I’m just wondering if it’ll negatively affect my app in any way. And I can’t retake it, Jan would be too late.
What should I do?</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, are you applying to schools in Europe or Asia?
I am by no means an expert, but I have a feeling that European schools are not as familiar with the SATs as Asian schools are.
I digress.
If you have to other subject tests that you did well on (preferably two), send those ones and forget the 690.</p>
<p>690 is not a bad score, but if they don’t require the SAT II scores, no point in sending them. If it’s not something they routinely look at, they may not consider it at all.</p>
<p>I got a 690 on Physics and may have been penalized for it by MIT and Caltech with a rejection.</p>
<p>It also depends on your other scores, if you have 700+ on 3 other subject tests, then the 690 will make you look well-rounded.</p>
<p>Just curious, I’m planning on taking the subject test this year, but I never took AP Chemistry, only Honors Chemistry. Is that a sufficient foundation to study from?</p>
<p>Finished exam in 25 minutes.</p>
<p>What did you use to study, Lincoln45 (I could use the advice) - or are you just trolling?</p>