An0maly

I got a 710 my first time as well. I prepped some and took the test a month later, and I got a 770 on that time. I forgot who, but an MIT adcom once wrote something along the lines of "If I see 7's or higher in front of the scores, I consider them good and move on."

dementedwombat

I don't know, to me it felt like almost 1/3 of the test I took was advanced electricity and magnetic fields. I'm quite frankly amazed I did so well. Must be good at guessing.

Probably not a good thing to admit from someone who wants to attend MIT, huh?

Respectfully

Yeah I took an Honors Physics course last year and am currently enrolled in an AP Physics C course. The majority of test seemed like it was on DC circuits, electricity, and magnetism which is the definitely something that wasn't really covered well in my classes so far. I'll just keep studying hard for the next week, hope for a 750+ and send both scores.

I seem to do surprisingly well on the SAT when I have an away football the night before, so who knows.

supercool

I got a 770 my first time taking it and I got some recent responses to some anxiety about not doing better. Most of it was in the form of "don't stress, you're definitely fine."

I looked up some other threads about physics sat ii's and there was even a quote by an MIT admissions officer that MIT doesn't look at the difference between a 750 and an 800 on any single test, and in this case i think that can apply to 700-750.

I've had to learn to relax, so you should too Focus on what makes you you

Respectfully

Okay I retook the test and I feel considerably more confident about how I did this time than how I did last month. With the pretty solid Physics curve, I hope my score improves.

Now the waiting begins, and by waiting I mean working on my other apps.