What is a good score on Math II?

niteangel1004 · 11-06-2009, 11:24 PM

Many people have been saying since there's a huge curve on the SAT 2 Math 2 test, anything below an 800 is poor. I've been getting like 750 on Kaplan practice tests.

What's an acceptable SAT 2 score that I can send to colleges?

I want to be a biology major and I'm applying to Johns Hopkins, Cornell U, Reed, Wellesley, UCLA, Rochester U, U of Michigan, and Northwestern.

I'm expecting a 750 wouldn't cut it at schools like JHU or Cornell and maybe also UCLA, Michigan and Northwestern?

SwaGGeReR · 11-07-2009, 12:01 AM

Anything other than 800 is garbage.

Seriously though, 750+ for top schools/ivies is basically assumed. I'm taking Math II today, and I have no idea what math even means. Guess I'll be retaking it along with Bio (another subject I have no clue about) in January.

niteangel1004 · 11-07-2009, 12:40 AM

Yea, I thought so. W/e I already took 2 SAT IIs besides math.

dreamwharton · 11-07-2009, 12:42 AM

kaplan math level 2 is pretty easy actually. barron is much better

fireshark · 11-07-2009, 12:47 AM

Actually, Barron is much too difficult and doesn't reflect the real content of the test.

Useful for making you depressed, though.

dreamwharton · 11-07-2009, 12:51 AM

fireshark
haha. i used barron and got 800. well, it depends. i love all kinds of barron test preps. they are sooo hard to i wont panic during the real test.

niteangel1004 · 11-07-2009, 12:51 AM

Kaplan seems ridiculously easy. I got through the book in like two days. I was skipping all the questions with permutations because I hate those and there were a lot on practice tests. LOL I got the Barrons too, but not enough time to go through it.

Gerontius · 11-07-2009, 02:30 AM

fireshark
Yes, that is funny and true. I really got depressed when I got a raw score in the low 30's on a Barrons test. I felt better when I tried a Sparknotes test and got an 800.

ChoklitRain · 11-07-2009, 07:12 AM

Most college adcoms have no clue about specific curves. They'll look at your Math 2 score in the same light as your other SAT 2 scores. A 790 on Math 2 will be considered a better performance than a 770 on Literature.

Marshmellowman · 11-07-2009, 01:37 PM

I used Barron's and got an 800 after studying for like 20 hours. I probably would have got like a 650 without it.