730 SAT Physics, my situation?

fireonice
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 22:41:48 +0000

I’m a freshman, and I (kind of stupidly) took the SAT Subject Physics test and got a 730. We didn’t even cover all the material in class, but lots of other (smarter at physics) students were taking it in my class so I did too and ended up with a 730 (while lots of the other people got scores from 750-790). This seems like a rather mediocre score for top schools. I’m almost definitely not going into engineering or the sciences or math or anything like that, so is a 730 in physics bad for my case? I was planning on doing one SAT science just for the sake of it, and now I’m not sure if it’s worth it to take another. Over this summer, I’m currently taking chem and it’s kinda boring/annoying/I don’t like it, summer school is a blur and I probably won’t remember anything, and I don’t feel like it’s worth it to study extra hard outside of class to prepare for the SAT test, so I don’t think I’ll do it. But would it be worth it to, after taking Bio (or maybe AP Bio, assuming I like it…) to take the SAT subject test to see if I can get like 750+ for my SAT science score, for top colleges? I’m hoping my other SAT subject scores will be higher, so that’s why I’m debating about my physics score and what I should do. If it makes any difference, I’m currently planning to take the SAT Math II, U.S. History, and Chinese with Listening tests at some point. Any suggestions would be awesomely appreciated!