Do your scores even matter?

collegerm
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:42:19 +0000

I took two SAT Subject Tests this past year. I scored 760 on US History and 780 on Spanish (non-native speaker). Do these scores even matter? I get the impression that universities just want to see that you have taken the SAT IIs, and that you have scored well.

I guess what I’m asking is this: Does a 780 on Spanish mean anything more than a 720? Both are good scores, but is a 780 going to help me in admission the way a 32 might vs. a 29 on the ACT?