Help out a confused junior

risubu
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:18:56 +0000

November is usually too close to call for admissions. Sure, they say it will be fine, but CB often screws up. It sounds like you will do well in French, so go for it! Foreign language always helps.
I’ve also heard Lit is a brutal exam and one of the hardest subject tests. USH sounds much better. Here are the curves from the SAT subject test official book

Literature: ~60 questions
-2 onward: 800
-3/-4: 790
-5: 780
-6: 770
-7: 760
-8/-10: 750
-9: 740
-10: 730
-11/-12: 720
-13/-14: 710
-15: 700

US History: 90 questions
-10: 800
-11: 790
-12/13: 780
-14: 770
-15: 760
-16/-17: 750
-18: 740
-19/-20: 730
-21: 720
-22/-23: 710
-24/-25: 700

French: 85 questions
-10: 800
[each -2 after, subtract 10 points. -26=700]

P.S. I’m taking French in June!