How do I evaluate SAT II scores?

Parents Forum
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<p>My son got a 690 on both History and Math IC tests. He is my first child and I have no sense of whether these are good scores or not. He is not applying to Ivy League Schools but he is interested in going to some of the competative state schools as an out of state student. Any advice?</p>

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<p>They’re both in the 80 percentile range, which is quite good when you consider that fewer and generally more-qualified students take the SAT IIs. I think they may a bit low for UCB in particular but they ought to put him in the pool for most of the others.</p>

<p>(Please note that I’m really not sure about any of this, although more does depend on the numbers at the large publics.)</p>

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<p>The College Board Web site posts the percentiles from last year’s tests; that should give you a good idea of relative percentiles in the various subjects. And some schools do give the various SAT II score ranges in their more detailed admission materials, often those available at the admissions offices if not on the Web sites.</p>

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<p><a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;
Here is the link for the percentiles.</p>