Is 700 on SAT Lit good enough for highly selective colleges?

wizkid94
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:25:35 +0000

Your score is 80% percentile for Literature. Literature is one of the hardest to score highly on. Your question is a difficult one to answer. Is it “good” enough, meaning will they not reject you because it is so low? Absolutely. But it is one of many factors, including other SAT subject tests. A 700 won’t stand out negatively. It actually can complement well other high scores. I’m pretty sure schools like Cornell require two subject tests and for a school like UChicago it would be very advisable to send some in.