<p>Bio was supposed to be my highest subject test score…</p>
<p>Oh well. I’ll see how everything else goes first.</p>
<p>Where does it show the percentiles? Mine is just a score.</p>
<p>the percentile will not be shown now. Usually 5 days or a week after the score release date (which was on the 13th). So should be sometime between 18th-20th Feb</p>
<p>oh okay thanks!</p>
<p>Percentiles come out on February 18th, at least that’s what it says on their website. </p>
<p>College Board has a pdf with the percentiles for every score on every subject test. I don’t know if the percentiles will vary every test though</p>
<p>I took the Biology E and scored a 780. I honestly think there is barely any difference between 760-800. I checked then “understanding your test performance” button (it’s now available), and the national percentile for 780 was 94%. I would have thought that 780 would be higher on the percentile but I wouldn’t know for sure. But anyways I’m super happy, all I wanted was a score higher than 750. I took Chemistry last year and got 650 xD Oh man that was terrible (I’m so slow at simple math so the fact that there wasn’t a calculator killed me). I wanted an 800, but I’m definitely not complaining. </p>
<p>I found the January bio test relatively easy, but only because I felt most of the questions (even the general questions) seemed more geared towards ecology and less about molecular stuff (other than structures, etc). I have taken biology twice, honors in freshmen year and AP Biology currently in my junior year, which is probably why I was much more prepared (although my ap bio is kind of a joke). And three days before I crammed by going through the entire Barrons book and relearned all the old concepts. I also had to learn about the human body structures which I didn’t remember at all from 9th grade. Thankfully the test asked about the heart. The stuff I learned in AP bio most recently all related to plants and evolution. I honestly think I got lucky because a lot of the questions were more conceptual and less asking about what the function of a certain organelle was or what the products of blah blah. </p>
<p>I have taken the bio sat in the past years, but never scored it (I never really studied for it, I just wanted to see how it was) until this one, and those tests seemed much harder with much more molecular questions in the general section. Studying Barrons was extremely helpful. I find it more helpful than princeton. Barrons includes a lot of unnecessary information like diseases. But if you know how to weed out the unnecessary stuff, it teaches you exactly what you need to know. The practice tests seem harder, but they also include actual old bio sat tests in the book (they don’t say it but I recognized the questions). I took two practice tests, one from Barrons and one from Princeton Review and about twenty questions from those were on the January Bio Sat. If you’re retaking, I suggest reviewing the entire Barrons book and class notes. Take a lot of practice tests, because many questions are recycled and they’re just easy points. If you’re taking ecology, really study plants. I haven’t taken a test where there hasn’t been a question about plants. Also labs that you do in school are extremely important to remember and understand. </p>
<p>Sorry wow I wrote a lot…xD</p>
<p>congrats @K1Helen !</p>
<p>The percentile I had for 770 was 86%… do colleges see the percentiles?</p>
<p>Hello! I am new here. I couldnt take the sat ii bio on jan. 25 because of bad weather and i had to take it on Feb.22. Id like to know if the scores will be released sooner than usually (less people took it on that day, i guess). Does this affect the curve of the test?</p>