Lit 720, Good Score?

Pikafu
Mon, 25 May 2009 21:17:56 +0000

Different kinds of people take different SAT 2 subject tests. Therefore, percentiles can be very skewed for some of them, notably the Chinese and Korean language tests. I got a 770 for the Chinese Listening test back in November, which corresponds to the 30th percentile. My friend got a 780 on the Math Level 2, which was a 90th percentile. These two examples illustrate that on many subject tests, people that know they’re bound to do well take them, which skews the percentile range to not be an accurate representation of ability. I’d say a 720 is pretty good, even “if” it’s at the 87th percentile, because generally, people who are great at literature take it.