***OFFICIAL May SAT US History Thread***

GoAskDad
Thu, 22 May 2014 17:36:40 +0000

Congrats to those scoring 800! That’s impressive.

DS got a 750 and I “think” it’s a perfectly acceptable score, except maybe for the Ivies - right? I found a College Board chart from 2013 that puts 750 for SAT II US History at the 80th percentile…but the group of test-takers would tend to be higher-performing students anyway, correct?

I texted DS at school w/his score and said “great score!” but he didn’t seem too happy with it. There is no way he will retake, but I’d like to reassure him that it’s a perfectly OK score.

I’d welcome perspectives on this. This was DS’s first subject test, but he should probably take at least one more and I don’t want this score to discourage him.

TIA.