Should I retake my Math II subject test (again?)

socaldad2002
Sat, 21 Dec 2019 21:17:12 +0000

politeperson:

@socaldad2002 a perfect score on the math 2 is somewhere in the 70s for percentile. Given the nature of the test taking pool percentiles aren’t particularly useful. And yes, this is a pool of test takers where if 40/100 score higher than you, you likely are still very good at math.

It’s not a matter if you are “good at math” it’s how good you are at math compared to your peers who are applying to the same highly selective colleges, in impacted majors (e.g. Engineering).

My only point is that you are compared on the test against your high achieving peers (percentiles). If it’s not important, than colleges would just rely on the SAT/ACT math scores and be done with it. I really can’t believe this is a discussion that percentiles don’t matter? Maybe I have a different way at looking at things?