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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the life of me, I can't understand how one can take honors chemistry for an entire year, take a one hour subject test, and then have a return score of 670.

DC finished the school year with an A- in honors chemistry and attends an excellent private school known for its academic strengths.

I would love to hear insight from people who have a similar experience.and how colleges will view this score.  There will be no retake but DC will be taking AP biology for junior year.  There is no fuss about this score and DC knows how proud we are.  But we all are scratching our heads.[/quote]

FWIW, my DC, after stellar grades in two years of Chem (second year was AP) at a big 3, decided not to take the SAT II in Chem.  Practice tests showed serious time pressure and a radical disconnect between how they were taught and what SAT II was testing.  DC didn't have the same reaction to any of the other SAT subject tests or to the AP Chem test.  I think there's just something off about the Chem SAT II.

[b]Colleges probably won't view this score.  What we're seeing is that those who do want SAT IIs only want two of them, so generally you'd just send the best scores.  Exception is some programs want MATH2.  But I haven't seen any that require CHEM specifically and I've been looking at STEM programs (though more bio-focussed -- then again, no one's requiring BIO either).[/quote][/b]

YEs, a number of them require Chem is you are applying for the Bachelor of Science degree, like Princeton.  Then you are asked to submit Chem and Math II.[/quote]

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