Scoring the SAT II Biology
Scoring on the SAT II Biology is the same as scoring for all other SAT II tests. For every right answer, you earn one point. For every wrong answer, you lose 1 /4 of a point. For each question you leave blank, you earn zero points. These points combined equal your raw score. ETS converts your raw score to a scaled score using a curve tailored to the particular test you take. We've included a raw-to-scaled conversion chart below so you can translate your raw score on a practice test into scaled scores.
Raw Score Scaled Score Raw Score Scaled Score Raw Score Scaled Score
808004960018420
798004859017410
787904759016410
777804658015400
767704558014390
757704457013390
747604356012380
737604256011370
727504155010360
71740405509360
70740395408350
69730385407350
68730375306340
67720365205340
66710355204330
65700345103330
64700335002320
63690325001320
62680314900310
6168030490-1310
6067029480-2300
5966028480-3300
5866027470-4290
5765026470-5280
5664025460-6280
5564024450-7270
5463023450-8270
5362022440-9260
5262021440-10260
5161020430
5060019420
This chart shows you that your score doesn't plummet with every question you can't answer confidently. You can do very well on this test without knowing or answering everything. The key to doing well on the SAT II Biology is to follow a strategy that ensures you will see and answer all the questions you can answer, while intelligently guessing on those slightly fuzzier questions.For example, on an 80 question test, you could score:
800 if you answered 79 right and left 1 blank
750 if you answered 73 right, 4 wrong, and left 3 blank
700 if you answered 67 right, 8 wrong, and left 5 blank
650 if you answered 60 right, 12 wrong, and left 8 blank
600 if you answered 54 right, 16 wrong, and left 10 blank
We'll talk more about these strategies in the next