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.

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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 chapter.