<p>just for clarification, if one decides to turn in only the ACT score, then the subject tests are not required, correct?</p>
<p>correct, as long as you take ACT + writing.</p>
<p>Though you are both technically correct, don’t do it. Take and submit SAT IIs unless you are from a crappy school in a podunk town in ACT territory and can legitimately claim to not to know what an SAT II is, or if your scores are like sub-600. I’ve heard it uttered many a time that they kind of get puzzled when they see an ACT score w/o SAT IIs, especially if you are from an SAT state. That could be wrong, of course, but I wouldn’t take the chance.</p>
<p>Yea…I just got my SAT II scores today and needless to say, they were not pretty. (well, Bio M was good (680), but Literature and US History were not too good.) I’m planning on taking the Math IIC and retaking Literature. Should I retake Bio M if that is my intended major?</p>
<p>I was not going to send in any SAT II scores and just send in my ACT, but as drummerdude_07 mentioned, I come from an SAT state and that probably would seem a little fishy if I didn’t submit some form of the SAT…</p>
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<p>From Yale’s Admissions FAQ</p>
<p>Yes, we know they SAY that, but I’ve heard from a lot of people that the people making the decisions usually think it odd when they see an ACT score alone from someone from an SAT area.</p>
<p>They are going to see all of those scores anyway, and your SAT I. If you raise them in the future, that isn’t such a bad thing. But you absolutely cannot tell them that you are trying to major in Bio with a 680 SAT II. That just isn’t going to fly. If you don’t get it beyond the 700 mark at the very least, it will be a major drain on your application if you talk about your love for Bio or put Bio down as your major. It never hurts to put “undecided”.</p>
<p>If Bio is central to your app, sending just the ACT might actually be the less risky of two bad options.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to rain on your parade - I certainly couldn’t get a 680 on the Bio exam!</p>