ACT vs Subject Tests

Test Preparation
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<p>If you are planning to submit only ACT score then do you have to do subject tests? Or is it necessary only if are submitting SAT?</p>

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<p>It depends on the school.
Read this:
<a href=“http://www.rtsd.org/Page/1574”>http://www.rtsd.org/Page/1574&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Most of the top schools will ask you to submit subject test scores even if you write the ACT.
<a href=“First-Year Applicants | Harvard”>https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/application-requirements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@princeton2031‌
“Most” is an overstatement. Only the following schools requires SAT2 even if you submit ACT score:</p>

<p>SCHOOLS THAT REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF SUBJECT TESTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER APPLICANT TAKES SAT OR ACT:</p>

<p>California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) – exception: non-architecture majors, College of Fine
Arts (neither required nor recommended)
Cornell University (NY) – exception: applicants to Agriculture/Life Sciences and to
Industrial/Labor Relations (Subject Tests optional for these schools)
Dartmouth College (NH)
Franklin Olin College of Engineering (MA)
Harvard/Radcliffe Colleges (MA)
Harvey Mudd College (CA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University (NJ)
Webb Institute of Naval Architecture (NY) – note: Webb does not accept ACT
Williams College (MA)</p>