Are Lit, history or language tests necessary?

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<p>Well, i'm going to be a biology major, but unfortunately will only be taking SAT II in chem because I took AP chem last year and will be taking AP bio this year. I've heard a lot of controversies between the "best" book for chem. The primary competitors being barron's vs. PR. Is barron's really that unbearably hard? </p>

<p>And What's the difference between math 1 and math 2? I've heard many people getting 800 on the math 2 and yet worse on math 1 for some reason? 0.o Are there a lot of trigs and such involved in math 2? Does it include any calculus (I or II) concepts? like derivatives, slope fields, etc.. </p>

<p>Ok, and finally to my last question. (please bear with me...) As you can see, I am going into a more science/math field, and all the colleges that I would like to apply for recommends at least 3 SAT IIs. But the problem is, I am not really confident in any of the Lit, history, or the language tests. (the best out of the three would be Lit, but many people have claimed Lit= death.... xP)
So is it ok if I just take chem, math 1 and math 2? Or will they just accept one math? And say, i do have to take one humanity subject test, I heard if you take the test of your native language, they expect you to get a perfect 800. Is this true or just a rumor? </p>

<p>Thank you so much for all your help! I know it's a lot of questions but I'm a nervous wreck. (Only one chance for SAT I and SAT II =(</p>

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Well, i'm going to be a biology major, but unfortunately will only be taking SAT II in chem because I took AP chem last year and will be taking AP bio this year. I've heard a lot of controversies between the "best" book for chem. The primary competitors being barron's vs. PR. Is barron's really that unbearably hard?

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<p>Barrons publications have a reputation on this forum to be more difficult than other publications in terms of study aids. I've heard very good things about PR for SAT 2 chem, and so far PR seems to be the consensus on this forum for AP and SAT 2 Chem.</p>

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And What's the difference between math 1 and math 2? I've heard many people getting 800 on the math 2 and yet worse on math 1 for some reason? 0.o Are there a lot of trigs and such involved in math 2? Does it include any calculus (I or II) concepts? like derivatives, slope fields, etc..

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<p>There is no calculus, but expect most of everything up to precalculus to be covered on the test. Math 1 is more like SAT 1 math, or so I've heard.</p>

<p>Math 1: <a href="http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/math1c/math1c.html?math1c%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/math1c/math1c.html?math1c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Math 2: <a href="http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/math2c/math2c.html?math2c%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/sat/lc_two/math2c/math2c.html?math2c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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So is it ok if I just take chem, math 1 and math 2? Or will they just accept one math? And say, i do have to take one humanity subject test, I heard if you take the test of your native language, they expect you to get a perfect 800. Is this true or just a rumor?

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<p>It's fine that you take whatever you want, check the websites of the colleges you expect to apply to, certain colleges require specific subjects or "recommend" (recommend = take it) them. They accept all subjects, I'm not sure what you mean by "accepting one math," but since they are different, then they should accept both, I don't see why not.</p>

<p>If you take one of your native language, they don't "expect" anything, they just don't consider the high (hopefully?) score to be as unique as a high score of a language from an applicant who is only studying the language.</p>

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<p>Eh, the SAT II in Lit is not all that bad. It has some (very) weird subject material, but if you've been paying attention in English class for the last couple of years, it'll be fine.</p>

<p>I don't think the Math I is like the SAT math, persay. It's somewhere in between the two tests. I say this only because I've always had a bit of a problem with the SAT math, and I scored much higher on the Math I than on the SAT subsection. I think the SAT II is more...concrete rather than logic math? It's hard to explain.</p>

<p>Anyway, if you're trying to decide between the Math SAT IIs, it depends on what math class you've taken so far. If you've done precalc (and, apparently, gone over 3-D vectors, **<em>,) then take Math II. If you haven't, or if you're not confident about your abilities, take Math I. *shrug</em> If you think you could do well on Math II, take it, because it has a much nicer curve.</p>

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<p>Thank you sooo much! This really helped! ok.. back to studying~ =D</p>