Do I need to take the Math II Subject Test?

Applying to College
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<p>I've finally whittled down my list (I think) to the final set of colleges I'm going to apply to. (dartmouth, harvard, earlham, kalamazoo, oberlin, case western, grinnell, kenyon, st. olaf, macalester, Uchicago)
anywho,
my GPA is 4.06 weighted, around 3.75 unweighted (self-calculated).
Taking/have taken mostly AP/IB classes (chem II, bio II, Calc BC, Eng 12, Psych, etc.)
Only took SATs once: 790 CR, 760 Math, 670 Writing =2220
Subjects: Literature: 740, Biology: 790
AP: Bio 5
EC: Decent, nothing spectactular</p>

<p>So, I'm getting ready to apply to all these colleges, but my plan was to take the Math II subject test in the near future and send the results to it as well. The issue is if I send the others now, and Math II later, its gonna be over $100 extra (because I'll have to send from Collegeboard twice). Do you think I need to/should take the Math II test? Will it help me much? At most colleges require 2 subject tests, are my Lit and Bio scores strong enough?</p>

<p>Any input is appreciated; thought I was good to go n kinda freakin out about this now.</p>

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<p>You should only take it if a school requires it. I don’t think any of your schools do. You’re fine where you are</p>

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<p>thanks for the input, tb0mb.</p>

<p>however, if I could get some more opinions, I’d be reallllly grateful. Just a quick opinion yes or no would be OK, please.</p>

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<p>I realize that kind of sounded like I was brushing off tm0mb. Not my intention. Thats something I hadn’t really thought about, thanks.</p>

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<p>If you are going to do engineering then yes, else no unless you think you can get and 800 on it ;)</p>

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<p>Well, Im not going into engineering. Probably biology or business, but follow pre-med program. I do think I can do well on the math II tho (close to 800), but im wondering is any score really that different from a 740 on the lit test? From what I’ve heard, its generally regarded as substantially harder than the math II and people generally receive lower scores. Is this correct? Do colleges look at math more tho? Anybody?</p>

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<p>Pre-Med requires at least some calculation-intensive science classes. It would be to your benefit to show that you have the advanced math skills to handle such work successfully. A good score in literature isn’t going to be as useful in evaluating a potential pre-med major.</p>

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<p>^ agreed. Even business requires knowledge of math… (i.e. stats). Generally, math/science subject tests are highly regarded. so… yes. </p>

<p>and you can use 4 free test reports through college board I think… along with fee waivers, so don’t worry about payments.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input. I’d really started taking a liking to the thought of not having to study for another SAT, but it’s looking like I should. Any other opinions?</p>