<p>SAT Subject tests:
Chem: 750
Math 2: 800
Bio-E: 760
Lit: 770
US History: 740
Physics: 700
Spanish: 710
(haha yeah I went overboard but I really do love taking these 1 hour, just MC tests, lol:] I'd actually probably take them even if they weren't required for college apps, haha yeah i'm a total weirdo)</p>
<p>Anyway, my specific questions:</p>
<p>For a school that only requires the SAT or ACT (no subject tests), which would I send? (for example, somewhere really competitive like UChicago?)</p>
<p>For a school that requires either the ACT w/no subject tests OR the SAT + 2 SAT subject tests, which would I send?</p>
<p>And for a school that requires either the ACT OR SAT, IN ADDITION to 2-3 subjects tests, which would I send?</p>
<p>I can't send both, I definitely could not afford doing that for all of my colleges, so I have to pick just one test to send to each college.</p>
<p>Tragic dilemma. I don't know how you can go to bed at night.</p>
<p>ACT = $9
SAT = $9.50</p>
<p>It's only a $.50 difference, but I'd go with the SATs. I don't know why College Board can't sends via internet. It'd be so much easier and cheaper.</p>
<p>gosh, i'm sorry, i swear i didn't mean to sound like i was bragging!! that's why i asked this question here, rather than of my peers or college admissions officers...you guys don't know me so it's easier to ask a touchy question like this anonymously without making it seem like i'm trying to boast. what do i have to gain personally after all by spilling my scores to a bunch of random strangers online?</p>
<p>haha and the 7 subject tests pretty much occured by fluke. last year, i signed up for 3 subject tests in june after ap exams, but i guess in april i realized i would be ready for 2 of them by may, so i signed up for the may test date. but then i didn't want all the money i'd already spent on june to go to waste, so i ended up taking three more. and i had already taken 2 sophomore year, but only as practice kinda (physics and spanish). that's how i ended up with 7 tests.</p>
<p>@saxsky, thanks=) but honestly, i just look at half the ppl here who posted their oct sat scores (all over 2350+, most of them on their first try, a couple of them just juniors) and i realize how i pale in comparison.</p>
<p>its k i read ur other posts u dont seem the bragging type.
but yeah there is a breed of person that likes to scream their scores out loud to unknown people... which just tells you about their social life (or lack of it)</p>
<p>If you can afford it, send in both (or maybe to some colleges that are really selective) -- I think people here says it looks good to have good scores in both? I don't know if that's actually true, though, so don't take my word for it.</p>
<p>And those are really good scores, congrats! I can't believe you took that many subject tests, though. lol</p>
<p>This is the one part I hate about college apps, how ACT and Collegeboard make MILLIONS of dollars from just sending papers with a score on them. They can't trust the students to truthfully give their scores, so I think they should just trust the high schools and take whatever score is put on the transcript. </p>
<p>As for your scores, I would send the SAT scores and put on your additional information on the application that you got a 35. They won't have the score report, but they'll believe that a 2330 guy could also get a 35, so essentially you're sending both, and the subject tests are strong since none of them are below 700.</p>
<p>Send the SAT scores to all your schools. I don't care what people say. SAT > ACT in terms of impressing adcoms. I'll probably get flamed and told what an ignoramus I am complete with links to quotes from Harvard adcoms etc, but I have seen a lot of the 'results' threads here and I have observed that those who just sent ACT scores didn't do as well as those who just sent SAT scores.</p>
<p>I'd say that people who get excellent scores in reading think that it's the easiest thing ever because of how much they've been reading throughout their life so it's a lot faster. That's not to say anyone can't get an 800, but some people are just built to get good scores on it.</p>
<p>^ I agree. Read, and take a lot of practice tests, and really understand why you got a question wrong. Granted, I didn't get a perfect score (780) but I did manage to increase my score by 110 from May--> October by taking a TON of practice tests. And don't listen to people who say to study ridiculous amounts of vocab words. It may work for some, but to me it just seems unrealistic. Read as much as you can and you should be fine.</p>
<p>hey i have a question, i know that applying to yale, for example, requires either SAT and sat subject tests or ACT... do you think it is okay if i send just ACT and SAT with no subject tests? i mean will they still take into account SAT if i send both SAT and ACT but no subject tests? or does lack of SAT subject tests make any sat related crap void?</p>
<p>^ He said he can't afford it. I say that he should send the SAT because in some sense, SAT impresses more because "rumor" around the street is that ACT is easier than SAT, so adcoms will figure that a 35 might have come from a low SAT score if the SAT score wasn't sent. Just think about it, if you say you have a 2330, they'll believe that you got a 35 (even if they don't have the score report). I think it's a lot to put all those subject test scores on the application, so I DEFINITELY say just put that super nice (BUT VERY SIMPLE) 35 on your application and send the SAT scores which show a lot of character.</p>
<p>depending on how many schools you are applying to, i would send them both. they are both really good so it probably won't matter anyway, but sending both can't hurt. also, even though schools usually say they accept either, (and this may be a misconception, but based on admissions from my midwesten school) sometimes midwest schools prefer ACT while coast schools prefer SAT. again, i doubt any school would admit that, but just from my experience i would say send both, but it shouldn't make much of a difference</p>