<p>I took December SAT IIs in U.S. History and Literature and received a 720 and 750, respectively. Decent scores, I guess, but not..stellar. However, I was reading the Wellesley admissions site and it says they'd prefer one of your two required subject tests to be "quantitative." Is it going to hurt me to have not taken a math or science subject test (..believe me, I'd fail them anyway)? Also, are those scores respectable enough in the first place?</p>
<p>It's expressed pretty well in my application that I dislike math with a burning passion (all of my ECs are humanities-related, my SAT I score is 740 CR/770 W/630 M-->2140, and I even write about it in my essay).</p>
<p>Just to help you out, I ended up with a 780 in Literature, a 720 in U.S history, a 690 in Math I and a whopping 420 in Japanese on the SAT 2s, and I was accepted to both Wellesely and Smith. I also dislike mathematics, with the exception of calculus. </p>
<p>My math score (and definitely my Japanese score) weren't all that great, but I think if you've detailed that you don't like math and/or are not good with mathematics and wellesley admissions sees you took the a math sat 2 anyway, I don't think they're going to fault you if your math score is somewhere in the upper 600s.</p>
<p>Bea, you made me the happiest person ever right now! =DDDDDD cause i thought i was totally screwed with a 550 for spanish but apparently, [i am hoping here at least] they don't hold too much weight on language SATs</p>
<p>It's possible that not having the test could be a problem. I imagine that there it's almost too late to take the test in January, NOT send the scores anywhere, look at how well you did and then pay to send them to Wellesley and wherever else you are applying.</p>
<p>In any case, I got into Wellesley after telling my interviewer I hated gym and English and the boys in my Stats class. (I think she warmed up to the fact that I was at least hating AP English).</p>
<p>Although if you get into/decide to attend Wellesley you will absolutely not be free from quantitative obligations. Wellesley student have to take 3 math/science type courses: one lab science course, one mathematical modelling course (Computer Science and Astronomy are allowed to count for mathematical modelling), and either another science or mathematical modelling course. In addition to the distribution requirements you will have to pass a quantitative reasoning test during orientation. If you fail, you need to take QR 140, which teaches basic quantitatve reasoning skills. In addition to the basic skills compoent, everyone (unless they get a five on AP Stats) has to take a course that fulfills the "qr overlay requirement", which involves more statistics such as gaussians and probability.</p>