Does ACT Replace BOTH the SAT I and SAT II (Subject Tests)?

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<p>Questions: .Can an applicant to colleges like Harvard and Princeton submit an ACT with writing in place of the SAT I Reasoning Test AND SAT II Subject Tests? A number of colleges that require Subject Tests, including Yale, will accept the ACT plus Writing test in lieu of BOTH the SAT I (Reasoning Test) and [...]</p>

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<p>I recently posted this on another thread, you might find it useful.</p>

<p>Based on my research on the issue for colleges that I have looked into for my daughter, I have found the following:</p>

<p>Colleges that require 2 subject tests with either the SAT or ACT:
Harvard
Columbia
Princeton
Williams
Dartmouth
Cornell</p>

<p>Colleges that require 2 subject tests only with the SAT:
Barnard
Brown
Penn
Yale
Swarthmore
Amherst
Rice
Wesleyan
Boston College
Hamilton
Vassar
Haverford
Pomona
Wellesley</p>

<p>Colleges where the subject tests are “optional”:
Stanford
UCLA
UCB
USC
Bowdoin
UCSB
UCI
Scripps
Mt. Holyoke
UCSC
Pitzer
Middlebury
Skidmore
Colgate U
Bates
UCSD
Emory
Whitman
Carleton
St. Olaf
Pepperdine
Smith
Gettysburg
Occidental
Oberlin
Grinnell
Macalester
Chapman
Davidson
CMC
Colby
Vanderbilt</p>

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<p>Helpful list. Thanks. </p>

<p>Note also that Georgetown “strongly recommends” THREE Subject Tests, regardless of whether the applicant has taken the SAT or ACT (and the writing portion of these tests doesn’t count).</p>

<p>And Cornell requires the two Subject Tests for Arts & Sciences, but other schools within the university have varying demands.</p>

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<p>Here is some more info …NYU test requirements </p>

<p>Applicants for admission to NYU’s New York City campus are required to submit one of the following:</p>

<pre><code>The SAT Reasoning Test or;

The ACT (with Writing Test) or;

Three SAT Subject Test scores (one in literature or the humanities, one in math or science, and one non-language test of the student’s choice) or;

Three AP exam scores earned prior to senior year (one in literature or the humanities, one in math or science, and one non-language of the student’s choice)
</code></pre>

<p>Note: Applicants to the Stern School of Business who choose to submit SAT Subject Tests or AP Exam scores must provide a score from a mathematics examination.</p>