<p>Well, I have a decision to make. I'm going to take SAT Subjects test and I can either take Physics and Math II in the December 4'th session or wait until the June session and add German (as far as I know it isn't offered earlier).
I wonder what would be better received by the admission officers.. To take only two subjects or to take three, but over half a year later..
I find the German test easy so I think I would score high.
Unfortunately other subjects (so that I could make it three without German) don't come into question; I would have to study way too much for them :(
Schools I intend to apply to are the top ones (financial matters; I don't have much choise).
I'm in my junior year now.</p>
<p>First it depends on the school (and the major) you are going to apply
For example, MIT requires certain SAT Subject Tests. Beside those, the rest are optional.</p>
<p>Math II shouldn’t be that hard if you study well. Physics can be a bit difficult since there are so much to covered. </p>
<p>First find out what exactly do you need for those schools and your prospect majors.
SAT Subjects are only for evaluation during admission, and not used as a replacement for college credit, just in case you didn’t know.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would rather to spend the extra 40, 50 bucks to take physics, math separately, and concentrate one at a time,. Think about it: it’s more productive and more economic.</p>
<p>Well, actually I find them all (Physics, Math II, German) easy, because they’re kind of my passions… The only problem is that German is not offered before June and I think it’s a little bit late for the first test attempt… but maybe I’m wrong?
Math and Physics are always available so I could take them now (as I don’t really need to prepare for them)
or I can wait until June and take all three. (math , physics and german)
I don’t want to take “Physics and Math” and “German” separately, I don’t have that much money ;/ It’s either or, unfortunately…</p>
<p>(with “studying” I meant subjects like chemistry or biology or god forbid history, that I could theoretically take earlier as the third subject instead of waiting for German. But in practice I can’t take them because it would require too much effort from me to get good scores. So I am limited to two options: now without German or later with German)</p>
<p>I hope now I made myself clear (i’ve always had problems with consistent writing xd)</p>
<p>If the question is does it matter when you take the tests, the answer is no – colleges don’t care one wit whether you take tests a year apart or at same time; your only issue is taking them in time to be considered for admission and that usually means by Dec of senior year for regular admission or Oct (and for some Nov) of senior year for early decision or early action.</p>
<p>Some schools use SAT II language tests for placement and you would need to check if any of the ones you are considering do so. Otherwise no college requires more than two SAT II tests. Northwestern and Johns Hophins do not require any but recommend three. Some that require two SAT II subject tests will consider more if submitted but most of those consider highest two if you submit more than two. Finally, if you plan on applying engineering, many that require IIs require a math and a science (and some of those require it to be the Math II). Thus consider that info in determining whether you want to even take three.</p>
<p>So, you’re saying it’s irrelevant WHEN I take the test? Then why do they ask about the date? I thought that maybe they read it and go “oh, this kid is smarter than this one; they have equal scores but the one here was a year younger while writing the test” xd
But if what you’re saying is true, then that’s great Because I thought I have to hurry; and since I don’t, then I think I could use some preparation.
You’re 100% sure, they really don’t care if you wrote the test in your sophomore year or a month before app sending deadline…?
(sorry I don’t believe you but it just sounds too good to be true :P</p>
<p>Well, I don’t need it as a placement test (but thanks anyway for pointing this out I didn’t know about it). But I thought it could be an advantage to my application, especially that I wanted to make learning languages an issue. what do you think?</p>
<p>Yes, colleges do not care when you take the tests (other than meeting deadlines) or that you take them at different times. That applications for admission ask for when tests were taken is purely for the college’s informational purposes for own internal use (they might like to use such data to study such things as whether there is some overall real difference between applicants taking tests junior as opposed to senior year, at same time or spaced out, etc. In fact, the scores you report on your application are generally irrelvant to admission since the colleges use the official scores sent by the testing agencies to determine admission. The exception to that is that there may still be some colleges that don’t require official reports until after you are admitted and instead rely on what you self-report which must later be verified by official reports if admitted (the UCs used to do that but now require official scores). Also, some colleges that require “all scores” and prohibit you from using score choice, require for ACT that you can report multiple test scores on the app and send only one official score (Yale is one of those) because ACT charges a separate fee for sending each score to a college and the college does not want to require you to incur the extra cost to send multiple official scores to satisfy its all scores rule…</p>
(i’ve always had problems with consistent writing xd)</p>
Because I thought I have to hurry; and since I don’t, then I think I could use some preparation.