<p>did you need two subject test scores to get in?</p>
<p>i think it depends on the school but idk. i took 3 subject tests: english, math level 2, and chemistry.
the answer is definitely on the freshman admissions website though.</p>
<p>here:</p>
<p>Boston</a> University Admissions - Requirements and Standards</p>
<p>thanks a lot!</p>
<p>I only took 2 SAT Subject tests.</p>
<p>so if i wanted to go into communications, which two subject tests would be best to take to help me get in?
or do i just need two random subject test scores?</p>
<p>you need two subject tests or the ACT with writing can substitute but either in addition to an SAT I Reasoning</p>
<p>just two random ones will be fine. for COM they wouldn't be looking at any specific ones. the most important thing you do in com is write and that is covered by the writing portion of SAT</p>
<p>I took three.</p>
<p>is it better to take three?</p>
<p>Well, I was applying to a lot of schools that required them and I think one school wanted three, so I just went ahead and took three.</p>
<p>i'd say if you need two then study really hard for two, instead of three.</p>
<p>i got accepted to the college of communications and took three. two of the three that i took were actually geared towards engineering since that was what i wanted to do at the time i was applying to colleges. if you're going to take a subject test you might as well take the english lit one, any math level one, and maybe a science. if you're fluent in another language then go ahead and take a language one. it really doesn't matter, at least for something like communications. just make sure you get a high score on it :]</p>
<p>I got into COM after taking two. NYU and BU only require two, and I was also given a half tuition scholarship so I don't think taking only two hurt me :)</p>
<p>I think you can replace it with the ACT too.</p>
<p>I took the ACT - and got a much higher score, comparatively speaking, than on the SATs.</p>
<p>the thing is, I don't have too much time. I'm taking the SAT Reasoning in May, and probably again in June. Could I still take the Subject tests in my senior year, right in the beginning, or should I just skip it and not apply to BU?
even though BU was one of my top choices because of location, diversity, etc. I was told that I cannot take the SAT Reasoning and Subject tests on the same day, and everyone I talk to says I should take the Reasoning twice, just to make sure. </p>
<p>The ACT seems like a whole other test to worry about too. Could I take the ACT instead of taking 2 Subject tests? Or is the ACT just a replacement for the Reasoning?</p>
<p>It's like crunch time for me and I am stressing so bad about which tests to take and when. I was definitely thinking about taking the English Lit and the higher math subject tests, and then possibly a science. I'm not quite sure- even though the kind of school I go to is like a science school. I guess I should talk to my teachers, even though they probably have no idea. Because like I said in my other post, my teachers don't know too much about the SAT and ACT, and all that jazz. So I'm kind of helpless. This discussion board is basically all I have!</p>
<p>Why don't you take the Subject tests, and maybe the SAT (I) again fall of your senior year? Maybe everyone else here is different, but I wouldn't take the SAT Reasoning only a month apart like that, unless you have no other option.</p>
<p>What I did was insane, but it worked out okay. I took my first test June of my junior year, the SAT Reasoning, and I think two weeks later took the ACT. Fall of senior year I took both the SAT and ACT again (I went up like 150 points on the SAT, and stayed the same on the ACT so that was pointless...) and then I ALSO took two Subject tests, which you can do on one day. If you're curious I took the Literature and US History tests, and scored decently on one and pretty well on the other.</p>
<p>I believe you can replace the Subject tests with the ACT, the webpage should tell you, but I think I just submitted the SAT I, SAT II tests, and one of my ACT scores since I had taken them anyway. Just take the Subject tests that you feel most comfortable with. At least for me, as an aspiring Journalism student, taking an upper level math test wasn't necessary. I guess it depends on where your interests lie.</p>
<p>Unless you're planning to apply really early, the application deadline isn't until January 1 (I believe) so I'm not sure why you wouldn't take some fall of senior year...? I did and I got in. Definitely don't give up on applying! :)</p>
<p>The whole thing is VERY confusing, and maybe someone else has different advice...? I can also compare the ACT to the SAT if you want. I think you should take the SAT and if you're happy with your score only take the ACT if you're planning to use it as a replacement for subject tests. Most people do better on one or the other (I personally think the ACT is a more fair test, but I scored similarly on both). Good luck!</p>
<p>I too am "an aspiring Journalism student", but as well as a pre-law, pre-veterinary, student. I was thinking about the English and the higher level math, which are my two strengths. Anything else either I have no done recently or just do not remember.</p>
<p>I prefer to apply early, but I do not have to I guess. I'm taking the SAT twice just because...my brother did, and so many people around me did and so on. I do not know if they did better or anything, so I will have to look into that. </p>
<p>But Boston University, my second choice of school requires 2 subject tests, so of cource, I want to meet the requirements. If I just took the ACT, would that be enough for both a substitution for the SAT and the Subject tests? Or no? </p>
<p>I guess I might be able to take the SAT twice this year and the ACT and subject tests in my senior year. That way I could use the summer to freshen up any lost information and such.</p>
<p>I have heared the ACT is more straightforward, whereas the SAT has more tricky questions. But the ACT makes you pressed for time. I do well under pressure, but I will have to look into it some more.</p>
<p>You must take either the SAT with 2 subjects or the ACT with writing. You are allowed to submit more, but it won't necessarily help you, it will just give them more to consider.</p>
<p>I am probably going to take both the ACT and SAT this year. if I don't do well on them my first time, I will probably take them again in my senior year if I have to. But it all depends on how I do and I am studying a lot for the SAT right now and will begin studying for the ACT after I take the SAT. but its not really studying is it? more of just review and figuring out how to solve the tricky questions on the SAT</p>