Harvard SAT subject tests? URGENT

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I am applying REA to Harvard and just received my SAT subject test scores from the October 3rd test.

Math 1: 740
Math 2: 770
Spanish: 580

I think sending the Spanish would be foolish, but should I send two math tests? Would it be better to have my application considered without any subject tests at all? Native American, great high school, 33 ACT, strong extracurriculars, 3.91 UW GPA. You can look at my previous “Chance me” for more info if you’d like.

Also, do I need to rush report my scores to make it for the November 1st deadline?

ANY ADVICE HELPS!!!

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Why on earth did you take both math tests? The scores are fine, but any college that wants/recommends 2 Subject Tests wants to show a bit of diversity. I don’t think you’re doing yourself any favors here. I’d just not send them, or just send the math 2 score. If you plan on applying ED to any schools that require/request Subject Test scores, take another subject in November/December.

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^^disagree about the math. But the Spanish score should absolutely be cancelled/not sent

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If you submit both Math scores, they still consider them to be one subject. No exception.

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Definitely send math 2. Don’t send the others.

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Aren’t you required to send all or nothing? But if not just send Math 2.

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@mathmom: New last year for Harvard and Yale: SAT Subjects tests are optional. If you don’t submit them, your application will be considered without them. So, even at places like Yale that require all tests from all testing dates, students can submit 1 SAT Subject Test, 2 SAT Subject Tests, or none at all.

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That’s nice. The language was kind of ambiguous the year my youngest applied. He had a terrible math subject test he didn’t want to send along with three very good test results. But they still required two tests then, maybe three.

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New last year for Harvard, new this year for Yale. Harvard, at least in recent years, allowed score choice for SAT Subject Tests. Yale joined the bandwagon for score choice on Subject Tests this year, although still do not allow score choice for ACT and SAT I.

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Thank you for the help. I think I’ll just submit Math 2. Will Harvard see all of my ACT scores or just my top score that I send?

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@skiEurope wrote:

Which I agree with. I think there is a huge difference between a student who takes the ACT/SAT one time and scores a 36, versus a student who takes the ACT/SAT three times or five times and scores the same after multiple tries.

Harvard doesn’t take the multiple tries into account, or rather they allow for student’s to hide their lesser scores and just submit their “best” one. Yale thinks it’s useful to see a student’s entire testing record, which I agree with.

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Agreed, @gibby. I also wish there were some way to indicate how much formal test prep a student had done, too. My son had none (other than looking through some books himself) and only took the tests once, in his junior year, but many students at his school had at least one test prep course—sometimes more.