<p>hey everyone, I'm applying to a few early action schools</p>
<p>i'm still deciding on those schools but an EA I will do for sure is Georgetown.</p>
<p>However, I'm having trouble scheduling my SAT/SAT II's.</p>
<p>I took the SAT twice already. My 2nd take was my best one with a 2110 (800M 700CR 610W)</p>
<p>I should take the SAT a 3rd time right? For Georgetown I think it will be alright because they don't look at writing scores, but if I apply to other EA schools, they might not like my writing score. And I am very very confident that I can raise my writing score by at least 70 more points and my reading by 20.</p>
<p>But... I need to fill the 2 requirements for SAT II's to apply to Georgetown. I know I know I should've done it earlier but I never really thought about SAT II's until now.</p>
<p>I will be taking the Math IIC (idk when) and the Korean which I will be taking on November because that is the only day when it's available.</p>
<p>Should I go October SAT, November SAT II's?
Will my 2 SATII's be on time for early action?
help :(
why doesn't collegeboard have more testing dates!!! arghh</p>
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<li><p>Many EA schools (but not all) that require subject tests accept SAT subject tests for EA through the November test date. Others (including Georgetown) want all testing done by October. Thus you need to check the other schools to which you intend to apply EA to determine if those Nov SAT tests will be accepted. Also, those who do accept Nov tests for EA want you to list the college as a free send on your application for the Nov test to assure it arrives in time (that method of sending is faster than rushing a score).</p></li>
<li><p>Georgetown does not require SAT subject tests but highly recommends 3 not just 2. For RD purposes you should actually assume 3 are required because Gtown’s recommendation is as close to a requirement you can get – if you don’t submit 3 subject tests scores (in 3 different subjects) you have to explain why you don’t have them in your application. However, there is an exception to that. The exception is early action for which you really don’t need three subject tests but they recommend you still schedule them for senior year (Nov or Dec) in the event you are deferred to regular admission (for Georgetown you can get only two decisions with EA, admit or deferred to regular decision; no one gets rejected during EA). </p></li>
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<p>Thus, looking at what you have, your SAT is good enough for Gtown EA. However, you may be deferred. For that later RD you should really have 3 subject tests. Thus, right now, your current schedule is missing the third subject test needed for Georgetown RD so you better consider adding it somewhere (Nov or Dec are possibilities).</p>
<p>If you are applying to any EA schools that require subject tests for EA and require them to be completed by Oct (the minority), you will actually need to take two such tests in Oct. </p>
<p>Don’t know what other EA schools or even RD you want to apply and thus cannot even tell whether your SAT is in normal ranges, but if you are not high enough for a college, then yes you need to consider a retake at some point.</p>
<p>thanks for the excellent and quick reply drusba.
hmm… the reason I haven’t been able to take 2 SAT II’s are that I had a gap year (after soph year). I was a troubled kid from 9th to 10th grade and standardized testing was the least of my worries.
In my junior year, I was busy working on my SAT, adjusting to a new school, and my school’s academics are quite weak so anyone who takes an SAT II at our school pretty much self studied the whole subject. I already took all the sciences except physics befoer junior year but our school’s physics course does not even cover 1/4 of the material on physics SAT II.
don’t really know which 3rd SAT II I should take… perhaps US History? I heard that one isn’t too hard and I am much better at history than I am at science or literature (and I am taking US history my senior year;).</p>
<p>my tentative college list (without safeties) are:
tufts
george washington university
georgetown
american u
macalester
amherst
williams
brandeis
grinnell(?)
brown/dartmouth (maybe… depends on test scores I get in fall)
washington & lee
UVA
middlebury
colgate</p>
<p>I will be cutting down my list to more or less 10 colleges including a safety or 2.</p>
<p>I forgot to ask, if I don’t have 3 subject tests will I automatically get deferred in EA? Or is it possible that I could be accepted to georgetown EA with no subject tests?
what I can gather so far is that SAT II’s are not an issue for georgetown EA but if I do get deferred, SAT II’s is nearly a necessity. is this right?</p>
<p>I believe of the colleges you list only Georgetwon and UVA have early action. The others have binding early decison programs. UVa is another that does not require SAT subject tests; it recommends 2, but you can easlity apply EA without them. Also SAT score looks good for almost all colleges you list other than possibly Brown and Dartmouth where it might be a tad low overall.</p>
<p>For Georgetown, you can be admitted EA without SAT subject tests (and they have even said having subject tests done for EA is not important, but if deferred to RD you should really have three.</p>