Homeschool SAT ll Important Question! Please help?

Test Preparation
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Hi,

I am a homeschool student (technically a “distance learner” but homeschooler in the eyes of colleges), and I am working on applications to a few ivies and other schools (William and Mary, Rice, Northwestern, etc…). My stats are pretty okay:

2300 SAT (740 M, 760 R, 800 W)
3 SAT ll’s - 760 Lit, 800 USH, 750 Bio M
7 APs - 3’s/4’s/5’s and self-studied

However, I’ve been reading that a lot of competitive colleges like homeschoolers to take extra SAT ll’s (4+). I already took the 3 subjects that are my strengths, but I’ve seen that a lot of schools like students to take Math 2 specifically. I’m applying as a humanities major, but I’m now wondering if the 3 I took are okay and enough for an unhooked homeschooler? I’m not particularly strong in Math. It took me a significant amount of work to get the 740 I have now. Regardless, should I study and take the January sitting of Math 2? Or is the Lit+USH+Bio enough? Thanks so much for reading! :slight_smile:

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I think you are fine as is!

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^^agree, I thought Math 2 was more important for prospective STEM students (??).

I think you’re fine, unless there’s something else a specific school/program is looking for.

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Agreeing with everyone else. My son will majoring in political science, applied to three Ivies, and took the three SAT IIs that were in his strongest subjects - US History, English, and Biology - E. He was going to take two more in December, but after 3 months of testing (ACT w/Writing, SAT IIs, SAT,) on top of a college class, he was done. He got an interview with his first choice Ivy no problem. :slight_smile: