How Good are my SAT IIs for Harvard?

<p>I'm looking at applying there, and I hadn't even heard of SAT IIs until about 3 days before I signed up for them. I just got my results back and my scores are</p>

<p>Math I: 770
US History: 760
Math II: 790</p>

<p>I know I probably shouldn't have taken both Maths, but I did, and those are the three I'm submitting. So A) How good are those? And B) Do I need to submit another score at a later date?</p>

<p>Those SATIIs are solid. </p>

<p>Harvard requires three SATII scores, so you will have to send them all in anyways - unless you want to take some more and send those instead.</p>

<p>If you send these three in, you will not have to submit anymore SATII scores.</p>

<p>Thanks :slight_smile:
I didn’t know if they would look down upon me taking both Maths, or how much of a bearing that would have in the end anyway. If the general consensus is that I need to take another test, and I can probably get ~720 on chemistry, but if those three are fine, then all the better.</p>

<p>Although test scores are very important, they do not constitute everything. A person who applied to Harvard in my high school last year submitted a Latin SATII score of 590. Yet, amazingly enough, she was the only person accepted to Harvard in our class.</p>

<p>depends on what you are planning on going into…usually people don’t take 2 maths…if I were you I would probably take another one…Math 1 and 2 are basically the same thing</p>

<p>Hey im an international applicant and i scored
800 (Math 2)
800 (Bio M)
770 (Physics) :S
Should I take Physics again? Isnt 770 a bit too low? Cos physics has a very lenient curve anyway…</p>

<p>Chance me!</p>

<p>OP: take chemistry. If you can score above a 700, it will only supplement to your application. On top of which, Harvard prefers your SAT subject tests to be in different subjects. I don’t know Harvard’s policy, but many schools do accept Math I and Math II as two separate tests. The scores themselves are fine, try and get a 750 in chem, and I think you’re set. </p>

<p>From H’s website: “To satisfy our application requirements, applicants must take three SAT Subject Tests, and students may choose any three subjects, with the exception of the English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT). Applicants may wish to convey the breadth of their academic interests by taking tests in different subjects.”</p>

<p>IDK about Harvard, but last year when Princeton used to have a 3 subject tests requirement, they did accept Maths 1&2 as distinct scores, because a cousin of mine got in with Maths 1, 2 and Physics. I have my fingers crossed about this, because I’m planning on giving only Lit, and Maths 1&2.</p>

<p>“last year when Princeton used to have a 3 subjects tests requirement” </p>

<p>do you mean that now they only want 2???</p>

<p>I think my question was slightly misinterpreted by some people. I know Harvard will accept the two Maths, I just didn’t know if it would be looked down upon.</p>

<p>Yes, this year Princeton only requires two Subject Tests.</p>

<p>Harvard might assume you are dodging other subjects by sending in two math scores. See the pertinent quote in Techie’s #7 response.</p>