<p>I took three SAT IIs in Novemeber-Math II, Physics, and Bio M. Most of my colleges say that they "reccomend" SAT IIs. How important will it be for me to get high scores?</p>
<p>It kinda depends. For example, I'm pretty sure Stanford only "recommends" you take SAT IIs - but I think you'd be pretty stupid not to in that case, personally.</p>
<p>which colleges?</p>
<p>what about UCs?</p>
<p>uc is required 2 subject tests.</p>
<p>Well I know that the UCs like actually at it in for your score total, or w/e...but for the most part, I think if you have a good SAT I score, they're pretty forgiving. </p>
<p>I think.</p>
<p>SAT Subject Tests are sometimes actually weighted more than SAT I. Colleges look very much into your specific knowledges in each subjects, especially the ones' that relate to your major. Well, overall we can at least conclude that it would be very important for the admissions process.</p>
<p>at the schools requiring them, the SAT IIs play a significant role, weighed equally or possibly more. </p>
<p>for an idea on the targe to seek, i've found the published ranges for Middlebury, Princeton and Rice--I'd imagine others are somewhat similar. the details are in another thread.</p>
<p>If you get a 700 plus consider yourself in the 50% range.</p>
<p>In admissions-speak "recommend SATIIs" basically means "we expect you to send them--if you don't it's fair for us to assume that your scores were well below our mean." It's really different from "scores form SATIIs are optional."</p>
<p>damn juventus, you're so cool</p>
<p>Here's how I would break it down.</p>
<p>If you're going for a competitive school / program that RECOMMENDS SAT IIs, then send the scores IF:</p>
<p>They are all over 650. Anything less than that can make you seem sub-standard. Everything over 700 would be best, but if its between 650 and 700, they'll realize you're not amazing but not terrible.</p>
<p>At any school that REQUIRES SAT IIs, they ARE going to play a very important role in your admission. Check the ones they want (like NorthWestern wanted Chem and SAT Math IIC from me) and make sure you do very well on them (which I did :))</p>
<p>I haven't done very well on SAT IIs. Well I only have the score for one - 690 - which isn't horrible, but it's not fantastic or anything. I'm a little worried (okay a lot worried) about my Nov scores because while I think i did all right on the Lit I really didn't finish the math... I'm afraid I completely got like a 500 on it. Hopefully I didn't but I have no idea. Anyway...too late now I guess.</p>
<p>I think SAT IIs are weighed the most after GPA.</p>
<p>Most colleges that require SATIIs are elite institutions where admissions officers spend a lot of time with applications. At places like this, it's not generally a simple 1-2-3 ranking of importance for GPA, SATI, SATIIs. Each piece of information will give the adcom different insights. GPA tells how well you did your work in high school, but only relative to your school peers. SAT IIs tell about achievement in just a few subjects, but compared to a national pool. And SAT-Reasoning, at least in theory, is geared more to measuring innate academic potential. For probably 60-75% of applicants, the high school record and test scores present a very uniform picture. They've got a candidate pegged. It's when there's an outlier that the adcom will dig even deeper and start looking for additional insight. </p>
<p>Unusually high SATII scores can say: wow, extraordinary ability in one or two areas. Higher SAT-Reasoning than GPA could mean smart, but underachiever. High GPA but low standardized tests can mean that the high school is maybe not as rigorous as others, or perhaps that the candidate is not a good standardized test taker. Admissions folks are sophisticated at teasing out the nuances, especially when you get into this level of selectivity and they're trying to draw some pretty fine distinctions between remarkably qualified candidates.</p>
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<p>I believe UCs simply add up your top SATI score to your top two SATII scores, and you get a number out of 4000.</p>