<p>I took Bio M and got a 740 on it, and I took USHistory and got a 570- I didn't study at all.
Does it really matter that I got a 570 on it? I was thinking about taking it again (or just taking the English Lit one), but I don't want to waste my money on something that doesn't <em>really</em> matter.
(I want to get into schools like Vassar and Wesleyan.)</p>
<p>If the school requires 2 subject tests, you need to have those scores. If the school does not require or recommend subject test particularly if you submit ACT scores, then it does not really matter. It is interesting that you said you “don’t want to waste money” while you took a test without studying at all.</p>
<p>Sorry, I worded it poorly. Do the scores matter, like are they as important as the SAT, or are they just something supplementary and not closely looked at? </p>
<p>I always see colleges talk about their median SAT scores, but never their median SAT Subject Test scores, which makes me wonder if they even care about the subject test scores.</p>
<p>They definitely are not as important as the SAT or your transcript; however, they are important. If you took the ACT, though, then most schools (with the exception of Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, some others) will not even require you to send them. I’m not sure how LACs work with their requirements. </p>
<p>I read on CC that one girl said she got into penn with a ~740 on one subject test and then a ~570 on physics, yet she was still accepted.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, my sibling who had a very strong app. got rejected from a few ivies and we think it is because of his subject tests. He didn’t know he needed to take them until very last minute so had no time to prepare and got ~610 and ~650 on them. My family thinks this is why he was rejected, as he was accepted to all the schools he did not send these subject tests to. </p>
<p>So basically it can go either way depending on how strong the rest of your app. is. I, personally, wouldn’t want to put myself at any advantage so I would re-take a subject test if I were you. From (somewhat) personal experience, it really sucks to be able to pinpoint what didn’t get you in. You don’t want to go the rest of your life wondering if you retook the subject test would you have gotten into Vassar or whatever. </p>
<p>See if there’s a test you can get a 700+ on (or at least 650+) and if you are confident that you can, then I would strongly recommend it…unless it would REALLy have a huge financial effect on you. Good luck!</p>