how many damn SAT II's are required??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
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<p>i keep hearing 3, but collegeboard says that subject tests are merely 'recommended' for georgetown...</p>

<p>???</p>

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<p>its 3. i dont know where you saw that the college board recommends 3 because gtown wants 3</p>

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<p>according to an admissions guy i talked to, they "request" 3 but won't throw out your app if you absolutely can't get it together. apparently SAT IIs can only help you.</p>

<p>...not sure how correct this is though.</p>

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<p>SAT & ACT Policies
For admission decisions:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT Reasoning or ACT Required (ACT writing optional)
</code></pre>

<ul>
<li>SAT Subject Tests Recommended</li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3736&profileId=6%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=3736&profileId=6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>the way it is (to my understanding) is that you can apply and get in with less than 3 even though 3 are recommended, but before you can go you have to have 3. this doesn't make much sense, but it's how i've interpreted their wording.</p>

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<p>EA you don't need any SAT IIs. By RD time though they want 3. You can get in without them, but I wouldn't try it.</p>

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<p>Akajjred, do you mean that you wouldn't try without SAT IIs early either? I didn't know I was going to be applying to Gtown last year so I didn't take any. Do you think an 800 CR, 760 M, 4 of 465 rank, 4.0 UW GPA with 7 AP classes will outweigh the lack of SAT IIs for SFS?</p>

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<p>No, you can apply EA without SAT IIs, but as I said if you're deferred I would take them. Of course those stats will outweigh no SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>also if you get a bad score on an sat ii in a field that you will not be studying (like i received a 610 in bio-m) then they will not really look at that score very much. this is straight from the horse's mouth, because i asked them this question when i visited there.</p>

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<p>From the Georgetown web site:

[quote]
SAT II Subject Tests
All candidates, whether they submit scores from the SAT or ACT, should submit scores from 3 SAT II subject tests of their choice. The writing portion on the new SAT will not be substituted for an SAT II subject test score.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>"Should" implies it's not strictly required, but I'd take it to mean, Do it.</p>

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<p>Are the SAT II's required if you are applying as a transfer?</p>