<p>How many SAT II's are required by universities? (especially Ivy League)
How many should I take?</p>
<p>I am planning to major in Business.</p>
<p>Some don't require any.
Most require two.
A few require three.</p>
<p>Take as many as you'll do well on, you don't have to limit yourself.</p>
<p>What's the advantage of taking more than the required amount?</p>
<p>Besides speculation, is there any literature out there that indicates taking more than the required amount of SAT II tests is beneficial in the admissions process?</p>
<p>None really, unless you're in a nontraditional type of educational environment like home schooled kids are.</p>
<p>Most schools want 2, but Harvard and Princeton (in the Ivies at least) want 3.</p>
<p>I think HPY require 3.
I think most others require 2</p>
<p>Georgetown University wants three SAT IIs. Several colleges allow applicants to forego taking/submitting SAT I test/scores if three SAT IIs are submitted.</p>
<p>Yale does not require 3 if you submit the ACT, but they could only help. The same with Stanford.</p>
<p>i'll be doing 4 to pick and choose my best scores. bio m, physics, chem and math.</p>
<p>Are there specific SAT II's that are required in order to apply to a certain university?</p>
<p>A good rule from what I've heard</p>
<p>1 math
1 science
1 humanities</p>
<p>In any case, you want to pick a variety of subjects. Taking all social sciences doesn't tell much about your ability to do well in math.</p>
<p>What's the problem with taking as many SATs as possible?
It's an opportunity to demonstrate how much you actually know.
Unless you want to hide a perversely inflated grading system, or something.</p>
<p>with all due respect, you might want to check out the number of Ivies that actually offer undergrad biz.....</p>
<p>kwu makes a great point about hiding a "perversely inflated grading system"; however, you can really only take an SAT II after the AP course. What about students who go to schools without many AP classes (such as myself)? Honors Chemistry hardly prepares you for the SAT Subject Test in Chemistry.</p>
<p>There is no doubt that student performance on the SAT II subject tests is enhanced by taking the corresponding AP course. After all, the same people who bring you the SAT II bring you the AP. On the other hand, I would dispute the statement that "Honors Chemistry hardly prepares you for the SAT Subject Test in Chemistry." </p>
<p>My daughter's small, rural/suburban public school offered, until this year, only one AP course (not chemistry). She was one of several students in her class who scored between 700 & 800 on the Chemistry SAT II. </p>
<p>It is true that Honors courses offered by different schools can be very different. The same can be said about AP courses, despite the propaganda you hear from the College Board in the wake of the audit.</p>
<p>"however, you can really only take an SAT II after the AP course. What about students who go to schools without many AP classes (such as myself)?"</p>
<p>My school does not offer AP courses.
All of them are honors, accelerated, and college level.
"AP" just designates a standard curriculum for schools to follow.
It's just a label.</p>
<p>I don't know what your honors courses were like, but all of my courses certainly prepared me for standardized testing :D
And, of course, if they don't, you could always spend a little time doing some independent study.</p>
<p>Take a math, science, and a humanities.</p>
<p>Well, I must say that my "honors" courses still follow the same curriculum as the standard courses because of standardized testing mandated by NCLB and the North Carolina End-of-Course examinations. The only difference between honors and standard at my school is the pace at which we go. I am sure there are schools where honors is pretty hard core, but due to North Carolina curriculum guidelines, we only cover what every student can handle. Of course, I could self-study, but I think I can't study chemistry; it is too hard for me. I am self-studying Biology, however, for the subject test. Biology is easy for me because it is massive memorization. That is why I do well on AP histories and whatnot!</p>
<p>I recommend:</p>
<p>Chemistry/Physics
Non-native language
U.S. History</p>