<p>I'm about to take the SAT IIs for the first time this october. The schools that im applying to that require them are NYU, Carnegie Mellon, Boston College, and UPenn. </p>
<p>I'm pretty sure these colleges only require two SAT IIs, so do you think it would be safe if i just took 2? Someone PLEASE double check this fact for me. It would save me a lot of study time if I could knock off one of these tests.</p>
<p>The three im studying right now for are US History, Math II Calc, and Biology E/M.</p>
<p>I took pretty much the same as you did (World History, Math II and Biology E). The one nice thing about taking three, is that while you spend extra time & money, if you do badly on one the other one may compensate to some degree. For example, I got a 650 on Bio E (sucks horribly, by CC standards at least) but 700+ on both the other tests. So it looked better with a 760, 750, 650 than just a 760 and a 650. Of course in the end it's a matter of opinion but SAT IIs are for most of the time just extra stuff that aren't too important, so taking two or three isn't going to be the deciding factor in your app.</p>
<p>^i agree. frosh year, i took bio e/m and got a 650 (didn't really study. i know, bonehead move). so last year, i took chem, studied, got a 660. not that much better, but at least it's not worse. now, i'm going to take physics and probably math II calc (i'm in ap for those classes anyway), so if i do well in those classes, i could send those scores instead. basically, it doesn't really hurt for you to take the extra tests, especially if you're in ap or you're final consists of the whole year's lessons</p>
<p>2 is your minimum. If you are confident or well versed in only two, then do two. If you feel confident that you can score well on three or wish to have a backup in case one test goes horribly wrong, then do three. It's really up to you.</p>
<p>You're gonna be shelling a $#&%load of money over to CB in any case, why not take that test. You're never gonna have to take it again in your entire LIFE, if things go right. </p>
<p>And nets_balla, I didn't study for a single minute for that Bio E test either. I hadn't taken bio since 9th grade and I don't even know how I got that score...</p>
<p>dfall, if you really cared about the answer to your question (whether the schools you listed only require 2 SAT IIs), you'd stop wasting time asking strangers on the internet and spend less than 10 minutes looking up the definitive answers on the schools' websites.</p>
<p>So no, I don't want to do your work for you and answer that question.</p>
<p>Note, I am assuming you are submitting the SAT as your primary test, If not, Upenn and BC each actually take the ACT in lieu of both the SAT and SAT IIs.</p>