If I took more subject tests than needed, will colleges only consider my best 2/3?

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<p>Hi, guys. I'm an international student and I'm a little confused about the SAT II scores policy. I took the Spanish, Literature and Biology tests on May, but I read somewhere that some colleges don't accept a language test if you're a native speaker. Since I realized that I would need an extra test for Harvard and Princeton, I sat for the SAT IIs again this January. The problem was that I'm in a gap year and have been traveling a lot, so I couldn't take the test I really wanted-- World History--because I was on a plane on the November testing day. I had to pick between French and Math I, and I ended up deciding to take French because I used to be very good at it, while math has never been my forte. Problem? I had my last French class over 3 years ago, and I realized that I had done really badly at it when I finished the test. So, I decided to stay and take Math I too, even though I hadn't prepared for it.</p>

<p>Anyways, I got my scores today and I did reasonably well at Math I (660). Not the 700+ that you're supposed to need for Princeton and Harvard, but not bad enough for them to disregard my application altogether (I hope).</p>

<p>I did suck at French big time, though (550). </p>

<p>My other scores are Biology E 770, Literature 760 and Spanish 800 (although I'm not sure this one will count as I'm a native speaker).</p>

<p>So basically my question is, do colleges consider only your 2 or 3 best SAT II tests, or do they consider your best scores for each test you took?</p>

<p>Thank you for your help!</p>

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<p>Based on what my guidance counselor has told me, they only look at your top 2 or 3 tests (however many are required). I haven't read up on the policy or heard from anyone else though - although I definitely trust my guidance counselor, maybe wait for a couple of other people to respond here just in case.</p>

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<p>I'm also having similar concerns over the language SAT IIs - hope someonecan help us out!</p>

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<p>i know for a fact that if you send more than the required number of SAT II scores, they will only look at the best ones as the ones they require. They will see all of them, but will disregard the lower one(s).</p>

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<p>I certainly hope you're right, nycsatboy and aplomb! Thank you for posting and assuaging my fears a bit. :)</p>

<p>And it'd be great to know about those language tests for sure, definitely.</p>