Importance of SAT II Subject Tests

<p>If I'm sending in my ACT scores, how important are my SAT II scores? I'm applying for engineering to top rank schools. Do I need to have SAT II scores? If yes, how good do they need to be? Do any ivy league schools require SAT II subject tests if I'm sending in ACT scores? Thanks!</p>

<p>You don’t mention the engineering colleges you are applying to but here are some colleges: </p>

<p>Ivies: Yale, Penn, Brown and Columbia accept the ACT in lieu of both SAT and two subject tests. The other ivies require two subject tests (Cornell requires math and science and others recommend those subjects for engineering) whether you submit SAT or ACT and you will be rejected for failure to submit required materials if you do not submit subject tests.</p>

<p>MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Caltech, Franklin Olin, Harvey Mudd require two subject tests whether you submit SAT or ACT and the requirement for engineering is a math and a science and the math must be math 2 for Caltech. Duke and Rice take ACT in lieu of both SAT and subject tests. Stanford recommends math 2 and a science for engineering regardless of whether you submit ACT or SAT but does not require subject tests from any applicant (but strongly recommends them). John’s Hopkins does not require subject tests but recommends three from all applicants regardless of whether you submit ACT or SAT and for engineering the recommendation is for a math, science, and any other of your choice. The lead UCs, Berkeley, LA, SD, recomend two subject tests for engineering and those are the math 2 plus a science. Northwestern and RPI recommends two subject tests and a math and science for engineering.</p>

<p>Gtech, Texas and Mich neither require nor recommend subject tests but will consider them if submitted. UIUC, Minnesota, Purdue, Wisconsin, Rose Hulman, Maryland, Penn St and Cal Poly do not consider subjecrt tests for admission.</p>

<p>Don’t know if that hits the ones your considering.</p>

<p>Sat subject tests seem to be very important for colleges that require them. Correlation is high.</p>