<p>how important are the SAT II's for actually getting ADMITTED into a college? (such as stanford, yale, brown, cornell, etc.) i'm taking SAT II Biology and US History this saturday and hoping to get at least as 700. i know they count for placement and stuff..</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Scoring high on SAT IIs doesn't hurt, so it can only help. On Bio I scored 750, on US History 740. Beat the benchmarks, and you'll get props. :)</p>
<p>They are required for admission into all the universities you mentioned. You better have a really really really good reason (like living in rural China where the tests aren't administered - even then you can go to Beijing to take them) for not taking them. Stanford wants 2 in diff subjects, 1 preferably being Math IIC. Yale I know wants 3. Dunno about how many Brown and Cornell want, but I know they want at least 2. </p>
<p>Things change if you take ACT instead of SAT reasoning. Check school websites!</p>
<p>^^
One who lives in rural China does not have money to fly to China.
Walking thousands of miles to take the SATIIs? Hmmmm... That would probably be a big plus in admission procedure.</p>
<p>I live in Shanghai and going to Beijing costs more than going to Hong Kong.</p>
<p>SAT II are in fact essential for Ivy Leagues and several top liberal art colleges ( like Willy, Swarthmore, Amherst...). I take a look at their websites and the vast majority say they want 2 different fields. So guys, do Math I & II count as just one ? I ask because I don't know with Ivy Leagues ( like Yale ), should we take two Maths and another subject ?
Thankx in advance ;)</p>
<p>Our GC recommends all kids take at least 3 SATIIs in different subjects, including a MathII if possible (precalc)--like a science & english or history, even if you take the ACT with writing (which he also recommends everyone take).<br>
If you have the energy, you might want to take a 3rd SATII when you take the other two, otherwise you may just have to take it on another test date.<br>
The HS has good success in getting many kids into top schools & I think his advice very sound.</p>
<p>Yes, SAT II-s will help you if you score well. Take my case. I had a decent GPA junior year (slightly below 4) and not-so-good SAT I-s (2190). Even though these scores were at the lower end of Caltech's applicants and I had few extracurric's aside from playing with chemicals, I got in. I chalk that up to the 800s I got in Math II, Chemistry, and Physics, although I think they only took two of them. I forget which ones.</p>
<p>I hope that helps.</p>
<p>Hum, the sad truth is maybe I will have to take Math I, II and His. You know with inter students like me, studying for US His is intense and tough enough, and thus I may not be able to take Phy or Chem as the third subject. So, Math I & II seem to be most appropriate :)
But do you think taking these three subjects in one test date is wise ? ( I mean we may feel too tired, stressful or simply not energetic enough. But in my situation I can't take one subject on another test date because I intent to apply ED to my first choice college, whose deadline is Nov 1st, meaning I have only Oct test to sit for the SAT II )
What do you think ? Can we take three subjects in one day without running out of energy ? ;)</p>
<p>I wouldn't say "required." Some schools accept the ACT in lieu of both the SAT I and IIs. My daughter had lackluster SAT IIs, so she just submitted the ACT (now at Brown and had a couple other nice admit decisions). People have mentioned their children getting into Yale with just the ACT, too.</p>
<p>Math I and Math II count as one "subject". If they want different subjects, that won't cut it.</p>