<p>Hi, Im a sophomore signed up to take the June subject tests in biology and math 2. I feel confident in the biology test since I've just taken ap bio and feel I know the material really well, but I've decided to drop the math 2 test. I'm pretty good at math, and am in a precalc/calc A class this year, but I don't particularly like the subject, and definitely have to struggle a lot with it, so the stress and amount of studying I'd have to put in to get a good score would be more then I want to do. Instead I plan to take the US History and Literature tests next year, which i'm mote interested in and confident I can do well on. So now I just want to make sure that by doing this I'm not screwing over my chances for getting into a competitive college.
The only reason I can think for taking the math test is that it might strengthen the math part of my transcript, since I got my only B in math last semester, but I have achance of getting an A this semester and I don't feel it's worth the added stress. Am I right or crazy?</p>
<p>For competitive colleges you pretty much need to take a math subject test, preferably math 2. If you don’t feel comfortable now, wait till october and take it then, after you’ve had a summer to work on it.</p>
<p>Really? I’ve never heard that before, can someone else back this up?</p>
<p>Some math/science schools would definitely prefer a subject test in math. You can check the individual college’s website to find out whether there’re restrictions on which SATIIs you have to take… there usually isn’t though.</p>
<p>I’m not interested in a math/science school, if by that you mean MIT, Caltech, or etc. I am interested in biology and science in general and think I’d like to go to med school one day–although since I also love the humanities I don’t think I’ll major in a science; but just do the premed requirements.</p>
<p>If you’re looking at liberal arts, then you can generally take whichever two you want. But any college that’s specifically related to science may recommend that you take a subject test in math.</p>
<p>For Cornell, for instance, College of CAS asks for subject tests in any two areas, whereas its College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, which is mainly biology, recommend a test in math. You’ll have to decide for yourself which subject tests to take, depending on to which schools you may possibly want to apply in the future :).</p>