January SAT's + Deciding Whether to Take SAT

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As a last minute decision, my parents wanted me to apply to Brown and to do so I need to take the required 2 SAT II’s. Since it’s too late for me to take the December ones (I think I could take them, but I really don’t feel comfortable with only a week-ish of studying), I was planning on taking them in January. My questions are these:

  1. Will Brown receive them in time? It says on their website that they do consider January SAT dates so I'm assuming they would consider the SAT II's as well.
  2. Should I study for and take the January SAT as well? My school only ever offered the ACT so I never took it (the SAT). My highest Math subscore on the ACT was a 30 which is pretty bad (I'm aware :() when considering schools at Brown's level. Lowest was a 26 which I'm really ashamed of... I do believe I can get the equivalent SAT score up when it comes time to in January, but there's always the possibility I'll do worse and totally trash my chances. I'm not that worried about the CR+W section of it as my best overall strength is definitely in reading and comprehension combined with the fact that I'm a pretty good writer (especially when it comes to timed stuff).

I don’t intend this to be a chance me thread or anything but would their opinion of my application be higher if I did well on the SAT Math 2 and the SAT Math section (is that the same as the Math 2 subject test?) on the overall test? Thanks for any opinions and thanks for taking the time to look over my problems! Have a nice Thanksgiving break as well :smiley:

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You can only take the subject tests OR the main SAT in one month, not both. Brown should accept the scores, but you won’t be able to see them before sending them (so if you do badly, you can’t hold them back).

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Ahh I see I didn’t know that, my bad. Alright thanks for the help then

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Brown says “We require either the SAT Reasoning Test and any two SAT Subject Tests or the ACT (with writing component)” http://www.brown.edu/admission/undergraduate/apply/first-year-applicants

If you have already taken the ACT with writing you don’t have to take two SAT Subject Tests.

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@ciervo Yeah I saw but I’ll be applying to a few schools that require them, so I’ll probably submit them anyway. I wish ACT had January test dates too :frowning: Oh well, it’s entirely my fault, I have no right to be sad lol Thanks for the help guys!

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If you have already taken the ACT 2x, likely no point to take again. Also I don’t think people study for SAT II really. Classwork should be enough prep.