<p>Would it matter which one I took? Because the colleges I'm looking at (Emory and JHU) only require two subject tests of your choice (i'm doing Spanish and Biology E/M) but i wanna take 3 that day, so I'm just doing Math I.</p>
<p>but does it matter?</p>
<p>I don't think it matters to the college, but Math I is harder to get a high score. For Math II, you can miss a couple of questions and get an 800; however, for Math I, you can't miss any.</p>
<p>do math II.</p>
<p>If you feel comfortable with the information on math II, I suggest you to take that. I left 5 blank and probably got 1 or 2 wrong and still got a 800. So you have room for error. Or why don't you take bio and spanish in October and math in November?</p>
<p>Math II- much easier to get a 700+ than math I</p>
<p>Among average applicants to competitive colleges, points lost in Math I generally come from carelessness, while points lost in Math II generally come from not knowing material. Math II tests more advanced topics, so that is why schools prefer it.</p>
<p>That's why you should do Math II. Not because Math II seems to be easier to get an 800 in. People are forgetting that, for the most part, it is different types of people who are taking Math I and Math II. I'm not convinced, had those statistics regarding Math I and II scores been calculated from the same people taking both tests, that the case of one seemingly being easier than the other would still be applicable.</p>
<p>alright, thanks guys....i'll take math II i guess.</p>
<p>im taking the subjects all in november...i am an expert in biology and native spanish speaker, so those two are easy 800's....but the math, im not so good at</p>
<p>got 680 on SAT I :(</p>
<p>I was thinking long and hard about this question and decided on mathI. I got a 690 on the SAT and 680 on mathI, so I was kind of disappointed (seeing I studied a good bit.) I think i'm going to study for math II, take some practices, and see if I can get in the 700's. I think I need it.</p>
<p>take math 2.</p>
<p>One thing to consider:
the average AND median scores for MathII are both about 100 points higher than Math1.</p>
<p>So i think it's easier, or at least more common, to score higher on math II.
I got a 680 on math I (pretty disappointed) and was in the 75th percentile.</p>
<p>My two kids tooks different math subject tests. Son took Math2, daughter took Math1.</p>
<p>My son had studied alg1&2, geom, pre-calc, and was taking calc at the local college, and had gotten A's thoughout. My daughter had studied only alg1&2, and maybe not-quite-a-semester's-worth of geometry. They both reviewed with prep books for the respective tests.</p>
<p>The way I understand from reading the CollegeBoard's material is that the difference isn't in difficulty of the questions asked, but of the material covered. Math2 covers more material, including pre-calculus topics. Math1 does have a little pre-calc, but not much. As others have noted, the grading curve is way more generous in Math2. The guidance the CollegeBoard offers is to take Math2 if you've had pre-calc, and Math1 is you have not.</p>
<p>My son has always been adept at math, but he's not a prospective math major type of guy. He's definitely a humanties kid through and through. So he did okay, but not math-whiz good on the Math2 test -- he got a 730, which was fine with him.</p>
<p>My daughter is almost allergic to math, dislikes it, doesn't relate to it, will do exactly as much as is required and not a pencil stroke more, although she's a bright girl who can (most of the time) get a pretty good grip on the task at hand. She got a 700 on the Math1 test, which exceeded her expectations modestly.</p>
<p>Both of them, interestingly, got a 690 on the math subsection of the SAT I test. My son was totally dismayed by that score and could not fathom how he ended up below the mid-700s. My daughter was quite happy with it. ;)</p>