<p>ok, so i haven't decided for sure if i will take a math SAT II or not. but if i do, i don't know which to take! or if i should take math at all. i'm a junior, taking pre-calc right now. i am horrible at it though, i've been making a C most of the year. so i'm worried that a lot of the IIC test will be pre-calc and i'll be screwed. do colleges look down on the IC test? i think i would be better at it b/c i am much better at geometry, and there's no pre-calc. help please!</p>
<p>It depends on what field of study you plan to enter. Some engineering schools REQUIRE an SAT II Math IIC. I know this is the case for Cornell's engineering college, and i would assume other competitive schools have similar requirements. However, if your going into liberal arts, i don't think you should bother with the IIC if your having trouble with pre-calc.</p>
<p>If you're putting down math, science, or engineering as your major, colleges probably expect to see a Math IIC score.</p>
<p>Well, if you've been averaging a C . . . I'm assuming you probably don't want an Engineering major, since you'll have at least 4 more math classes before you graduate college. However, I have a friend who got into Rice and Baylor (she's going to Rice) and she's majoring in a science field and she only took Math IC, so I don't think it matters too much unless you're planning on majoring in engineering or going to an Ivy League to study science.</p>
<p>My niece took IIC on Saturday. She took calculus at the local college as a soph- i.e. very strong in math. She thought the IIC was VERY hard. I had read on this board that the curve was good and that she should clearly take IIC. Now I'm not so sure. My S took IC on Sat.- he is in pre-calca and has the highest grade in his class, but now I'm not so sure he should take IIC in June.</p>
<p>Well, I could say that I'm in a similar situation as your son . . . I'm in Precalc and have the highest grade out of the 3 periods of Precalc offered at my school. I didn't think SAT II math was too bad though. It's pretty in-line with Precalc stuff. You definitely can't take the class w/o taking a Precalc class, but I wouldn't say it's that difficult (I just took it on Sat.).</p>