<p>I'm a sophomore, and I'm planning (at the moment) to take these before the end of my high school career:
-french
-french w/ listening
-japanese w/ listening
-chinese w/ listening
-korean w/ listening
-Math Level 2
-physics
-(maybe bio and/or chem)
-(maybe world history and maybe us history)
But before the school year ends, I can only take French, World History, Math Level 2, and Physics. (The other languages are not offered until November).
Should I take two during the May test, and two during the June test? How should I split them up? What's a good way to study, do I need to study with review books? I'll be taking the AP World History exam, AP Calculus AB exam, and the AP Physics B exam in May, so I'll be reviewing for those as well, so should I take the math, physics, and world history ones in may also? </p>
<p>French is always in my head and with all my APs, I'd rather take it in June. </p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>You forgot modern hebrew.</p>
<p>I don’t think you need to take all those SAT subject tests. Three is often enough for most colleges, including the most selective ones such as Ivies and top 20 schools.</p>
<p>If I were you I’d personally take Math II + a science course + a language course other than French/History (since you’re already taking the AP, you’d presumably demonstrate your ability to French it up through your AP scores). This shows a breadth of knowledge, assuming you do well on all your subject tests, without consuming too much time on your part to study for all of your planned subjects.</p>
<p>I would recommend you to take Math IIC, Physics, and World History (which I believe is replaceable with a foreign language test) only. Most college, including Ivy league schools, require/recommend students to take 2-3 subject tests. Furthermore, since the ad-coms only look at the highest 2-3 scores, it would be meaningless and waste of money to take the tests you are planning to take. </p>
<p>Also please keep in mind that Japanese, Chinese, and Korean subject tests are notorious for a bad curve since 95% of the test takers are natives. It means that even though you get one to two problems wrong, there is a possibility that you will receive a 720 or lower score.</p>
<p>I also think that colleges sort of discount the language subject tests for native speakers. It would be more impressive to do well on another subject that you haven’t been absorbing your whole life. One of my kids took Math II & Lit, and got 800 on both. Got into U of Chicago, and I suspect the breadth of these high scores helped (good in two very different disciplines). So I agree with the advice to do MathII, Physics, and World History.</p>
<p>I’m actually not a native speaker of any of those languages, English is my only native language.
I was able to achieve a high enough level of these languages to take these tests, and I thought that the language tests are more impressive, so I might still want to take them. Should I still not? They’re all non-native languages.</p>
<p>If your asian, don’t take an asian language. There is a natural bias, whether or not you are chinese and take korean, or vice versa. If you’re asian and you take French w/ listening, and get an 800. That’s super impressive.</p>
<p>I agree with others. You need to have a balance of subjects in your SAT II’s.
I took World History, Math Level 2 and I’m taking Biology M this Saturday.</p>
<p>I would recommend for you, 1 social science, 1 or 2 sciences, Math Level 2, and a Western language like French or Spanish if you’re Asian. Doing well on this many SAT II’s will absolutely make you stand out!</p>
<p>Best of luck! Remember to have FUN in high school. It’s an adventure in itself :)</p>