<p>yea....but you're too rich for the aid...</p>
<p>No need to take 1c, if you took 2c already. 1c is easier, but harder to get a good score.</p>
<p>The UCs need Math Level 2.</p>
<p>More SAT IIs look nicer even if they're not required (which is the same as "recommended", almost.)</p>
<p>ParentofIvyHope, I'd always heard that the only distribution of SAT II's that matters is that they be in different areas. So a humanities kid taking History and English would be OK, but probably shouldn't take World History and US History as their only 2. Similarly, a science kid is OK with Chemistry and Math, or Chemistry and History, but probably shouldn't take Chemistry and Physics as their only 2.</p>
<p>Further, a number of schools have a secretary or intern transfer scores from the app to a form that the admissions committee looks at, along with grades and other statistical information. They transfer the highest two, and if the form doesn't ask if the student took more than two, then taking more than two doesn't necessarily make the kid look "better". If your school requires 2, and you did well on 2, you don't need to take a 3rd.</p>
<p>"well if hopkins says it recommends 3 is that just a nice way of saying they require 3"</p>
<p>That, of course, is how many construe it, but your application will be considered even without them.</p>
<p>"UCs require math 2c."</p>
<p>As to UCs, they do not require the Math 2c as they only require any two from different subjects. However, if you choose to provide a math it must be 2c because it will not accept Math 1c.</p>
<p>" More SAT IIs look nicer even if they're not required (which is the same as "recommended", almost.)"</p>
<p>That can lead to a problem. A number of schools that require two IIs will, in fact, consider all IIs submitted. Thus, if you take two and get very high scores; then take a third and get a low score, that low score is going to count against you. So you always need to ask whether you should take the risk? Also, having extra IIs does not really add much, most colleges that require IIs consider the two (or, if required, three) highest and ignore rest. and most colleges do not require or even consider IIs in admission.</p>