<p>I took more than 3 SAT Subject Tests. Should I bother explaining why I scored low my Latin/Math I subject tests if they're not the top 3 scores? I heard colleges only consider your top three scores so that's why I'm asking.</p>
<p>No, I wouldn’t bother with an explanation. They want to see mastery of some subjects, and that’s what you’ve shown. If you have some awards or recs or something else that can emphasize your mastery of the subjects you didn’t score so well on, it wouldn’t hurt to include those, but including an explanation of why you didn’t score well on two of your tests will probably come off as whining or obsessive. And after all, if you had a really good reason for getting lower scores on those tests (e.g., an illness or family crisis), you probably would have canceled the scores or neglected to show up.</p>