<p>Hello, I have a bit of an issue, my SAT score is: CR: 750 W: 750 M: 650 my SAT II's are Math IC: 620 US Hist: 640 Spanish: 660 and my ACT Composite is: 32. I would like to send both my SAT I scores and ACT scores to schools that I apply to as I think they are pretty good, but I was wondering what I should do about colleges with SAT II's as recommended or optional. If I send my SAT I's to those schools would they just not consider my SAT II's as they are horrible or would they assume that I was sending my SAT score bank because I wanted them to see my SAT II's? My follow up question to that is, how much will my chances be hurt at schools that have SAT II's as recommended or optional if they see my SAT II's? My third question is, when a school says that the SAT II's are recommended or optional what are they really saying? Is recommended virtually mean required and, in my case, only sending my ACT scores hurt my chances? and, besides the obvious, what does optional mean (like only send them if they are good?)?. Basically, if you do not feel like answering any of the above questions answer this, have I screwed myself at schools that have SAT II's as optional and recommended because I did so poorly on them and because they will be sent with my SAT I's they will see them?</p>
<p>bumppppppppp</p>
<p>lol your post was still close to the top, no need to bump :D</p>
<p>some schools that interest me: Claremont Mckenna, Tufts, Northwestern, Cornell, Wash U...when a school says recommended would it better for my chances to says my SAT scores (SAT I and SAT II's) or just my ACT...in other words what hurts more, not sending the "recommended" subject tests or sending bad "recommended" subject tests?</p>
<p>I cannot answer your questions, but I have another one for you: is retaking the subject tests in October an option, and do you think you could improve your scores if you studied enough during the summer?</p>
<p>Colleges will see all your SAT I and SAT II scores. Recommended is a tactful way of saying if you want to be considered than you must send SAT II scores, unless you have very good reasons for not taking them [homeschooled, international]. You're not "screwed" if you apply to colleges that accept lots of students with scores similar to yours. If you are trying for huge reaches[ Ivy's or the like] then you are probably wasting your application $.</p>
<p>SAT II admission data seems hard to find. Only UCLA seems to include it in the data set. I seem to have read somewhere it should be similar to you SAT I section scores. I'm curious because there is a 200 point difference between my D's highest SAT I and lowest SATII.</p>
<p>I think SAT II subject test scores are usually higher than SAT section scores because students get to pick their strongest subjects and subject test scores are scaled differently (one is allowed to make a couple of mistakes and still receives a perfect score).</p>
<p>Okay, that makes sense, but what if you don't have a "strong subject". I think I mean, what if you've gone as far as your school /teachers can take you, but that doesn't include AP /SAT II level stuff? I guess if you have no" Ivy" ambitions, this SAT II stuff can take you by surprise,. I guess that's a subject for another thread.</p>