Repeat SAT or First-time SAT2?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>My daughter (will be Senior in Fall 2013) would really like to improve her SAT score in Math as she got a 630 in the March test. She overall has a 2180 with 750 in CR and 800 in W.
She is wishing to pursue a career in Psychology and she intends to do Psychiatry after her B.A. </p>

<p>That being her goal, she is wondering whether her first priority is to take SAT2 tests in Oct 2013 or her repeat-SAT in Oct 2013. This would leave Nov to do the other SAT in Nov 2013.
My opinion was that since she has a decent score in SAT overall, that she should focus on her essay and SAT2 tests. Am I correct ?</p>

<p>The thing that I want to know is whether SAT2 tests would work to her advantage even in schools that do not specify SAT2 as a requirement? I mean, will she be at an advantage just because she took SAT2 (and assuming she did well) even if the college never said it needed it? Or would it be a waste of time to do SAT2 tests? She is planning on doing SAT Biology and SAT Spanish subject tests.</p>

<p>In addition to the preparation for tests above, she will be traveling very soon to Asia soon for 4-6 weeks to get a rejuvenating/cleansing treatment for her chronic conditions after repeated spinal surgeries. So, this means, she will be missing the first few weeks of her Senior year as well. I am trying to help her prioritize what she must do and what may be optional.</p>

<p>So, any advice to help us plan her next few months would be very helpful!</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>--RS</p>

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<p>Check which colleges your daughter will apply to. Some colleges will require two SAT II tests; for example, MIT requires a math (either Level 1 or 2) and a science (Bio E/M, Chem, or Physics) Subject Test, while other schools only require Math II.</p>

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<p>The majority of colleges claim that SAT II’s don’t matter much in admissions. Check which colleges she’ll apply to.</p>