<p>What about northwestern?! </p>
<p>i heard they want 3!</p>
<p>This website tells you everything you need to know about requirements and recomendations of colleges.</p>
<p>The page I'm giving you is about SAT Subject tests.
If you click on a college, it will give you all of the details about that college's requirments.</p>
<p>It has links to ACT, SAT, and other tests.</p>
<p>would colleges care if one took a SAT II more than once?</p>
<p>In my case, I took biology twice (ecology+molecular) and got the same score (660); and this really BOTHERS me..
I would like to retake it but i'm afraid that the admission offices might think I'm a test addict, etc; </p>
<p>any recommendations??
(besides bio, i'm considering of taking chemistry after this year's AP course)</p>
<p>btw, i'm a junior</p>
<p>It's okay to retake an SAT II test if you can significantly raise your score. I learned that here on CC from a post by a member of an admission committee.</p>
<p>Stanford: SAT Subject Test Scores</p>
<p>Stanford Website says:</p>
<p>We recommend (but do not require) that you submit official results of at least two SAT Subject Tests, as these additional scores often assist us in our evaluation process. You are welcome to submit any and all SAT Subject Tests you have completed. We do not have a preference for the specific SAT Subject Tests you elect to take. However, if you elect to take a math test, we do prefer to see the Math Level 2 test if you feel that your math background has adequately prepared you for this test.</p>
<p>when should a h.s. student start taking subject tests? freshman, sophomore, or junior year?</p>
<p>When the student feels ready to take the test. It is most common to take them as a junior.</p>
<p>thanks fireflyscout :) </p>
<p>new ground to cover when it comes to subject tests as oldest d did not take any.......said she'd taken enough tests with multiple takes on the SAT and ACT. son will likely take them as he is already looking at some schools that require them.</p>
<p>The 5 schools my kid wants to apply to don't require SAT subject tests, though a couple "recommend" them. At the same time, in the info sessions, they basically say they'll use the tests for placement.</p>
<p>My d is quite adamant that she needn't take these tests, believing that for schools that don't require SAT IIs, the results aren't used for admission.</p>
<p>Could she be right?</p>
<p>My son faced the same dilemma last year. He wanted to apply to several top colleges that gave the option to take the ACT only, or use the SAT with subject tests. He was concerned that colleges might look at him differently if he took the ACT route. After making a few phone calls, we were told by admissions officers that he should not worry about having to take subject tests. He was not interested in applying to the few schools that mandate the subject tests. He was accepted at several of the top universities as wells as LAC’s with only an ACT score – no AP’s and no subject tests. Most of these schools are self-selective and the students are all capable of performing well on the tests. What made son a good candidate is the same thing his teachers and guidance counselor wrote about him – dedication, leadership in and out of the classroom, respect from his peers and the staff at the school, and a desire to learn and achieve even if he is not always successful on the first attempt. In the end, we know that no matter what college my son attends, he will be a success because of these traits, and not because of a test score.</p>
<p>Generally you should take the subject tests in May or June of the year you take the course that aligns best with the test. In general: at the end of Alg 2 take Math1, at the end of Pre-Calc take Math2, at the end US Hist take US Hist (note if you take AP USH I highly recommend taking the SAT),any of the science tests can be taken after the same AP course (note Physics B aligns better than Physics C). Not all schools require or recommend SAT2s, so do some fact checking. Many engineering schools will want to see Math2 and either Physics or Chem. Oh and if you are going to a school that uses language SAT for placement or even better to get out of a language requirement, consider taking the SAT spring of senior year if you are still taking the language.</p>
<p>My son is not applying to any of the schools on the list(s) above, but I've made sure he took 2 SAT II's. He scored higher on the ACT than the SAT I (but still within a reasonable range), so for most schools he'll only submit the ACT. Being in California with the UC system, I wanted to insure he had all bases covered just in case. </p>
<p>He'll probably apply to 1-2 UC's although he wants to go east, but so far all he research into college searches has been mine, and once we take a few college visit trips this summer, he may change his mind.</p>
<p>My ongoing advise to him is to keep all his options open, and taking 2 SAT II's will do that for him.</p>
<p>Scratch Brandeis from the list and the UCs get scratched in about 2 years.</p>
<p>This thread was started in 2006, I think xiggi would agree that it’s reached it’s expiration date;).</p>