<p>Which one is a better scenario (assuming the GPAs to be constant) for Ivy Leagues:</p>
<p>1) SAT I 2000+ and 2 Subject 800s
2) SAT I 2100+ and subjects around 650.
3) SAT I 2200~ and subject 600~ </p>
<p>Lets say for engineering, and the 2 subjects being Maths IIC and Physics/Chemistry.
Which one is better and why?</p>
<p>Subject tests scores skew lower because the cohort is tougher. </p>
<p>I wouldnt say one is more important than the other. It just gives them more information. Two students who score similarly on SAT might get differentiated by SAT II. </p>
<p>Scoring much higher on the SAT II for the same subject (like math) would be weird. I would suspect cheating.</p>
<p>Personally I think you want all your scores to be more or less consistent across the boards, though it’s true, SAT2 scores tend to be lower because fewer students take them and those students tend to be the higher achievers. I think I read something like 800 is the average score on the Chinese with listening, and even a few wrong puts you in the bottom 5% of test takers for that test.</p>
<p>Given your hypothetical scenarios I would probably go with option 2, though I’m sure others would disagree. (And the consistency across scores would be my reason.)</p>
<p>Option 2 is the best out of your options.</p>
<p>Hypothetically again,
If someone were applying to engineering schools…and the 2 subjects were maths and physics.
Would you still go with the 2nd scenario?</p>