<p>I plan on taking 3 Sat II subject tests to satisfy the requirements for alot of Ivies with the first two being in May...</p>
<p>US History (Day after APUS)
Spanish</p>
<p>Questions about them though :</p>
<p>1) Does it matter if you take Spanish with or without listening?</p>
<p>2) Could I take Math I as my 3rd and not have it count against me too much?</p>
<p>3) How does the Physics Sat II compare to the first year of the IB Physics course?</p>
<p>Just wondering, why would math count against you at all?</p>
<p>Taking Math I instead of Math II</p>
<p>Oh, got it. Didn't see the I.</p>
<p>spanish- no it doesnt, take the one that u do better in</p>
<p>My son is in somewhat a similar situation.
He is sure that he will be taking Subject Tests US History and Chemistry.</p>
<p>But recently he has lower confidence in taking the Math level 2.</p>
<p>Instead of even considering taking Math Level 1, he is thinking of taking Spanish instead. ( I am glad to hear that they will not hold it against you if you take Spanish without Listening since that can only be taken in November and is too late for Early Admissions)</p>
<p>So my question is: Will the competitive schools especially the Ivies, take it against you if you take 3 Subject Tests (Chemistry, US History and Spanish)none of which is Math. I am just wondering since all the colleges seem to say ANY 3 Subject Tests.</p>
<p>I think quite a few schools DO require a math, but if they don't, I don't see why it would hurt you. Is your son planning on being in an AP math course where he would take the AP test?</p>
<p>My advice is to look carefully at the colleges that are in the running and see what they advise or prefer. Also, correct me if I am wrong, but my impression is that the UC system wants to see Math 2. They only require 2 subject tests. It seemed to me (now we are done with all this!) that most schools like to see a bit of variety; if not math, then the chem sounds good, especially if a kid is clearly strong in the humanities. About math 1 vs 2: most kids are under the impression that only math whizzes take the math2c. My D is not one of those, and her score on the math 2c was 669, which she thought was terrible, since the only other kids she knew who took it are engineering types who scored way higher. In fact that's a very good score for a well-rounded student who is NOT a math whiz. I am sure colleges take into account that the math 2c is harder. She took it just at the end of junior year when she was finishing up Math Analysis (pre-calc) and that seems to have prepared her pretty well for the test. The only other subject test she took was the bio. She applied to UC schools and several LACs which did not require SATIIs, although she sent them as well.</p>
<p>give me a break. I would not count myself as a "math whiz" and I got a 800 which is 80th something percentile. IIc has a very leniant curve. 6-7 wrong out of 50 is still a 800. Most people that want to go to decent colleges such as the UCs or ivies need IIC. It is recommended and a must for engineering or science majors. btw 669 is barely above teh median score for iic (iic only tests up to junior level math alg 2/ trig).</p>
<p>Okay! She took the math IIc because we understood, as you say, that the UC's like to see it. She got into Berkeley (and every other school to which she applied.) We felt that a lower score on the math IIc was better than a higher score on the math I. Do you agree? Her math SAT was 700. Because her high school did kind of a shabby job with the humanities we felt she would get better scores in bio and math subject tests than in the others. Applying to schools is a balancing act, and there isn't any one formula that will work. Don't be a snob! Not everyone can get 800's; the idea is to do the best you can and put together a package that's appealing to the schools and gives a good picture of who you really are. And hopefully you can do this without throwing yourself off a bridge.</p>