<p>Alright, let's say that I scored 800 on Math 2, math 1, and physics. But scored, let's say, 650, on two other different subjects. Now, obviously, I put down the three top scores in my app. But would the other two tests influence their deicision? I seriously hope they concentrate on the ones I put on my app and ignore the other ones. PLEASE HELP</p>
<p>They won't take the other ones into account. Princeton wants their applicants and accepted students to look their best. It makes Princeton look better for having higher average scores and at the same time for rejecting those with high scores.</p>
<p>I think you're supposed to take either the Math I or Math II, not both.</p>
<p>Yeah, they look at your 3 top scores. If your 3 top scores are 800s, they'll see those. However, since you took both Math I and Math II I wouldn't be surprised if they checked to see if you had taken any others since both of those tests kind of measure similar knowledge.</p>
<p>what there was no rule about that! Just pick the subject tests u would do best in. That's all I ever heard. Princeton wants their applicants and accepted students to look their best. I think two math 800s are better than one math 800 and one science 650</p>
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<p>does bio, math, and physics count as three different subjects? or is that only two (math and science)?</p>
<p>I think so (three separate classes at school)</p>
<p>no, that definitely counts as 3 separate ones.</p>
<p>Math 1 and math 2 don't count as different</p>
<p>I wouldn't worry about this. I spoke to an admission's officer about this issue because my son took two different Histories and a science. She said that Princeton would not reject an applicant based upon this reason, and said no need to take a fourth SAT II.</p>
<p>but the question is:</p>
<p>if I took 4 (3 good scores but 1 bad score) and the 3 good scores included two of the same type (i.e. math 1 and math 2), would Princeton look at the 4th one (bad one)?</p>
<p>Princeton COULD look at anything on your College Board score report(s). It will definitely look at a lot of other issues besides your test scores, so think about what else is in your file.</p>
<p>2 different histories is different than the 2 maths. There are 2 (or 3? I can't remember) SAT subject tests for History--World History and US History (maybe European history too...I can't remember if that's an AP test or an SAT test). They don't cover the same material (for the most part), and you take a specific class for the specific test. For the math I and II, though, you're taking a test that is essentially a precursor to the other one (it's like taking both the Calculus AB and BC test and asking to get credit for both of them). Level II is just more in depth than the other one, and so it inherently includes the Level I test. An 800 on the Level II shows that you could get an 800 on the Level I, so by taking the Level I, you are only confirming what they already knew, or (if your score was lower), shedding doubt on what they thought they knew. All that to say that they don't (or at least shouldn't, in my opinion) count as two tests.</p>
<p>no, math 1 and 2 may have some overlap, but they generally test different areas of math. I know math 2 has primarily precalc stuff while math 1 has no precalc at all.</p>
<p>But you still need the stuff from Math Level I courses to do Math Level II courses (at least theoretically), whereas you don't need World History to do US History (or vice versa).</p>
<p>I guess there's really no point worrying about it now because whether or not Princeton cares if you took both Math I and Math II, you still got an 800 on both, which is awesome and proves that you are...good at math.</p>
<p>And a 650 really isn't a bad score, so even if they do glance at your 4th score, it's not going to negatively affect you in any way.</p>
<p>This is a major concern of mine too. I got a 800 on Math II, 780 on Math I, and 740 on Chem. I was hoping that they would look at only these, because I took the American History Test after my Sophomore year and got an amazing 580. I am Hoping this won't be the deciding factor in my admissions.</p>