<p>I'm wondering what's the purpose of SAT II in the decision process. Obviously good scores like 800 is impressive, but how do they view like 750 or even lower.</p>
<p>I'm trying to sort out "impressive" "no effect" and "harmful" scores, if they even view it that way.</p>
<p>I doubt that anything over 700 will be "harmful".</p>
<p>yeah if all of your SAT II scores are in the 700s, they'll basically have no effect right? You don't NEED 750+ ones do you?</p>
<p>If you are trying to sell yourself as a math genius, I would think that 800 (or at least 750+) on SAT II math would be expected, but otherwise over 700 will put you "in the range".</p>
<p>is there a such thing called high SATII scores making up for medium SATI score?</p>
<p>A few years ago (before "new SAT") I heard that they substituted SAT I scores with SAT II math and writing scores if those were higher. I am not sure it was true then, and it might have changed since...</p>
<p>I already took SAT II Mandarin, and took Math IIC and Chem today, and so I would have tests down. I'm not sure whether I should take any more than 3. For those of you who're attending Stanford, do you think taking more than 3 SAT II's would have any influence on your application?</p>
<p>There is absolutely no reason to take more then 3 SAT IIs, unless you are a homeschooler.</p>
<p>does stanford even require SAT IIs? I don't want to have to take anymore than i have to.</p>
<p>Stanford doesn't require SAT II's, but you will be competing against kids who have done 3 or more SAT II's for the requirements from other schools.</p>
<p>And you'll probably need them anyways if you're applying to any other top colleges. So you might as well do them.</p>
<p>They "strongly recommend" them (and want one of them to be Math II). So they are not "required" to apply, but they are pretty much required to get in.</p>
<p>Not true nngmm, I know three people who got in without the SAT IIs.</p>
<p>I don't see how someone does not have any SAT II"s. Every other top 25 college, along with all the UC's require SAT II"S. </p>
<p>Did those 3 people apply to just Stanford and Cal States?</p>
<p>Note that on the stanford website, they explicitly state that not submitting SAT IIs will not hinder the competitiveness of your application.</p>
<p>One of the three also got into Yale and Duke. She opted for Yale.</p>
<p>Think about it, if the SAT Subject Tests were really of THAT much importance to Stanford, they would require them. Simple as that. I'm sure it's exclusively <em>supplemental</em> material to them. Stanford has never been a school to place the absolute most emphasis on standardized test scores either.</p>
<p>Rence,</p>
<p>True, the SAT II's aren't a deciding factor, nor are they really a big deal. But when everyone else has SAT II's and you don't, then you're just not going to look as hot. </p>
<p>Also, someone who is applying to Stanford should have SAT II's done because chances are, Stanford isn't the only top school someone would be applying to, so they would need them for the requirements of other schools, such as Yale and Duke which require 3 and 2 subject tests, respectively, which your friends were apparently able to bypass, probably because their parents donated new auditoriums to each school.</p>
<p>Right, that's what happened. My friend Liya's parents donated new auditoriums.</p>
<p>My point was that you're full of it.</p>
<p>I'm sorry, you've uncovered my lie. My posts in this thread were out of pure entertainment. I thought it would be a good use of my time to lie about...SAT Subject Tests?</p>
<p>For the record, Yale only requires two subject tests now. Only Harvard and Princeton (and some tech schools) require 3.</p>
<p>Tiger Woods probably did not have to submit SAT IIs to get accepted...</p>
<p>The fact is that over 95% of accepted students at Stanford submitted SAT IIs. If you want to decrease your chances to way below the 10% you would otherwise have, go ahead, and don't submit them.</p>