<p>For premier colleges do they prefer that you take the math II versus the Math I SAT2 or does it not matter which one you take? I will be taking calculus this year as a senior so I will not have taken it when I take the SATII since I need to take it this fall. A college that I have in mind is Harvard.</p>
<p>Yes, it DOES MATTER which one you take. Colleges don't care about Math I b/c it's just like the math section on the SAT I. You should be fine on it - I did very little prep and did quite well. </p>
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<p>I will only be taking the ACT and submitting SAT Subject Tests, so should I still take the Math II test?</p>
<p>It all depends on what you're interested in - if you're interested in the sciences (math/physics/bio/chem) then you'll want to take it. If not, then you're fine. If you think you can get a good sore on it, you should definitely take it.</p>
<p>I'm not so sure that colleges "don't care about Math I." There are plenty that only accept Math II, but I know that MIT DOES accept either the Math I or Math II to fulfill its mathematics subject test requirement. Surely MIT can't be brushed aside.</p>
<p>I HIGHLY EXTREMELY doubt that MIT gives Math I the same weight as Math II. Math I scores are not comparable to Math II scores.</p>
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<p>Hmmm, I frequent the MIT board (do you?), and Ben Jones, an MIT admissions official, has definitely stated that both the Math I and Math II are given the same weight. Perhaps Math I and Math II scores are not <em>comparable</em>, but that's like saying that a snazzy computer and a new car are not comparable. Of course they are not comparable, but they are both nice things to have. If you have an 800 in Math I OR Math II, I'd say you're good to go if the colleges you apply to accept either one. (And yes, I do have an 800 in Math II.)</p>
<p>No, I do not frequent MIT boards. But from what I've read on CC.com and have heard from college counselors, an 800 on Math I doesn't equal an 800 on the Math II. But if that's what the MIT boards say, I could certainly be wrong. Does it make sense then to go and take the Math IC even after I've done extremely well on the Math IIC?</p>
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<p>I've heard too that iic is the one colleges want to see [which is the main reason I took it], but I always wondered, isn't an 800 on ic better than on iic considering percentiles, for math ic 99+ [I believe, maybe the plus isn't there] and iic it's what 89 or 90, so I just wondered isn't getting an 800 on ic much more impressive, just a thought, though I do prefer the subject matter on iic, so...</p>
<p>What I'm saying is that if you have an 800 on EITHER of them, you've demonstrated competence with math. For a university of the caliber of MIT, what you have to be to gain admission is so great that the difference between the Math I and the Math II is simply insignificant.</p>
<p>I took the Math II because the universities most important to me (University of California, and Caltech) only accept Math II. However, for universities which accept both, I simply don't think the admission decision will rest on whether the applicant chose Math I or Math II. The point is - if you have fulfilled the test requirements, and your scores are good, don't worry!</p>
<p>How similar is the SAT II Math Ic to the SAT I math? I got an 800 and then a 720 on the SAT I math sections and really don't want to study for Math IIc because I got to study for Spanish.</p>