<p>for those of you who got into stanford, or are currently attending, how many SAT II's are required/recommended to take?</p>
<p>If you take the new SAT, then you only need to take 2 SAT IIs. I would recommend that one of those two SAT IIs be Math IIC.</p>
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<p>Would you suggest Math IIC and a humanities SAT II for a math and science oriented student?</p>
<p>I ask because MIT asks for 3, Math IIC, a Science and a humanities (History, French, etc.).</p>
<p>I'd say that if you're math/science oriented, your first goal should be to prove that you're good at that... but if you want to take a third, and could do well in a humanities SAT II, then I'm sure that wouldn't hurt.</p>
<p>You might want to call the Stanford admissions office and see what they require or recommend, though, 'cause it may have changed from when we got in.</p>
<p>(I second the bit about Math IIC though)</p>
<p>BTW, it appears that MIT has updated their requirements, no "humanities" SAT II required. As someone else posted, perhaps the writing section of the SAT I is humanities enough.</p>
<p>How will the new writing section be looked at by Stanford? Will they consider it like the SAT II Writing? I'm wondering if they will be more flexible, because the scoring of new SAT and SAT II Writing is so different. A 700 on the new SAT Writing would be at least a 750 (if not more) on the old SAT II Writing scale. Each grammar error costs about 20/30 points on the new SAT Writing in the 700-800 range. The curve then flattens out afterward. I know many schools are going to be cautious with the new score, but what would be a competitive writing score for Stanford considering the changes made to the writing section?</p>
<p>the collegeboard has already said that the Writing section in the new SAT is not comparable to the SAT II one of old</p>
<p>True, but I'm wondering how much value would Stanford place on the new writing section for class of '06 admissions and what range would be suitable considering strong CR+M scores.</p>