<p>They should weight SAT IIs more during admissions than SAT I. I have a 4.0 uw gpa yet my SAT I score does not reflect that. However, all my SAT II scores are nearly perfect. Don't the SAT IIs reflect more on how you do in school and how you will do in college?</p>
<p>I know Harvard gives more weighting to SAT IIs. HOWEVER, even 3 800s will not excuse a bad SAT I score at most colleges.</p>
<p>"Don't the SAT IIs reflect more on how you do in school and how you will do in college?" </p>
<p>They have a higher correlation with freshman year grades than the SAT does.</p>
<p>What bout me getting an B in AP US History but a 800 on the US History SAT 2 and a 5 on the AP does that overcome that to an extent?</p>
<p>That's probably fine...</p>
<p>That just shows that either your class is hard or you do well on tests.</p>
<p>Uh, no.</p>
<p>The SAT weighs general intelligence and reasoning skills.</p>
<p>The SAT II is terribly subjective...some schools learn different things than others, and each subject test over- and underemphasizes some aspects.</p>
<p>Then why is it that the SAT I score goes up with intensive studying? That's what the IQ weights and just about stays the same your entire life even with studying (how would you study for it anyway?). Plus if you say the SAT weights general intelligence, then you are saying SAT = IQ, yet my 99th percentile IQ does not match with my 95th percentile SAT I scores (M+V)... In addition what does the colleges want to see? People that drive themselves to achieve, or lazy geniuses that won't achieve anything with their attitudes? In the real world, it's those that strive to achieve that become the most successful.</p>
<p>SAT does not measure intelligence. It measures reasoning, and this can developed, which is why SAT scores can go up with studying. Tiberian...easy on the lazy geniuses thing, I'm one myself. :)</p>
<p>Lol^ I'm not trying to slam the lazy ones that manage to do well, or else I'd be slamming myself a little bit... but I know how it is, procrastination pays off now ;) However, one always needs to find an equilibrium between using only intellect and only hardwork.</p>
<p>Plus what defines "genius?"</p>
<p>A person that sleeps/skips/does other things in class and still gets A's most of the time.</p>
<p>some schools require the SAT-IIs instead of SAT-1, such as connecticut college, hamilton, union (ny), and middlebury
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