<p>Hi, I hope you guys can help me with my situation here.</p>
<p>I'm currently a junior and have only taken the US History Subject Test.
I'm going to take Math II in June, and I think I need one more. (to have 3 under my belt)
I can't decide between Physics and English :(</p>
<p>I'm almost certain that I'll go into a technical field such as CS/math, but might possibly go into Finance/Accounting. For my third SAT subject test, do you think it would be better to go with Physics? I mean, if I were to do physics, I would have to put in a LOT of time from now trying to review ALL the concepts I learned last year, whereas English I would just go in and take the exam on the day. But I'm willing to put the extra effort into Physics if it really is that much more beneficial to choose Physics over English.</p>
<p>Lol so I'll be taking either Math and Physics or Math and English on the testing day in June. There is a Korean SAT II much later in the fall (I think November) and was wondering if I could possibly take that as well, or would it be too late? I also don't know how much a score in Korean would help with my admissions, either.</p>
<p>I have so many more questions but would rather wait for some replies before I make my scenario too confusing. Again, thanks for your help! :)</p>
<p>Which Ivies are you looking at, in particular? Most will tell you on their websites what they are looking for, if there is some sort of preference. For instance, Penn CAS encourages a language SAT II, so that’s part of how I chose mine.</p>
<p>***BUT you get to benefit from the new SAT policy that allows you to CHOOSE which scores you get to report, lucky junior! So take a few and do your best. Take both that you mentioned and report the better score. My experience has been that just because a subject is your strongest in school, it might not be your strongest SAT II score. You never know until test day (well, until you get your scores). Btw, I took one of my SAT II’s on November 1st and you can rush the score if you’re doing ED. Don’t worry about that as much… I’d just go ahead and take Korean if you think you’ll do strongly.</p>
<p>Yes. Well, given that only about 4,000 people take the Korean SAT II and 76% of them score in the 750-800 range, you’ve got to assume most of them are native Korean speakers or at least are from bilingual households. So a high score on that test is not likely to impress colleges as to your level of academic achievement. Similarly for Chinese and to a somewhat lesser extent Japanese. I should think the same for native Spanish speakers taking the Spanish SAT II, or native French speakers taking the French SAT II. It may demonstrate command of the language. It does not necessarily demonstrate academic achievement.</p>
<p>If you really want to impress the adcoms, you’ll nail the Literature SAT II: only 6% (about 7,000 out of nearly 120,000 taking the test) are in the 750-800 range. That’s a rare achievement, and something that should get them to take notice. Of course, the reason it’s rare is that it’s hard.</p>