<p>Is the SAT Reasoning Test or the SAT Subject Test(s) more important in UC admissions? </p>
<p>On my Subject Tests, I scored a 720 in U.S. History and a 630 in Biology. </p>
<p>On my Reasoning, I scored a 1910.</p>
<p>However, my GPA is about a 4.4 and I've taken many difficult AP classes. My extracurriculars are as good as my GPA. </p>
<p>My top college choice is UC Berkeley. I want to major in nutritional sciences at the College of Natural Resources.</p>
<p>definitely SAT Reasoning Test since some colleges don't even require SAT II's.</p>
<p>At the elites, I'd imagine they're weighted about the same. At less selective schools, the reasoning test takes top priority.</p>
<p>bump...I'd like to know too.</p>
<p>Does SAT II U.S. Literature test writing and reading ability?</p>
<p>I am not too sure since I don't live in the U.S. and I don't really know what that test is about. If it does not, then I guess the Reasoning is more important since it tests reading and writing.</p>
<p>I guess the SAT II Math C is more important than the SAT I Math section.
Some admission officers are flexible to the point where they ignore your SAT I Math section and look at your SAT II Math C or AP Calculus score.</p>
<p>reasoning X like 50000</p>
<p>everybody takes different subject tests so it wouldn't really be "standardized"</p>
<p>This from <em>What It Really Takes to Get in to the Ivy League and Other Selective Colleges</em>, by a former Harvard senior adcom:</p>
<p>"As a senior admissions officer, I always placed a more significant value on SAT II tests because these exams are subject specific and can often be considered in context with an applicant's academic plans. . . [SAT II scores] have a slightly higher correlation with one's performance in college than those of the SAT I (p. 34)."</p>
<p>This from the classic <em>A is for Admission</em>, by a former Dartmouth adcom (Michele Hernandez): </p>
<p>"Everyone makes a big deal of the SAT I, but don't forget that the Ivies place equal weight on the SAT II subject tests (p. 18)."</p>
<p>It seems to me, based on these two books, that alpha2400 is basically right. It's even possible that some adcoms (like Chuck Hughes, the Harvard adcom quoted above) put more emphasis on the SAT IIs than the SAT I.</p>
<p>You're asking a question specific to the University of California system, and the link posted in the other thread where you asked your question </p>
<p>University</a> of California - Admissions </p>
<p>mentions the issues you have to consider as you apply to UC campuses. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Whoops OP--missed the "UC" part of your post. Sorry.</p>
<p>i'd like to know too- bump</p>
<p>IMO the SAT II is a much better gauge of the performance and abilities of a student and their potential as academic students. For instance its fair that 2 kids who want to major in biology, the one getting a 800 has a advantage over the kid with the 680. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, I've heard that many schools use your SAT's to see if your'e in the ballpark, and then they look at SAT II's if at all in later stages. I imagine that State schools base most if not all on reasoning test because more people ahve taken it.</p>
<p>i don't think the sat2 lit tests reading and writing ability. it's a joke in itself.</p>