<p>My son applied to Cornell's CHE. He misread the requirements ( we think he looked at college of agriculture and life sciences) so thought the SAT subject tests were optional. Got no help from guidance counselor! Not sure if his chances are now nil in terms of getting in? Is there anything he can do? He wrote an email to the admissions office.</p>
<p>There’s not much your son can do at this point.
The deadline for applications have passed months ago and the next available date for subject tests is May 5th.
I’m sorry to say this, but I think it’s best to expect the worst.
Two subject tests (Mathematics & 1 other) are a requirement for CHE.</p>
<p>There’s another thread on this here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1284625-did-not-take-sat-ii.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/1284625-did-not-take-sat-ii.html</a></p>
<p>They will ultimately read his file without them, but I’d imagine he’d be at a disadvantage compared to other applicants. I would contact the admissions department to see if there’s anything you can do, or at least to notify them of the mistake.</p>
<p>Thank you. We kind of thought the worst at this point. He did let both his contact person and admissions know. The contact person said not to worry and haven’t heard back from admissions. Life lesson…pay attention to details!</p>
<p>Irish54, don’t know if you have any more children who will be applying in the future but in general the Ivies do want subject tests. Up until this year, the UC’s in Calif wanted subject tests. Many top school do not require them but recommend them. </p>
<p>The advice our GC gave was if you have taken the class to qualify you to take subject tests take them even if you don’t know you will need them. Most students take them at the end of 10th or 11th grade when they have just completed the class. </p>
<p>Hope things work out.</p>