<p>I was wondering which SAT II Subject tests make the most sense for my kids to take. Both of them go to top London private schools and both are near the tops of their classes. My son is mildly dyslexic, so English is his worst subject; however, he is extremely strong in Math, loves History (although he does has not had too much US History) and is very good in sciences and French. My daughter, on the other hand, is a good all-arounder although English is her best subject. Since some US universities require 3 SAT Subject tests, what do you think might be good choices? Thanks, Jackuk</p>
<p>That actually depends on what kind of universities you’re targeting for your children (or they are targeting for themselves). The top universities require at least 2 subject tests if not 3. If you go lower, you will find that some don’t even require subject tests. So it all depends on the level of universities you’re targeting. Hope this helps :)</p>
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<p>I believe no major US university requires 3 Subject Tests anymore. The most I’ve seen is 2 (which is the norm for universities that require such tests).</p>
<p>I think Harvard and Princeton still do. I could be wrong though!</p>
<p>We are looking at a number of top schools, including some Ivys, top LACs and some other top East Coast schools, generally top 40ish US News Ratings. My question is not so much what those schools require so much (although obviously that is a consideration), but what SAT Subject exams are logical choices for British students so they can avoid having to learn a totally new subject (e.g., US History) just to take a SAT 2 exam. Thanks, Jackuk</p>
<p>One should take those SAT subject tests which are the most closely related to one’s desired field of study :)</p>
<p>Makes sense to take a subject that they are doing at AS level. Our experience is that there will be a few new topics regardless of the subject they choose.</p>
<p>Desidreams - Thanks for the comments. I think that Georgetown still requires 3 SAT 2’s. They did when I applied there.</p>
<p>Clemenza - Sounds like a great idea. Basically, my kids should just pick their subjects and learn any new topics where the SATs differ from the A Level curriculum. These should make subjects like English, Further Maths and foreign languages good choices. Thanks.</p>
<p>JackUK -</p>
<p>Both the College Board (SAT) and the ACT do offer accommodations for students with learning issues. Whether or not those accommodations are worth applying for in your son’s case is something that you would have to determine. You can contact both of those organizations for details.</p>
<p>If no one has suggested it yet, it may be worth your time to take a look at the list of test-optional and no-test colleges and universities at <a href=“http://www.fairtest.org%5B/url%5D”>www.fairtest.org</a> to see if any of them would suit your son.</p>
<p>Good luck with everything!</p>
<p>Happymomof1 - Many thanks for the advice. I will defintely contact the College Board/ACT and check out the test optional schools.</p>
<p>I took the A Levels and found Math II easy. World History had quite a lot of bits that weren’t in my A Level History syllabus but I still did good on the test with a fair amount of slogging. My friend who also did the A Levels took the US History SATs and said that it was extremely bad because we didn’t cover much of US History in school so yeah, I believe World History would be the better choice if you wanna do a History SAT exam. Perhaps your son can take one of the science subject tests. I’ve heard from my friends who did the science tests that they’re not too bad, especially since the A Level syllabus covers most of the same things. I’m not so sure about the French test. Your daughter could try the Literature test but from my experience, it was rather tough. See the thing is, with the A Level system, we wrote analytical essays on poems/prose and all that but with the SATs, it’s a multiple choice questions exam. I never got used to that, especially for Literature because I was pretty used to having things expressed and interpreted by myself so I didn’t do well for the Literature SATs although I was good at A Level Literature. I believe there are a few practice questions on the Collegeboard site and you should encourage your kids to try these questions to see which tests they’re most comfortable with. I have to say though, the practice Literature questions are much much easier than the ones that actually come out in the test.</p>
<p>Heybeautiful - Thank you for the great responses. Your answer was spot on what I was looking for. My son will probably do Further Maths at A2 level, so he will definitely do SAT Math II.</p>