SAT Subject Tests - Necessity and timing

[ucbalumnus]

@mathmom

Well, one reason to recommend after the AP is because that’s a standardized curriculum, so if the school has covered it at all reasonably we know what’s been covered.

However, be careful of physics, where it is common for high schools to split the AP course over two years. A student who has only completed one part of AP physics (and has not taken a regular high school physics course before) would only be prepared for a portion of the SAT subject test in physics.