<p>I'm a junior in High School and I plan on taking the SAT subject tests for all the sciences. I took Biology freshman year, but I had a really bad teacher, I'm currently taking AICE Chemistry or AS and A level, and I plan to self-study for physics. Should I only do Chemistry and Biology since they will be the easiest or is self-studying physics a good idea? I plan on majoring in Chemistry and I also want to know if my Subject tests will have any affect on admissions into college? By the way, I have taken many AP and AICE courses and exams.</p>
<p>Why do you want to do the subject tests for all the sciences? You’re going to major in chemistry, so why not just take the chem test? Did you do poorly or below your standard for some of your classes and wish to compensate with subject tests or something?</p>
<p>Everything is self-studyable if you know what books to use; generally the physics test is considered to be the most difficult of the three. Biology is a ton of memorization but if you’re good at that it’s quite easy; memorize everything in the Barron’s book and you should be fine.</p>
<p>If you take a bajillion subject tests and score 800s on all of them, it will look pretty, but if the rest of your transcript is full of tons of APs and honors classes with minimal focus, even though admissions officers can see you are a good test taker and student, some colleges may be put off if it seems like you’re just a test-taker and not someone who’s truly passionate about learning. Unless you actually enjoy learning about lots of subjects, of course.</p>
<p>What I really mean is - don’t do things “just for college,” because a lot of the time, colleges can see through that, will think it’s shallow, and put you in the reject pile. </p>
<p>That’s my two cents, anyway. Do what you feel is best for you and what best represents you as a person.</p>