<p>The Agriculture and Life Sciences school website suggests submitting math and science SAT Subject tests, but the submission of any SAT IIs at all is actually optional. So am I okay if I submit my Bio scores and another subject test but no math?</p>
<p>Normally when these colleges make a "suggestion" they assume you'll do it. Unless you'll get terrible scores on the math test, take one of them.</p>
<p>when I called CALS admissions, the person actually said SAT IIs are not required at all. People who do not submit them are not penalized against those who do.</p>
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when I called CALS admissions, the person actually said SAT IIs are not required at all. People who do not submit them are not penalized against those who do.
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<p>You honestly believe what they said? I have to agree with colinization on that. Most students will submit SAT IIs. If you don't, you will be at a disadvantage. I don't really trust admission websites, since their primary purpose is to encourage as many students to apply as possible.</p>
<p>^they're going to blatantly lie to you? not coat the truth or understate, but actually lie? the message I got again and again was that it really doesn't matter if you send them at all and they didn't seem like they were trying to play tricks on me!</p>
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^they're going to blatantly lie to you? not coat the truth or understate, but actually lie? the message I got again and again was that it really doesn't matter if you send them at all and they didn't seem like they were trying to play tricks on me!
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<p>Almost every student will submit SAT IIs to corroborate their academic credentials. If you don't do so, you will be at disadvantage. It's as simple as that. Period.</p>
<p>I don't usually believe a university when it says it for example, "does not have cut-offs for SAT/GPA" etc. And "AP exams are not used in admission process." If AP exams play no role, then don't ask students to fill scores in applications.</p>
<p>yeah, they have to say that stuff because many people resent standardized testing and feel it has little to no merit, so if they don't they seem out of touch with general sentiment.
Also, unless they know your school they don't know how much they can trust your grades, which can be very unreliable. SATs and such help corroborate what your transcript says, (or hopefully it does).
Ex: I am a straight A student in English and an A+ student in math. On the SATs I got a 700 CR, 720 writing, and 780 math. These match up almost perfectly with what you'd expect a kid with those grades would get. Therefore, I have shown them my school is somewhat trustworthy.</p>
<p>and yeah, what Shifu Yoda said is true. Why make you fill in your AP scores if they neglect them?</p>
<p>Man, don't EVER trust college sites/adcoms/etc. if its optional do IT. This is experience speaking, if there's a section for APs/SAT I/IIs/etc. fill it unless it sucks really bad.</p>
<p>^Yes. That is a perfect summation of the situation.</p>