<p>Although I was very happy with my SAT I score (2210), I have taken my SAT IIs multiple times and have not been as pleased. Some schools I am applying to require me to send subject test scores (Harvard, Georgetown, Amherst, Tufts, and Brown) while others (Northeastern, UC's, Boston University, Vanderbilt, Washington University in St. Louis, and Pepperdine) do not. I am trying to decide if I should just send all my scores to all my schools, or only send the subject test scores to the schools that require them. </p>
<p>Literature: 610 (I took it again and am waiting on a second score)
Math 2: 590 (I took it again and am waiting on a second score)
US History: 690 </p>
<p>I don't know my scores or so bad because I exceptionally well in school and have gotten 5s on all of my AP tests thus far.
Any advice would be very helpful! </p>
<p>I once spoke to an admissions officer at Stanford and she said that although submitting subject test scores does help , your application will be considered complete without them i.e. you will not be penalised. So , according to me , submitting bad test scores especially when they aren’t required seems a little foolish(especially if your are academically competent in all other areas).</p>
<p>Don’t submit poor test scores to schools that don’t require it (and in general, don’t submit anything that will hurt your application). If your retest scores are 700+, I’d say they’re good enough for BU and NEU, and even higher may be good enough to send to the others. </p>
<p>Don’t send those scores. If you are applying to some of the ivies, you have to send two. Hopefully you will score over 700 on your two retakes. Anything under 700 is not worth sending. </p>
<p>It might help some students to send those subject tests scores, but not you. By all means report all of your 5’s on AP tests! Those together with your SAT reasoning scores should satisfy schools that do not explicitly require subject test scores, and for you, those paint a much better picture. </p>
<p>The difference between your AP scores and subject test scores intrigues me. I’d guess that your classes did a very good job preparing you for the AP exams and/or you are much better with open response questions and writing than with multiple choice questions. Even though the AP scores are more coarse, I feel they much better reflect ones preparation for and ability to succeed in college coursework that subject tests do.</p>