<p>So last May I got two 790 on SATII Science and an 800 on Math. Many of the schools that I am applying to only asked for two SATIIs, so should I send my Math schore and one of my Science? Or should I send all three scores? I am not sure if the colleges want to see both of my 790s.</p>
<p>What kind of question is this? It asks you for two SAT II scores. Send the two highest, isn’t that obvious? Why would you send three if they did not ask for it?</p>
<p>Am I missing something?</p>
<p>Of course, you should send them all. Colleges are happy to see any scores that you have and those are great ones.</p>
<p>Hadsed, the two scores is a minimum, so you are not obligated to take more or send ones you’re not happy with. But all schools welcome more good information. The worst they will do is plug in only two scores in their database and the third gets ignored.</p>
<p>Absolutely send all three scores. The colleges will be happy to see that you have three high scores on the SAT II’s.</p>
<p>By the way post #2 is very wrong and there was no need to be so nasty in your reply.</p>
<p>You should send all three. </p>
<p>Post #2 is wrong in a couple of respects. Score Choice allows you to send your two highest. You are not obligated to do Score Choice and can send ALL your scores. In this case, with your three very high scores, all should be sent. Further, when hadsed said to send your two highest scores, it didn’t answer the question because you have 800 on one test and 790 on two tests and so picking the two “highest” scores is a tie as the second highest score was achieved on two different tests. </p>
<p>In any case, you should be sending all three. Two are required, but you may send all three.</p>
<p>If any of the schools you are applying to are among the few that require three tests, you need one more score.</p>
<p>Those schools want the three tests to be in different fields. Although there’s no reason why you can’t send them a math score and two science scores, they also want to see a score in something other than math or science.</p>
<p>^ Marian Do you mean that the the few who want to see three want to see three completly unrelated tests? Which schools are requiring three unrelated?</p>
<p>Why on earth wouldn’t you send all three?</p>
<p>The main one I’ve heard of is Georgetown. There were some other schools that used to require three, but I think some of them now only require two. These requirements keep changing!</p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any school that wouldn’t take Math, Chemistry, and Biology as the three scores (if three were required). A number of schools used to require English, Math, and one other test, before the SAT II English test got incorporated into the SAT I. Most of them then went to a two-test requirement (Math + something else), but a few schools still require three (Math + 2 somethings else). I have never heard of a college that requires three and says one has to be non math/science.</p>
<p>I’d send any score over 750 even if they only require two - it can’t possibly hurt. I’ve seen schools that asked for a math and a science (and in the case of Carnegie Mellon SCA specifically physics or chemistry), and schools that say Math 1 and Math 2 can’t count as two tests. </p>
<p>Georgetown does indeed require three subject tests, but has no rules about what subjects they should be. I wouldn’t do two maths, but I don’t think doing two sciences and a math would be a problem.</p>
<p>Just piling on - You have 3 excellent scores, and I see no reason not to send them all.</p>
<p>Dunno, sounds like following instructions to me. [shrug]</p>
<p>hadsed, it is not about following instructions. The school lists what is REQUIRED. But for example, you can send three sittings of the SAT and they only count the highest scores. You also can send ALL SAT Subject Tests or just your two highest scores. Or you can send some, but not all of your Subject Tests, but still more than two. The colleges just state what is required. Just because there is SCORE CHOICE doesn’t mean you have to ELECT to use Score Choice. You can send all test scores if you wish, or all your good ones, etc. Before Score Choice, a college saw all your scores even if just two SAT Subject Test scores were required. It is not unusual for students to take more than two subject tests. The college can just count the two highest, but they will see the rest if you send them. </p>
<p>I’ll give you another example…when my younger daughter applied to college, none of her schools required SAT Subject Tests. But she took three of them and sent them anyway (and at the time, Writing was a Subject Test and not part of the regular SAT). Also, there was no Score Choice. She happened to score very highly on two of these tests. Now, while these were not required, her colleges saw them on the score report, along with her SAT scores. I can’t help but think that these helped in terms of admissions or the scholarships she was awarded. She was an early graduate (graduating after junior year) and so it also helped to show her knowledge in those areas despite being an early graduate and also she attended a no name rural public high school and at least it showed her command of those subjects as students from our high school may not typically attend some of the colleges she applied to. I just believe they looked at these scores as they couldn’t avoid seeing them on the score report even though they were not required. </p>
<p>And while I don’t wish to open a whole 'nother subject. I also recommend students send supplemental recommendations (non-academic) in addition to the required academic teacher recs.</p>
<p>Don’t expend any more psychic energy contemplating this. Send all three. Good. You’re done.</p>
<p>^ agree with soovievt. If you know you will have a great recommendation from another person such as a college professor, employer from an internship, coach than send that letter as well. I would send it seperately from the GC package. Be sure to provide your ID number and full name to be included at the top of the rec for the person who will be writing it. I believe these extra letters cemented my kids admission to their school.</p>
<p>Send them all. Do you really think any college wants you not to tell them about your best achievements? And isn’t a 790 on an SAT-II an achievement?</p>
<p>And hadsed, if the quality of your advice is going to be this low, do our young people a favor and zip it. Are you even an adult?</p>
<p>“Now, while these were not required, her colleges saw them on the score report, along with her SAT scores. I can’t help but think that these helped in terms of admissions or the scholarships she was awarded.”</p>
<p>Exactly. My daughter was told by the schools that awarded her merit aid that her SAT II scores helped in determining the amount of the awards. I don’t see any point in ever hiding excellent SAT II or AP exam scores. BTW soozievt, I recall that one of your daughters recently graduated from NYU. NYU is one of those schools that will accept three Subject Tests in lieu of the SAT I.</p>
<p>hudsonvalley, yes, NYU’s NEW admissions requirements have a variety of options such as you mentioned whereby a student can submit 3 Subject Tests in lieu of the SAT I. These new policies began in last year’s admissions cycle and were tweaked a bit in this year’s cycle. </p>
<p>Back when my D applied to NYU for the fall of 2005 admissions, you had to send the SAT I (or ACT) and then Subject Tests were not required (I can’t recall but I think they may have been recommended). It turned out none of her colleges required Subject Tests but she had taken three (all in tenth grade, which is also when she took the SATs) mostly out of “habit” as her older sister had taken them for her colleges which all required them. D2 applied to college during her junior year of high school. I will never know what they based her large scholarship upon, but she clearly had two very high SAT Subject Tests and they would have seen these, even though not required. I’m sure a mix of factors went into the award. Again, if you have great scores and even if not required, it can only benefit you to send them. This daughter had no AP scores and had very strong SAT I scores but I highly doubt these were the highest scores at such a university. So, obviously several factors had to go into it.</p>