<p>I'm applying to physics programs at a bunch of schools, but I haven't taken the physics subject tests. I have, however, taken the math iic and us history subject tests, which takes care of the two required subject tests at most schools I'm applying to. I have registered for the Physics subject test this upcoming Saturday, but I'm not sure I'll score too high since I've been too busy to adequatly prepare myself. It's looking like I might be able to barely scrape by with a 700. It's not that I'm bad necessarily at physics, it's just that I have forgotten a lot of the stuff I learned last year and the test covers a ton of material, and only recently have I decided that I want to pursue a physics major instead of engineering which I had been planning on and see where that takes me. Would not taking the subject test disadvantage me since I want that major? I'm applying to UT-Austin, UC-B,LA,SB, UVA, UMich, and Rice as a physics major if that helps any.</p>
<p>Edit: Oh and I could ace this test if I had started preparing earlier, I've just been extremely busy with my classes and applications/essays. Maybe I should call customer service and move my test to January and take it then?</p>
<p>I would take the Physics SAT II, especially because your are applying to the physics program at a bunch of schools. Call College Board and see if you can have your test moved to January.</p>
<p>After checking deadlines and such, it seems like January would be too late. Should I take it and potentially receive a poor score (<700) or just avoid it? I've made A's in my physics and math classes and done well on the CalcBC AP, and math sat I and Sat II.</p>
<p>OK, are you applying to physics programs or to colleges, and saying that you intend to major in physics? Most colleges don't put much stock in what you say you are going to major in, unless it is engineering or some program that they really need to fill. So many students change majors (I changed from a physics major to a math major to an economics major, myself), that I don't think the colleges take too much notice of what you say you are going to major in. Unless there really is a separate physics program you are applying to, with a separate application and separate admissions procedure, I don't think you have to worry about taking the physics subject test.</p>
<p>Thanks dadx3 for your opinion. That helps soothe my fears. But I'm still kind of worried. The schools I'm applying to do not have seperate applicaitons or any of that (except for in some cases I have to write a few words about why I chose it for a short answer). </p>
<p>Does anyone else have any information/help/ideas on this?</p>
<p>Also, if I do take the subject test and feel that I didn't score high enough and cancel my score, will it show up on a score report that I canceled my score? I'm planning on sending full score reports once I receive my score on Nov. tests, and marking schools for my Dec. test scores to be sent to.</p>