<p>Pls help. I don't feel I'm that strong in math. Would II be a death sentence? I'm applying to all the Ivies and many top 20 schools. What to do? :'( Will I be automatically rejected for taking what comes easier to me? Also taking Bio M and World History. </p>
<p>Taking Dec 2 (Sunday testing).
Opinions?</p>
<p>It’s usually recommended to take Math II over Math I (in fact, nearly 2x as many people take Math II). Math II tests up to pre-calculus, including some statistics.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the scoring curve for Math II is much more lenient than on Math I, so an 800 on Math I could in fact be more impressive than an 800 on Math II…</p>
<p>Don’t take a subject test if it is not a subject you excel in. It will not be impressive to a college that you took the test if you do not do well on it, since people usually take the tests for subjects they are good at and/or want to major in. If you want to major in math or engineering, you should definitely take a math subject test. If you are in calculus or above, take Math II and thoroughly review all precalc concepts. If you are in precalc, take Math I, there is too much precalc on II that you will not be familiar with.</p>
<p>I just took Math II today, I’m in AP Calc BC and I thought it was pretty difficult.</p>
<p>Math II has some tricky questions here and there (I’m familiar with the AMC/AIME competitions, so Math II was comparatively easy for me). I took Math II last year – got a little surprised when one of the questions asked me to construct a linear regression. Fortunately, I had just learned about a month prior, in AP Statistics, how to construct one.</p>
<p>I agree, unless the schools you’re applying to specifically require Math I/II, don’t take it if there’s a better one you can take.</p>
<p>If you can get a decent score on the math 2 why not? Just make sure you take a practice test first (if you take barrons know that the questions are much harder) However, not taking it is fine. It just shows you excel in biology or history. It isn’t required to excel in math to go to a good school.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! I’m actually a gap year student having already taken Calc.
I guess I’ll stick with math I seeing as how I’ll probably get a much better score compared to if I take math II. :D</p>