<p>Are SAT Subject Tests required for admission into Duke?</p>
<p>They are if you plan to submit SAT scores. If you submit ACT scores, they are optional.</p>
<p>alright i’m submitting my ACT’s since that’s all i’ve taken. i will be taking 3 SAT IIs in october, do you suggest i send them? (i got a 35 on my act)</p>
<p>Since you’ve already got a great ACT score, don’t take the SAT IIs unless you need them to pad your application (i.e. demonstrate competency in math/science if you’re in Pratt).</p>
<p>Or if you’re certain you’ll 800 them all, I suppose.</p>
<p>well i’m not certain i’d 800 them all, i’m actually a little worried since i last took bio and ushistory (two of 3 tests im taking) last school year and i’ve had a whole summer to forget everything.</p>
<p>so do you think i should just take them (i’m already signed up and paid), and send them to places who might be turned off if i get low scores?</p>
<p>stressing out…</p>
<p>Well, if I understand it correctly (and mind you, it’s been a while since I’ve done SATs), you have several choices:</p>
<p>1) Take those tests and void them if you didn’t think you did well. </p>
<p>2) Take those tests, and use Score Choice to only send the ones that you like (mind you some schools will not like that)</p>
<p>3) Not take those tests and either cancel or take some other tests</p>
<p>Yeah, at this point, none of those options are particularly bad and none will hurt you at all. So no reason to stress.</p>
<p>ok i think i’ll just take them and void them if i do poorly. but if i did get like a 600 (ouch), would a high-level school like duke feel more strongly about rejecting me even though i did so well on the act?</p>
<p>Well you void them BEFORE you learn about your score. You can’t void your scores after you get the score. </p>
<p>Which school are you applying to? If you are going to Trinity you don’t even have to bother sending in your SAT II. Pratt you might want to.</p>
<p>ok i didnt know that.</p>
<p>i’m planning on applying to wisconsin-madison, duke, stanford, northwestern, and i dont really know after that</p>
<p>IIRC stanford doesn’t want you to use score choice. So that restricts your options a little.</p>
<p>Yeah SBR is right.</p>
<p>cvickst: sorry I meant which school within Duke are you applying to (Trinity or Pratt)?</p>
<p>oh ok i misunderstood. i’ll be applying to trinity</p>
<p>Oh then you really don’t have to worry about SAT II. Though if you want to go to Stanford, yeah you might want to study and do well on them.</p>
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<p>ok great thanks for the help. so i need to decide where to send my scores since i get 4 free. i guess i won’t send them to duke then since it could really only hurt me</p>