<p>I'm considering signing up for three SAT II tests on the December SAT date. The problem is, it conflicts with a fairly major debate tournament that I wanted to attend on the same weekend. Would it seriously injure my application to decide to not submit Subject Tests? For some of the schools I'm considering applying to (Kenyon and Carleton, as examples), the College Board profiles indicate that they "recommend" SAT IIs, but I don't believe I'm seriously considering any schools that require them. I have take both the SAT I and the ACT with writing.
Would you recommend that I take the weekend off to take the tests?</p>
<p>Do stand by testing.</p>
<p>What does that mean?</p>
<p>To admissons officers “recommended”= “required” , in order to be seriously considered.</p>
<p>OK, I looked up what stand-by testing on the College Board website entailed, and it seemed to imply that it only occurred on test dates as well. Is there something I am missing?</p>
<p>I am not sure what the stand by testing is supposed to mean, either. I think the poster assumed you were not sure if you could make the date, but I see you cannot make it. How about January?</p>
<p>“Recommended” does NOT equal “required.” If it did, they would say the SAT subject tests are “required” just like the SAT reasoning test or the ACT is.</p>
<p>If you go directly to the Kenyon College website, they explain that the subject tests are given far less weight in the evaluation than other factors.</p>
<p>If you search these CC forums, You will see that questions about “recommended” tests have been asked many times in connection with specific colleges, and that these are almost always answered by people who have personal experience in being accepted by that college without taking the “recommended” tests. I don’t know about Kenyon or Carleton, but I know I have seen this happen many times on the Northwestern U boards.</p>
<p>If you took the ACT, it’s probably ok if you don’t take SAT IIs as a lot of schools take either the ACT or the SAT I with subject tests.</p>
<p>worriedmom- I put the words “recommended” and “required” in quotes. In doing so I was trying to indicate, as I HAVE learned, that it is highly recommended that students submit what is “recommended” AS IF IT WERE “required”, especially for the top colleges that are most competative. Get it? Often time students on CC ask" if it’s not required do I really need to submit a test?"
The answer is, give the admissions committees what they ask for, NOT JUST WHAT IS REQUIRED.</p>
<p>^Agree. Optional usually means you should submit it. I believe Harry Bauld wrote that in his essay book. Optional essay means you should write it, it is not optional.</p>
<p>if they are recommened then I would take them. Without these recommended tests.. there is a large possibilibty of getting rejected. I know that they are tedious.:]</p>