<p>Good evening (or afternoon or morning as the case may be). My name is Jaime, and I am a high school senior who is very interested in attending MIT, and would like to ask you a rather urgent question.</p>
<p>I am planning to apply early action. Just today I noticed, however, that the upcoming deadlines bulletin states November is the last month for standardized testing. Before, whenever I saw a November deadline, I thought it meant all standardized testing should be completed before the November the 1st deadline. Does this mean if I take standardized tests in November, they will count towards my early action application? </p>
<p>I would appreciate a timely response, for my strategy in stadarized testing depends on this greatly. Basically, I wanted to push back my SAT II's as much as possible to be able to prepare for physics with AP Physics (I have not taken physics in high school before), so I was planning on taking it this weekend. I already registered to re-take the SAT I on November. However, if I am reading this right, then I will switch the tests around - I will take the SAT I this weekend and take the SAT IIs on November. As a coronary, is it too late to change this? I know there will be a fee involved...</p>
<p>Thank you very much for taking the time to read this!</p>
<p>Yes, taking SATs in November counts for early action. I took an SAT II in November, applied early action, and encountered zero problems. Any later wouldn't work though, since the next date is 12/1, and you get the decisions back only about a week and a half after that!</p>
<p>As for making the change, you've already missed the deadline by two weeks or so. However, there is this quote from collegeboard:
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If you miss the deadline for making a change, you can still try to make the change on the day of the test. Go early to the test center of your choice and explain the situation to the test supervisor. If space and materials are available, you will be admitted before standbys. You will be billed for the change fee.
<p>Allright, thank you very much for the response. ^_^ This also applies if I have not fulfilled my testing requirement for an SAT II and plan to do it in November, right? I still need to take a science SAT II, so should I just leave that score blank in my application and take it November if possible?</p>
<p>Right, right. I think if it turns out you can't take it in November, you can still at that point switch your MIT app to Regular Action, which would also fix your problem.</p>
<p>Also, the whole "missed the deadline to change" thing only applies to the October test - you still have plenty of time to change the November test by phone or whatever. Sorry, I only just now realized I was kind of ambiguous.</p>
<p>I understand. Thanks a lot! I will use what you quoted and see if I can't get them to change my test into the SAT I at the test date.</p>
<p>I have one more question, in case anyone is able to answer. I am a native spanish speaker, and I will say that in the registration (not to mention, I put my country of origin as Peru and since I said I was a green card holder, it should overall be clear I am an immigrant). Is it enough to just state that I am fluent in Spanish by birth for the application, or should I take the SAT II Spanish with listening to corroborate this?</p>
<p>Yes, I realize that, but its the only preparation I can have (assuming I didn't quit AP Physics C in favor of Honors or regular physics, that is). It and the SAT II preparation book will have to do, unfortunately. I hope MIT will understand, looking at the classes I took, that I didn't have adequate preparation.</p>
<p>Oooh, I had to teach myself for the SAT II Physics, too! Good times. Just kidding, they were pretty bad times. I used Sparknotes's book (which I really liked), and got a 730, so you should be able to do pretty well. KE = .5mv^2 is really all you need for half of that test. From my experience, at least.</p>