<p>So here's the deal: I already took Math Level 2 last year and I'm taking Physics in June. But since I wanted to take 3 subject tests total, I also signed up for US History along with Physics. The problem is that I took Honors US History two years ago as a freshman, so I needed to review the concepts. I brought the Princeton Review book, skimmed it once, took one of the enclosed practice tests and got a 660. Then I re-read the book thoroughly, and got a 690 on an official College Board practice test.</p>
<p>Because I probably won't do so well in US History, should I consider canceling it? I got a 800 on Math Level 2 and I got 800s on both PR and CB practice tests for Physics, so I don't want another test bringing down my overall results. However, I am interested in applying to a few colleges that require 3 subject tests (namely Johns Hopkins and Georgetown). Would it be worth it for me to take the US History test if I end up with a score in the 650-700 range?</p>
<p>i have a very similar situation. i got an 800 on the math 2 and i plan to take phys and ush in june. On both the PR i got 800s as well and US is 730 about.
i posted another thread asking pretty much the same thing (titled "does it hold me back/bring me down" or something similar to that) and everyone's said that its still fine. i would take it. if you can pull above a 650 with you getting the other 2 800s it should be fine.</p>
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I kdon't know for sure but I have been told that some schools average the scores when it comes to the SAT Subject tests.
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<p>Thank you for noting that you're not sure about that. Unless someone shows me a college website that says that's what the college does, I'd be pretty sure that NO college does that. </p>
<p>We grappled with making the decision of whether to keep or not keep a score. At the time I contacted a few admissions officers from schools of interest anonymously and asked pertinent questions. We made a decision based on their replies. This was an individual decision based on individual circumstance. IMO that is how all of these decisions should be made. In our circumstance it was a certainty that one test was bombed but a second test taken at the same time had to be sacrificed if the score was to be dropped. With regard to averaging I would not necessarily expect this or any policy regarding multiple retakes of the same subject test to be available on the school's website. It is however easy enough to ask this question. As I said above I don't recall where the notion about averaging came from, it may have been from CC or from one of these conversations. What I do recall is that one officer specifically did say that while their particular school only regarded SAT II's if they were advantagous they would see the score and he could not account for the subjective effect it would have on the decision. Let me stress that this was not the statement that cinched the decision that we made. The decison was based on multiple factors.</p>