<p>I was reading Admission Matters, and on page 128 it says, "If you take more than two Subject Tests, the colleges that require only two say that they will consider only the two highest scores, though they will see all of them, unless you use Score Choice." What if I want to send all of my scores, but my two highest scores aren't the ones that are the most relevant to my major/my interests? I have 800s in math and Chinese (but I'm Chinese...) but I'm still waiting for biology scores and planning on taking French in October. I don't know if I will get full score on bio, and there's no way I can get 800 on French, but I will probably major in some sort of geoscience and French plays a significant part in my high school life. </p>
<p>So I'm kinda confused. What happens if I send all four scores? Will colleges just ignore biology and French, even though those two would show my interests better than math and Chinese would? Should I only send biology and French scores, or is that a dumb idea?</p>
<p>Send them all, they will look at all of them. As a matter of fact, I always recommend that students send two in addition to a language one if they are a native speaker.</p>
<p>They will see all scores, and consider all of them as well. The SAT subject tests you take show what your interests are. Its okay if you don’t get 800’s on the tests. A lot of 800’s are rejected, while I’ve seen Stanford applicants with scores below 700 get in (checkout the results thread for class of '15). What they mean when they say they will consider the two highest scores is that your lower scores will not be a disadvantage to you, as you have already proven your proficiency with the two higher scores. 700+ is excellent on the national scale, and again, even 600-somethings get in to top colleges. Don’t worry about them at all, as we can already see that you will probably score 750+ on French and Biology.</p>
<p>Since you have a passion for French and Bio, show that through your ECs and essays. I think that will affect your chances favorably, especially since you will score well (800 is not the only “good” score) on the subject tests. </p>
<p>Send all, especially if you score 700+. Remember again, that below 700s regularly get into top 25’s. I would say don’t spend another minute worrying about the subject tests (besides some review before the French test), and focus more on developing your ECs/passions more and your essay topics. Good luck!</p>
<p>Okay, thank you so much! :)</p>