<p>I’ll respond to the easiest question first. You need to take those two subject tests, because if you score well, they can only help you. What is your intended major? Something in the sciences, humanities, or social sciences? If science, try to get an 800 on Math II. If it is one of the others, work harder for US History, but having a very good Math II score will look good for you.
Now for the SAT. You are a bit on the lower side for NYU at least, so try to get it in the 2000s, or even 2100 would be better. Use this [SAT</a> Writing Questions - SAT Writing Questions.pdf - Minus](<a href=“http://minus.com/l4IZR1cu9DYOJ]SAT”>http://minus.com/l4IZR1cu9DYOJ)
It’s a list of a bunch of official College Board SAT questions of the day. All the answers are in the pdf. Don’t be scared by the Chinese, all you need for studying is in English
If you need to improve on vocab questions (you may or may not, since your score is already pretty high), you may want to pick up Direct hits volumes 1 and 2. The books have a total of around 400 ESSENTIAL words.
Look at this thread on how to approach the CR section. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1441408-how-do-you-approach-cr-dual-passage.html#post15284013[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/1441408-how-do-you-approach-cr-dual-passage.html#post15284013</a>
For reading comprehension, what I did, instead of reading long novels like Great Expectations, I picked up a copy of the Wall Street Journal or New York Times and read an article before going to bed. You don’t have to pick a boring one, just pick an article that you are interested in. While reading, constantly question the author: Why did he put this useless information in this paragraph? It must not be useless, why did he mean by this sentence!? Basically talk to yourself. But learning how to approach the passages is more important. Good luck!</p>