<p>What does that mean? If you choose not to take the SAT, but the ACT instead, do you still have to take the subject tests?</p>
<p>Usually no. What particular college are you taking about? For example I know Brown will take either the SAT and 2 subject tests or just the ACT. Here is a website that breaks it down by college:</p>
<p>[Compass:</a> Admissions Requirements](<a href=“SAT Subject Test Requirements and Recommendations”>SAT Subject Test Requirements and Recommendations)</p>
<p>It doesen’t cover many state and local universities but does cover the more prestigious ones if you will.</p>
<p>Well there’s colleges that require 2-3 (yikes!) subject tests, and I could only really find one I’d do acceptable in (Math II). But schools like Georgetown require 3 Subject Tests… I’d rather just not apply at all, to be honest.</p>
<p>Unless it’ll just take the ACT. :)</p>
<p>Well Gtown is weird. Sometimes they will waive the requirement of 3 subject tests if “extenuating circumstances” exist. But look at the link; it breaks it all down. A ton of good schools will take just the ACT. Brown, Ponoma, Swarthmore, and Yale to name just a few.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s just my luck that all of the UCs require 2 Subject Tests. Guess I’ll have to find one more to take in the fall. :(</p>
<p>You could technically do Math I and Math II, but I don’t think adcoms would be very impressed if you did that. If you take an AP course, you should be able to do decently well on the corresponding SAT II.</p>
<p>According to PR, UC Berkeley claims that if a Math Subject Test is taken, it has to be Math II because Math I isn’t acceptable.</p>
<p>I bought a book for US History, but I don’t even know how to begin studying. It’s 350 years of pure memorization.</p>
<p>Any other easier alternatives? Math is definitely my strongest subject, and English is definitely my weakest. Everything else falls in between.</p>
<p>Yeah, USH is just memorizing weird crap. I’m taking the AP course next year so I figure I would do alright on the SAT II as well which I’m taking in May. And you are right, I didn’t know that the UC’s had such a requirement. If you are good in the sciences, you could try that. I mean I know Physics has a really good curve, but don’t even go near Physics if you have not taken a decent course on it. Also if you are good at a foreign language, you could go that route. Just make sure you are really good at the language because a lot of natives also take the test which tends to make the curve really harsh.</p>
<p>Haven’t taken Physics and signed up for Human Anatomy senior year. Yikes.
Which is easier between Biology and Chemistry?</p>
<p>For me, Bio would be a lot easier than Chem. I think I would die if I had to take Chem. You could take a practice test for both and see which you do better on. But I have also heard that if you read over the Princeton Review and Barron’s Bio Subject Test Books like twice, you will do well on the exam.</p>