When SAT IIs are recommended, not required

Test Preparation SAT Subject Test Preparation
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<p>I want to submit by ACT score to Northwestern and Johns Hopkins - both of which "recommend" you take "up to three" subject tests regardless of whether you send your SAT or ACT. </p>

<p>I'm signed up for the subject tests in French and Lit, and I'm expecting somewhere in the 700s. I could technically take a math subject test, but I definitely cannot guarantee I'll get anywhere close to a 700. Would only submitting two subject tests look bad, even though technically none are REQUIRED? I'd rather have only two good scores than an inconsistent mix of three...</p>

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<p>I don’t think submitting 2 would look bad if “up to 3” (i.e. 1, 2, or 3) are RECOMMENDED. It doesn’t even say they flat out recommend 3, just up to 3.</p>

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<p>Isn’t Johns Hopkins an engineering school? I bet their expecting atleast some math or science SATs</p>

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<p>Yeah, but I want the Writing Seminars major. So I doubt they care. </p>

<p>And I just relooked, Hopkins says “up to three” but NU just says “three are recommended” But, I’m looking at Medill for journalism, so again, I doubt math is as important.</p>