<p>I'm probably going to major in something science-related (engineering), but many of the schools I'm looking at only specify one of the two subject tests that must be submitted, the Math II test. Because of the way my classes have worked out, I'm not in a position to take any of the science tests without a significant amount of self-study (like, learning >50% of the material). On the other hand, I think I could take a language test (probably Latin) and do quite well. So my question is, if a college doesn't specify that a science test be taken, does it really mean they won't care if I don't submit one? And if I should submit a science test, could I feasibly get a good score if I have to teach myself most of the material?</p>
<p>I think its best to take a math, science, and a humanities SAT just so you are prepared for any application requirement. I felt SAT Chemistry was pretty easy, but if you aren't doing so well in your science classes, perhaps Biology-Ecology would be easiest since its mainly memorization.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response. My problem isn't that I don't do well in my science classes, but there are two other obstacles:</p>
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<li><p>My school doesn't have AP classes (it's a small charter school). That means I don't have the advantage of AP classes taking care of a large part of the test prep.</p></li>
<li><p>I switched schools after my sophmore year. At my first school, we had chemistry in freshman year (which was pretty basic, and I've forgotten most of it) and actually didn't have a science class in sophmore year (we had a weird curriculum). The school I switched to has two years of physics, 10th grade and 11th grade. Because I transfered after 10th grade, I missed the first year of physics, so I'm really only learning half of the physics concepts that would be on a physics subject test. Finally, I've missed biology altogether, since my first school didn't teach it until junior year and my new school already had it in freshman year. Next year, I'll be taking chemistry again at my new school, but by then it'll be too late to take the test.</p></li>
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<p>Hope that wasn't too convoluted an explanation :) Basically, that's the dilemma I'm in. Maybe I'll look into the Bio-E test if you think that would be the easiest.</p>
<p>I'm sure you have taken U.S history or World history, try that. Are you taking spanish? try that one.</p>
<p>^ That sounds good, but doesn't take care of the problem of a science test.</p>
<p>As far as languages, my school is heavily classics-based which means Latin and Greek, so no Spanish for me :/</p>
<p>Do most of the prep books out there cover literally everything you could be asked on a test, or are they primarily a refresher of things you were expected to learn in school?</p>