ougnala

I'm under the impression that if a school requires only 2 SAT IIs, then the third one has absolutely no effect on my chance of admission
[{(plz correct if I'm wrong)}]


Now, is there a list that has all the schools that require 3 SAT IIs? or schools that require one SAT II regarding humanities (world history, lit, etc)? I looked on collegeboard. But all it shows is that SAT IIs are required, it doesn't specify which ones or how many the college wants.

colleges of interest/hope:
* Carnegie Mellon U
* Cornell U
* Harvard C
* MIT
* Northwestern U IL
* Princeton U
* Rice U
* Stanford U
* U Calif Berkeley
* U Michigan

not applying to all, but don't know which ones to apply to

2blue

Check each school's website. Off the top of my head, I remember that Harvard wants three and Stanford says if you take a math subject test, they prefer you take the Math II test.

Jenife

hi, i cant say much for the others, but i live in berkeley...so

berkeley only requires two from different subject areas. the engineering program requires math 2 & chem/physics. its really competitive & many ppl try to take many tests to impress, but it hurts ur chances if ur scores are not high.

Disneyguy

Princeton absolutely requires 3 SAT Subject Tests even if you take the ACT. They recommend 3 different subject areas (as always). If applying for engineering, they want the Math Level II and a science test, and then one from the humanities.

ougnala

Jackpot: Standard list for colleges’ standardized testing requirements AdmitSpit
no promises though, long links sometimes don't work. The site has all the SAT and SAT II requirements of a handful of colleges

I'm still a little ambivalent on whether I should take more than 2 subject tests. I mean if I take physics when I don't need to and get a 800, would that help in any significant way? Or should I play it safe and stick with math II and chem and aim for a more promising dual 800s.




btw, if you want to go to Princeton's engineering program, you don't need to take a humanities subject test. Unless I'm wrong, their site said a math a science and a one of your choice. again, {[please correct me if I'm wrong.]}

swoop

for school's of this caliber the best thing is to take math iic, one of the sciences, and history/lit/language test to show that you are well-rounded.. again, scores are used to show your interest so you REALLY only need two...

most of these school's want you to take Math IIC over math IC but it depends on your math courses/background.. you NEVER have to take a specific humanities/science test.. you could apply for science and take u.s history or apply for humanities and take physics.. it doesn't matter but a subject test in YOUR preference will help.. don't worry about the college wants aside from the math test...

adamonkey2

does it matter if your third is a language one?
for example, i took math2c, physics and french, not sure how helpful french is as a third SAT2.
also, i hear that lots of schools only take your 2 highest sat2 scores, if they dont take my french, then they would have no idea im good at french, that would be an issue wouldn't it. (i could write it in the supplemental area..)

grade inflati0n

^that is good, the combination.
i think that they see your score and take it into account, especially if you do well

Baelor

^adam, those are the exact ones I took. Now, if Collegeboard would only put the blasted scores up I would know how I did on Physics and French...