A few questionas about requirements

prefect
Mon, 21 May 2007 15:38:51 +0000

As others have said, this info is easily obtained from the schools’ websites. Lolabelle is incorrect. Not all of the schools require SAT 2’s if you have taken ACT. For example, from Penn’s website:
FRESHMAN ADMISSIONS PROCESS

Testing

Students Applying for Entrance in September 2006:
For students graduating from high school in 2006, and applying to Penn for the Class of 2010, we highly encourage you to take the new SAT I with Writing, administered by the College Board beginning in March 2005. If you have taken both the old and new SAT I, we will evaluate your application using the highest of your scores that you present, whether from the old or new. Students planning to take the ACT, in lieu of the SAT I and II exams are required to take the new ACT with Writing, administered by the ACT beginning February 2005.
The SAT

Tufts also does not require SAT 2 if you take the ACT (see Tufts.edu, then do the same for the other schools on the list)

* Freshman applicants must take the SAT I and two SAT II: Subject Tests.

Candidates to the School of Engineering and Applied Science or the Wharton School are encouraged to take a Mathematics Subject Test.

Students applying to the College are encouraged to take a foreign language Subject Test. This test is used for both admissions and proper placement at the college level. Appropriate language scores also afford exemption from the language requirement.

Students interested in science-related fields, and especially applicants to the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Nursing, are encouraged to take a science Subject Test.

Registration materials for the SAT I and SAT II: Subject Tests may be obtained from your guidance office.


School Codes:
School codes for the University of Pennsylvania are:
ETS Code: 2926
ACT Code: 3732

The ACT
The American College Test with Writing, may be used in lieu of the SAT I and two SAT II: Subject Tests.

Timing

* Early Decision candidates should take these examinations either during the junior year or in the summer before the senior year, but no later than November 2005. Early Decision candidates who opt for November examinations must rush their test scores to us.

Regular Decision candidates should complete all testing by December of their senior year. First-time testing delayed until January will place the applicant at a disadvantage in our evaluation process. Tests retaken in January will be accepted.

Please Note: Using the score suppression option may result in scores not being received by the applicable deadline.


TOEFL Examinations
In addition to the required SAT I and SAT II: Subject Tests, all students whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) administered by the College Entrance Examination Board, Box 899, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. Results should be forwarded directly to the Penn Admissions office. Contact Educational Testing Services for more information.

Here is a link to Penn: http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/testing.php