<p>I’m a junior at the moment. I’m homeschooled, and my charter school doesn’t offer AP’s. My target school is Stanford, with most likely a history major. For my Subject Tests I’m planning to take:</p>
<p>Chinese (already taken, got 800)
US History
World History
Spanish
Math II
Biology M</p>
<p>Is that a bit overkill? They all fit neatly into the Common App, though. (Kinda makes up for the blank AP spots!) Would I be better off by dropping one, and focusing on the others?</p>
<p>I did really well in a college-level biology class; I just have to review all the material. I’m taking Pre-Cal and US History at my comm. college this spring (hopefully, if not I’ll take Spanish and Pre-Cal at another college). And it seems logical for a history major to take the history exams?</p>
<p>Ordinarily 6 is too many, but it seems like colleges generally want more from homeschooled students so it could be helpful. I don’t know if it’s necessarily a good idea to take two different history tests though.</p>
<p>I think Heavn means that two history exams might be too much overlap in content, but I disagree. You shouldn’t take Math I and Math II, for example, but US and World History are different enough.
Taking 5 or 6 subject tests is not a bad idea for a homeschooled student. These exams are not time consuming or difficult, and give you instant credentials.
As for whether you should drop one, you’re the best judge of that. If you’re aiming for Stanford, you would like to have all scores 750 and above. If you need to drop one to accomplish that, do it. And yes, I think taking two history tests would show that you’re serious about history.</p>
<p>Well if you’re trying to show that you love history fine (I didn’t read carefully enough to see that you’d be a history major). But if you’re just trying to show proficiency in a subject, another SAT II may be overkill.</p>
<p>Since you’re not taking Lit, make sure you do well on the English sections of SAT I.</p>