AP vs. Subject Test/Teacher Recs

Colleges & Universities Stanford University
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<p>I plan on applying to Stanford SCEA for fall 2010 admissions. I take the SAT Subject Test Nov. 7, but the deadline for SCEA is Nov. 1. I plan to take the subject test in literature since I want to major in Englsih. I have taken the AP Englsih language subject test and I scored a 4. Next fall I will take the English Lit. AP exam. Is it better for me to just send Stanford my AP English scores? Will they even look at the AP scores since I don’t have subject test scores? </p>

<p>I also have a question about teacher recomendations. I know Stanford requires 2 recomendations from teachers in core classes, and I have one from a Englsih teacher, but will Stanford accept a recomendation from a Theater Teacher or my AVID teacher. I feel they know me very well.</p>

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<p>Get your two core LOR and then add an optional one from the theater or AVID teachers.</p>

<p>Why aren’t you taking the Subject Test is early October, prior to the SCEA deadline?</p>

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<p>I am taking the SAT in October.I thought about taking the subject test in October prior to the deadline, but I decided not to since they are “recomended” and not required as the SAT scores are a requirement.</p>

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<p>For the Theater/AVID question: not as a teacher recommendation (has to be humanities, social science, math, or science), but as an optional recommendation, yes.</p>