<p>I would like to see more colleges accept AP test scores as an alternative to SAT Subject Tests. </p>
<p>Often, taking both tests in the same subject seems like a waste of time. (This is especially true for U.S. History, where it’s basically the same test, except that the SAT Subject Test is multiple-choice only.)</p>
<p>It’s even more of a waste of time when a student in an IB diploma program takes THREE tests – one for the IB diploma, one to fulfill the Subject Test requirement for admission to some colleges, and one because AP generally gets you more college credit than IB–especially IB SL. My IB daughter took three Spanish tests in one month (IB SL, AP Spanish Language, and the SAT Subject Test), which seems absurd.</p>
<p>And allowing AP tests as an alternative to SAT Subject Tests would expand the number of subjects in which students could submit scores. Right now, for example, there’s no SAT Subject Test in economics, even though economics is a perfectly respectable academic subject. It would be nice if students who are interested in economics could submit their AP Macroeconomics and Microeconomics scores in lieu of an SAT Subject Test score.</p>