<p>I’ve heard that although some colleges only need you to take two or three SAT II Subject Tests, it looks much better if you have four or five.<br>
Is this true at all?
Can anyone elaborate on this?</p>
<p>Why take four or five? That’s just suicide.</p>
<p>Well if it’s going to look better to colleges then I want to know</p>
<p>Harvard and Princeton I think require three. Everywhere else is either three or less, so I guess you could take five and send in the best 3, or send them all in… but it won’t really change anything.</p>
<p>Harvard admissions dean Fitzsimmons likes SAT-II’s a lot:</p>
<p>[The</a> Harvard Crimson :: News :: SAT May Someday Be Optional, Dean Says](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=524170]The”>http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=524170)</p>
<p>I think if you don’t have a lot of AP scores to show then a lot of high SAT-II scores will help with the top colleges. If you are not aiming at the HYPS level colleges then it might not help.</p>
<p>bump…10char.</p>
<p>There is a lot of pressure for the top schools to increase their socio-economic diversity. They are doing away with ED and EA programs for this reason. They would like to do away with standardized test, which make socio-economic diversity a real challenge. They want to focus more on life-experiences and essays. Many of the professionals in this area are interpreting data to conclude that wealthy families and middle-class famililies that prioritize college prep. programs and standardized test preparation have an unfair advantage over students from single-parent households who live in areas with underperforming public schools and cannot invest the money or time into test prep. The HYPS schools really want to expand their diversity, but the hang-ups on SATs are a real barrier.</p>