Going About Choosing Tests to Take

dchow08
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:07:02 +0000

For most colleges you only need 3 SAT’s, most likely all of your choice. So it’s just a waste of money to take so many. Some colleges have requirements though (example: you need to take a science SAT II), so check with them.

SAT Subject Tests are mostly used for placement, not for admission.

Taking all math/science tests is fine, as long as colleges somehow know that you can read literature (a large part of college is reading, after all. Colleges don’t want to accept someone who can’t even understand a newspaper article!). This can be shown by taking challenging English classes.

Why would you take biology, chemistry, physics, and both math subject tests? Beats me! You don’t need to take all those.

If colleges really thought it important that you show that your abilities are not only limited to math and science, they would have made it a requirement that you take math/science and another topic for subject tests. Most colleges don’t have any requirements for what specific subjects they want, and that should tell you that they don’t care what you take, as long as you take them.

Check with the colleges you’re thinking about applying to. I don’t know of any college that makes you take more than 3 Subject Tests.