<p>Can I use my 800’s on my SAT II’s in World and US History to maneuver myself into a better position than others who have the same SAT I score.</p>
<p>Not necessarily. Every app reader has his/her own biases. Some may prefer SAT/ACT scores and others might side toward subject tests. Moreover, having two perfect subject tests in the same subject is not as good as having two strong subject tests in different disciplines (History & Math 2, for example).</p>
<p>If your field of interest is History, it might help to support and show your dedication and abilities. However, so many students change their majors while in college, that major (particularly a relatively popular one like History), is generally not a large factor in college admissions.</p>
<p>All you can do is list them on your transcript, period. They’re good to have – certainly better than having lower scores, but that’s about it. Can they make up for low SAT I’s? How low?</p>
<p>Is bluebayou’s point really valid?
Do UCs look more favorably upon 2-3 strong SAT II subject tests in different fields than perhaps 2 strong ones in a focused field?
ex) (790 Bio E/M + 760 US History + 800 Math II) for someone wanting to major in any of those three fields vs. (800 Bio E/M + 800 Chemistry) for someone wanting to major in Biology and do research in biochemistry?</p>
<p>I don’t believe they cut it so fine. I mean, if someone were to say they wanted to major in Bio, but only took Subject Tests in the social sciences and the humanities, it might look a little weird, but not enough to really jump off the page and harm the applicant, IMHO.</p>
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If you are asking about the UCs, then yes, it is valid. And it isn’t just that they look on it “more favorably,” it is a requirement that the SAT subject tests be in two different areas:</p>
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[University</a> of California Admissions](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/examination_reqs.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/examination_reqs.html)</p>
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<p>ALL colleges look more favorably on strong scores across disicplines, which is why some require three Subject Test scores. The more the better for Stanford, too.</p>
<p>^Oh! Sorry about that, bluebayou! I did not at all mean to imply that your point was not valid for non-UC admission, just that it was an actual requirement at the UCs.</p>
<p>I find that bluebayou’s posts are uniformly valid.</p>
<p>^^no problem, alamemom; I understood your (correct) point, but I was just trying to broaden it to reinforce that one-trick ponies aren’t as popular as multi-trick ponies (even MIT requires kids to take English and history).</p>
<p>YES, YES YOU CAN!!!.. Just send them in. lol.</p>
<p>Hm, that’s helpful in planning. Now I see more potential in taking the SAT US History, Bio E/M, and Math II than my original plan of taking the SAT Bio E/M, Chem, and Physics (or Math II)
Thanks.</p>
<p>For the answer for what my SAT scores were they were 610 Math, 670 Reading and 610 writing. I took 2 AP exams: US History and World History(Self-Studied) which I am pretty sure I got fives on. I got a 3.7 gpa.</p>
<p>you still have to take math 2 for top colleges</p>
<p>^^No you do not need to take Math (1 or 2), unless you are applying to an Engineering/tech school in which case M2 is practically a must.</p>
<p>Don’t forget that the vast majority of adcoms were liberal arts majors, so they’ll be just as impressed with an 800 on Bio/Chem/Physics as with Math 2.</p>