<p>SAT2s are no longer required, just “strongly recommended”. Because it isn’t required, it won’t count against you if you don’t take it. </p>
<p>Let’s be real, though: if a school you love strongly recommends that you do something, you should probably give it a shot.</p>
<p>If you’re going to sign up for a few, take whatever subjects you think will help you. As you know, [foreign</a> language scores can help you place out of that requirement](<a href=“http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/college/requirements/language_placement_index.html]foreign”>http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/college/requirements/language_placement_index.html) here, but you might also think about using them to supplement your transcript.</p>
<p>Let’s say you want to be a science major and your biology teacher in HS is tough…former college professor, no joke in the lab, etc. You and your classmates are struggling to make Bs, but you know that material forwards and backwards. If you take the SAT2 in Bio and score very well, it might help supplement that bio score and make us see that you know your “stuff”.</p>