<p>Don’t worry, members of the forum, I am not that ■■■■■■■■.</p>
<p>Very happy this morning. Called DD with her scores, she said “I am sorry” and I said “not, you did great”. </p>
<p>Phy- 800; Bio M 750, USH 750. </p>
<p>I do have a question to the experienced ones. I read on some school’s web sites and they say something like “Scores from any years of high school will be accpeted but we prefer scores from the senior year”. Does DD have to retake these all again?</p>
<p>Those are great scores for your daughter! Particularly for taking them all on one day. I too am interested in hearing from those more experienced about retaking the tests- my daughter is a sophomore and has already taken Math II and Chemistry- while she will be continuing studies in these areas, I encouraged her to take the test while it’s still fresh in her mind- which it may not be in two years! Any thoughts from others?</p>
<p>My son finished all of his testing in his junior year and did fine (even by LB’s standards 
) in college admissions. I don’t think she needs to retake any SAT II tests. Most students take the SAT II subject test when they finish the course. If it is a senior course (e.g. taking Physics or US History for the first time in senior year), it would obviously be too late when they finish the course to take the test for college admissions.</p>
<p>PS Now that your D has achieved such high scores on two science SAT 2’s, I think you can just forget that whole business about retaking the ACT due to her “low” science score.</p>
<p>These are incredible scores! No she does not need to re-take. My son did no testing senior year and he got accepted everywhere he applied. I don’t recall any of his schools saying they preferred senior year scores, though. Anyone else have experience with that? With scores this high, I think there’s a random chance to even score lower on a re-take. I’d just celebrate with her.</p>
<p>Thanks MotherofTwo; in my view, better to get them out of the way. I thought that most students took them when they finished the course- when I saw LB’s post I thought- “she’s going to kill me if she has to re-take them!”</p>
<p>No! Absolutely not, she does not have to retake her tests. Where did you read that? I’ve never heard that before, and I’ve been tuned into this stuff for several years.
What colleges do like to see is recommendations from junior or senior year, but even that is just a recommedation.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter. Fabulous scores. So sad that she felt the need to apologize. 
Give her hugs… Hopefully she is done with tests and can now enjoy her studies, her friends, and the rest of her life.</p>
<p>definitely will celebrate. Will take her to M’d and will even buy some fries this time, I think.</p>
<p>PS. Here is the direct quote: "Test results from any of your high school years are acceptable, though we encourage senior-year testing. Primary consideration will be given to the highest individual scores, whenever they occurred. "</p>
<p>LB, She definitely doesn’t need to take them again. My sons’ high schools recommend that they take the SAT-II right after completing the relevant class – DS1 took Math Level II after freshman year, and DS’s friends took SAT-II Bio right after pre-IB Bio at the end of 9th grade. DS2 elected to wait til the end of soph year, as he is taking AP Enviro and Honors Chem, and he thinks those will help him score very well.</p>
<p>Congrats to your D!</p>
<p>LB- I looked at the Wash U website you referenced- I think they are expressing a preference for SAT or ACT scores during the senior year- not necessarily SAT II scores. In fact, it looks as if the SAT II scores are optional. So I would not worry. Be happy!</p>
<p>Perhaps they “encourage” senior year testing because most students do better at that point. I wouldn’t conclude from this comment that they actually prefer earlier scores.</p>
<p>I meant for all tests, SAT I , ACT, and SAT II. I know most people took SAT II right after AP class and most of universities have SAT II as optional. </p>
<p>What about SAT I and ACT. How many of your children did not take SAT I nor ACT in senior year and did o.k. with admission? </p>
<p>PS. Thanks to all.</p>
<p>S took SAT-II Chem in freshman year, SAT-II Writing and SATII-Math2C as well as SAT in sophomore year and applied to colleges in junior year. No one raised eyebrows or suggested he retake.</p>
<p>These are great scores! As is her ACT score. The SAT-II scores for Chem and Phys are more important than the ACT science score anyway. She’s done with testing.</p>
<p>My daughter took the SAT twice as a junior. She took two SAT Subject Tests (math II and USH) as a sophomore and one (Spanish) as a junior (with scores in roughly the same range as your daughter’s). Never took the ACT. She had no problems with admissions.</p>
<p>My only concern is that your daughter has not taken a Math SAT II. This may or may not be OK depending on the exact colleges and programs she plans to apply to. She may want to check online to see whether any of her intended schools require or recommend that she take a Math SAT II. If they don’t ask for it, then she’s done with SAT IIs.</p>
<p>I’m sure she will enjoy being done with any part of this process.</p>
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<li><p>There’s no way that any college would “prefer” SAT IIs to be taken in the senior year. I know some kids do wait until the fall to take one test sometimes, but taking them in the spring seems pretty universal.</p></li>
<li><p>I only recently became aware that some schools express a preference for senior-year SAT Is. It’s not just Wash U; someone else reported someone from Yale saying that at an information session. Neither of my kids retook the SAT I as seniors. My daughter took it twice as a junior; my son once. Neither had enough room for improvement to make it seem worthwhile to retake the test. On the other hand, neither of them was accepted at Yale. I don’t think the lack of senior SATs had anything to do with it, though.</p></li>
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<p>Both took three SAT IIs as juniors, including Math 2. My son also took the Chemistry SAT II as a sophomore; he did meaningfully less well on it than on any of the tests he took the next year.</p>
<p>Neither of my kids took their SATs in their senior year and they did great in terms of college admission. Although the scores the two kids earned were not similar, each prepared adequately (on their own) and they (and I) felt that the scores they earned as juniors reflected their abilities, and there was no reason to take them again.</p>
<p>My son took ACT only Feb. of junior year. He took SAT I and SAT IIs in spring of junior year. No re-takes. Complete success on admissions. His list was probably different from your daughter’s but he was accepted at Pomona, for example, that accepted less than 16%. Of course, they look at more than just test scores. None of his schools specified which SAT IIs to take, just required 2 of them in different subject areas. Some schools do specify, so you need to check on that.</p>
<p>And of course, there are students who took the SAT in 7th grade (including Mini’s D) and never retook it after scoring 1550.</p>
<p>SAT II scores are in, and I am…
…yearning for some duct tape to keep my mouth shut.
Plan was to get these tests out of the way before senior year started, but scores indicate DD might want to retake stuff or take other tests…
Or she can adjust her expectations.
Must keep mouth shut so she can reach those conclusions herself, and I don’t become the bad guy…</p>
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<p>My Yalie daughter took the SATI once in January of her junior year and had great admissions results. Unless Yale admissions has changed radically in the last few years, they really don’t care if the test is taken as a junior or senior.
JHS- I wonder if the person who reported that they wanted senior year SAT scores was in the class of seniors who had the choice between the old test and the new - In that case, they might prefer the new test, given in that person’s senior year. </p>
<p>My son also took the SAT once in his junior year and had no problems with admissions. Their HS counselors have never hinted that senior scores were somehow preferred.</p>
<p>Got it. Again, Thanks to all.</p>
<p>To marian, DD will take Math and possibly Spanish in Oct. Because several “good” schools do require Math SAT II. After that, I think we are done.</p>