<p>Suppose you’re planning to be a math major, want to go to a liberal arts college, and want to present yourself as a well-rounded student. </p>
<p>In math, you already have a body of work–your classes, your AP scores, and your SAT. Doesn’t this demonstrate your math ability? Would submitting the SAT subject test in math get the reaction: “We know you’re good in math but we wanted to see your ability in other subjects.”</p>
<p>In other words, for a prospective math major, would it be better to submit, for example US history and chemistry, than math and history?</p>
<p>I really do not see a problem with submitting other subject tests besides math. But you got to be careful because some schools will require you to submit a math SAT II if that is your major. So it is in your best interest to double check.</p>
<p>But I think you should be fine, since you mentioned you want to go to liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>It’s re my son actually. The question is whether you should submit tests that are not directly related to your major to show a broader range of interests and ability–with the idea that there will be other evidence of your proficiency in your prospective major.</p>
<p>As far as showing broader ability, it is always a good idea to send one SAT II that is a liberal art and one that is a math or science. Some schools even require it to be this way.</p>
<p>In the end, I am not sure the decision to submit a subject test in the subject of one’s major or not will be that crucial in deciding one’s acceptance. </p>
<p>If you really want to know whether your son should send his math SAT over a different subject, call the admissions offices of the schools he is looking into and see what they say.</p>
<p>definitely do at least a science (bio, chem, physics, if he’s taken an ap class for one or knows one), and it’s probably good to do a humanities also, but that’s not needed as much as the science is</p>
<p>The more the merrier. My son is a STEM kid, but took SAT 2’s in Physics (naturally), Math II (naturally), and US History (somewhat expected). He is sending the three scores to anyone who is interested :-)</p>