Should I retake my Math II subject test (again?)

racereer
Sat, 21 Dec 2019 18:17:34 +0000

highsckid:

They also told me that I should take it for my own good because the math on the test is useful; if I can’t do the basics on the test then I’m basically stupid and I shouldn’t take other math classes like Multivariable calc. Also my mom recommends that I apply to an engineering school and they need 800s on the math II test apparently.

As others have said, this is completely false information. Scoring an 800 or 760 isn’t going to predict how you would do in MV calc. My son completed MV with a high A before he even took the Math II subject test and only got a 760. He just completed his first semester at GaTech and got a high A in DiffEQ. It is just a standardized test. Since my son hadn’t done the math on the subject test in quite sometime so he had trouble going fast enough.

Also after you get past MIT, Cal Tech, and Stanford must of the top engineering programs don’t require subject tests.