To take, or not to take? (SAT Math)

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<p>I’m a high school junior interested in majoring in Biochemistry once I graduate from college in order to pursue a potential career in medicine. </p>

<p>I’ve taken the SAT (2200) in October, and I plan to retake in December. </p>

<p>I also plan to take SAT Chemistry, SAT US History, and SAT Spanish. </p>

<p>Should I take SAT Math IIC as well? </p>

<p>I understand that students who plan on majoring in the sciences are highly encouraged to take a science SAT (for which I am taking Chem) and a math SAT. I believe I am a high-performing math student (I received As in all my math classes since Pre-Algebra in sixth grade and Calculus AB this year), but I absolutely HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE studying for math! I say high-PERFORMING, because the only reason I PERFORM well is because I study! I am certainly not math “gifted,” so I would really not like to take SAT Math. However, if I study for the exam, I am confident that I will score well (760+).</p>

<p>Also (I’m not sure how significant this is), but my ethnicity group is notorious for scoring extremely well on the math SAT, and someone told me that when highly competitive colleges see my (potentially) high score in math, they will slightly disregard it. </p>

<p>Would high scores on my AP Calculus exam be sufficient to demonstrate to colleges my proficiency in math? Sufficient enough to forgo taking the math exam and taking the Spanish exam, something I’m more interested in studying for?</p>

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<p>I think you should just take it. I was in AB last year with 2 A’s and didn’t study for the MathIIC (just looked over some concepts and that’s it) and did relatively well on it (eh, 740). It’s really easy math anyway.</p>