Value of Irrelevant SAT Subject Tests

MCaspy97
Fri, 06 Jun 2014 03:01:44 +0000

In the IB school I attend, it is suggested that each student takes three SAT subject tests. Considering that I finished my one year SL course in IB Biology, I plan on taking the Biology E subject test next October after a summer of studying. I also plan on taking Math 1 and potentially literature. However, as of now I plan on majoring in Political Science and then going into Law. I would take either the US History Subject Test or the World History test because of it’s relevance but unfortunately because of timing, I do not believe I would do very well on either. I took World History last school year (my sophomore year) and scored a 98 on the Regents but did not take the subject test and have forgotten a large portion of the subject matter. This year, I took my first year of a two year US history course. Considering that I have only taken half the course and have not learned a lot of the information on the subject test, I do not think I would do well on this either. Considering this, would decent scores (650-700) on the Biology and/or Math 1 subject tests benefit me at all when applying to schools if I declare Polisci my major? Some schools I plan on applying to include UNC, Georgetown, Penn State UPark, BU, BC, U of Michigan, SUNY Bing, and others. Also, I got a 2010 on my SAT 1 (660 Math, 670 Verbal, 680 Writing) but I plan on retaking this in November.