<p>hi all.</p>
<p>i am planning to apply to top schools like stanford and was wondering whether have 2 subject tests (math II and bio) will hurt me in the decision process?</p>
<p>I’m a bit confused by your question, why would having them hurt, I mean Stanford doesn’t require subject tests, though they do ** strongly ** recommend submitting two, and many competitive colleges will be requiring/strongly recommending subject tests, but are you perhaps suggesting that having two math/science tests rather than having a math and humanities test will hurt?!?</p>
<p>I did mathiic and lit, Berkeley was fine with that.</p>
<p>It will hurt only at Harvard, Princeton, and Georgetown because those still require three SAT IIs, i.e., you are one short of having your application even considered. Otherwise two are fine at all other colleges that require or recommend SAT IIs. They can hurt if your scores are bad.</p>
<p>duke only wants 2. a few want 3 however</p>
<p>I would take a 3rd one. many top schools require 3 subject tests - but if the schools you are applying to only require 2 subject tests, there’s no reason to take another one (unless you are confident you can get a good score - that will only help you).</p>
<p>To answer the OP’s question, submitting two subject tests will not hurt your chances at Stanford. However, I would recommend a third subject test in the humanities/languages. ie Math IIC, Bio, Literature…</p>
<p>If the school requires 3 tests, then yes, it will hurt you. Also, it might be good to have one in a non-science/math area (foreign language, lit, history…). If you want to apply to, say, MIT, though, then the two that you have are perfect.</p>
<p>It will only hurt you if you get a low score.</p>
<p>Yes, because despite common myth, subject tests are JUST AS IMPORTANT as your regular SAT Reasoning Tests… SO - study up for 'em.</p>
<p>I think he was really asking whether it could be any BETTER (by taking more or in more diverse subject areas)?</p>
<p>No, colleges are not going to laud you for taking 10 subject tests. Just take as many are as required.</p>