SAT II/ Subject Tests, anyone taking them? Options

[sprezzatura]

I am taking math level 2 in June 2007 and contemplating about my chemistry one.

Are you taking it? Or have you taken any so far?

EDIT: The University of California system (like UC Berkeley, UCLA) requires at least 2 SAT subject tests. I am not sure about other colleges, but for UC that's a must.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

I didn't feel like any, so I made sure to only apply to schools that didn't require them..which was not much of an issue anyway, since since my GPA is not exactly the greatest, so most schools that require them would be reaches for me. Also, I'm attempting to stay in the south (ugh), and they don't seem to be too necessary here yet, since even Emory doesn't need them (hence, I am applying).

[*Kathleen*]

I'm going to take the Latin, Literature, and Math 2 ones in December. I would've taken French with Listening, but I wasn't too confident in myself with the listening part. Good luck!

[HakunaMatata]

Oh man, I totally got lazy when it came to signing up for those. I'm taking Biology definitely, and I'll look into the other ones once I stop procrastinating on this kind of stuff.

[*salcha4u*]

Yeah, I'm taking mine sometime in the Spring. Math IIC and the Biology one.

[orgasm]

hm... I took the Literature & Chemistry last June and took the Math IIC a few weeks ago.

Mui Bueno!

[deadgiveaway]

I took the Math IIC in May 2006, and the Lit test in June 2006. I'm going to retake both this Saturday (Nov. 4th). I also thought about attempting the Mandarin/Chinese one, but I'm not sure what the questions on it are like.

[*Kathleen*]

^ What are those two tests like? I mean, are they just like AP tests? How is the format?

[_sarcastic_]

i'm gonna take the bio and french one

[deadgiveaway]

^ What are those two tests like? I mean, are they just like AP tests? How is the format?

Well, I've taken a practice objective portion of an AP Lit exam, and comparing it to the SAT II Lit test, I would say that they are sort of similar, but the SAT II test seems to focus more on content than it does on style (at least I think so). I haven't taken a math AP exam yet, so I can't really compare the Math IIC to one, but to give my opinion on it, the problems on the Math IIC test are kind of... odd. They are manageable, and it is not hard to get a satisfactory score, but I think it is sort of hard to get a perfect or near perfect score if your math level is not high enough yet. Anyway, I honestly don't remember too much about the test, but I sort of studied from a The Princeton Review prep book, and found that the problems are pretty similar to the ones on the actual test, so that could really help. :] As for the formats... well, the Lit test contains a good amount of both poems and passages to analyze, and the Math IIC's problems go from easiest to hardest. I found that the first half of the test was okay, but I had some trouble once I got past the middle, for some reason.

[orgasm]

^ What are those two tests like? I mean, are they just like AP tests? How is the format?

The Lit one's a little like the AP... the Math one's nothing like the AP tests. The math questions are really easy,... basic stuff up to pre-cal. All I did was read over the book the night before and I think I did pretty well.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

f**k SATs.

all of em.

[*Statues/Shadows*]

God, SAT scores tomorrow...

(Yes, I realize this isn't the right topic, but it just occured to me.)

[Imnot13]

I took 'em in October, because NYU requires two. I took Lit (730) and Math Level 2 (660). Sad.