Okay, it's about time for me to take my SATs. Many of the colleges to which I want to apply require the SAT subject tests, though. I know I will be taking the US History test, but I am torn on my second choice. I am thinking of the Literature Subject Test, but does anyone know what I need to know for this? How difficult is it? What is covered in it? And, although I only took a rudimentary Biology course in my Sophomore year (I am afraid to say that I never paid attention and still passed with over 100%....), do you think I could study like crazy and get enough information in my head to take the Biology Subject Test? I do have the SAT Biology Subject Test help program and Sparknotes has a nice guide on it, too. Would this be a wise course of action?
Depends on what you want to major in. I take it you're not interested in something science or math based, but you really should consider those. So, Math IC, Math IIC, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, whatever...
Okay, it's about time for me to take my SATs. Many of the colleges to which I want to apply require the SAT subject tests, though. I know I will be taking the US History test, but I am torn on my second choice. I am thinking of the Literature Subject Test, but does anyone know what I need to know for this? How difficult is it? What is covered in it? And, although I only took a rudimentary Biology course in my Sophomore year (I am afraid to say that I never paid attention and still passed with over 100%....), do you think I could study like crazy and get enough information in my head to take the Biology Subject Test? I do have the SAT Biology Subject Test help program and Sparknotes has a nice guide on it, too. Would this be a wise course of action?
Many thanks! en-z-io
I took the US History subject test after having taken the AP class and AP test and I scored a 720 on it. I got a 4 on the AP exam. The 720 was pretty good it put me in the 85th percentile. However, as US History was the only AP course I had taken Junior year I wasn't sure what to take as my second subject test. I eventually ended up taking the SAT Literature Subject without studying a lick and scored a 630. A 630 is not good at all for a Subject Test it put me in like the 60th percentile. The Literature questions are sooooo BS... I thought since I scored a 730 on the Reading section of the SAT I would able to do well on the Literature test but it didn't work out. My honest suggestion would be to avoid Literature and take the Math Level 2 Subject Test... Most schools really like to see the Math 2 Subject Test anyways even if they say "take any 2 Subject Tests."
630 is not good at all for a Subject Test it put me in like the 60th percentileTheOT_King
Not true. Everyone (or many, at least) take the SAT, so a 60th percentile score there is bad, but fewer take the SAT2s, meaning a 60th percentile in that is not bad at all. A 630 is a respectable score.
[QUOTE="TheOT_King"]630 is not good at all for a Subject Test it put me in like the 60th percentileDark__Link
Not true. Everyone (or many, at least) take the SAT, so a 60th percentile score there is bad, but fewer take the SAT2s, meaning a 60th percentile in that is not bad at all. A 630 is a respectable score. It depends on what schools you are aiming for...
[QUOTE="Dark__Link"][QUOTE="TheOT_King"]630 is not good at all for a Subject Test it put me in like the 60th percentileTheOT_King
Not true. Everyone (or many, at least) take the SAT, so a 60th percentile score there is bad, but fewer take the SAT2s, meaning a 60th percentile in that is not bad at all. A 630 is a respectable score. It depends on what schools you are aiming for... I took the SAT a while back in 7th grade and got a 1150....Not bad
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