[Jangoon]

Im really confused on what Subject Tests to take.. and I know I want to take history because I LOVE HISTORY for some reason.. thats like my strongest subject XD .. well I would want to know what Subject tests you guys took and please give me reasons why you took it.. and ez/hard factor and such.. XD I have really good korean also.. i can translate dramas too probably.. o.,o;;

Thank you very much! XD

[Eddie]

I took World History and Math level 2.

World History because:

I took the AP.
It was fresh in my head.
I'm sort of good at history.
I suck at everything else (lol).

Math Level 2 because:
I need 2 SAT IIs.
and, Math is sort of required (although it's not written on paper anywherre).

[MONICA]

i took math ic and iic. i have to take a science one in january because i didnt know cornell needed a science. i thought it was just any two - -+

[erure]

i took us history and korean...

the thing about korean is that it's really easy but it's also confusing if you're not a native because it sounds like a lot of the choices will work in the sentence [concerning usage]... and it really sucks if you didn't understand what you were listening to in listening comprehension... but if you know what you're dealing with and you're prepared, you can do it in a coma. i took a lot of practice tests even though i was born and raised in korea until i was 8 years old and i got an 800 [it was some work not hard work but still, work] but i hate how people totally ignore that because you're korean. a girl who came 3 years later than me got 770.

us history was really hard for me even though i took it the day after my ap us history test. it's just a lot of specific details that you might not have known beforehand and hence have no choice but to guess.

[chibifry]

The Korean SAT II is practically made for natives so yea I kind of regret taking it because I didn't get an 800 (or a 790) but if you are seriously positive that you will do well.. take it. Its more than just casual speak. All the Koreans (not Korean-American) take it so the percentiles are really.. just horrible.

[Jangoon]

ah ic.. so i guess ill be taking korean SAT 2 next year.. at november.. ugh why not october so I can send in application and such.. XD!!!

ima go take korean SAT II and US History and I wanna take some more.. :s

and I have a question.. How many times can I take the Subject tests? O__o;; like reasoning test, 3 is max and then they will avg the scres..

[kYUNGMi]

well, basically i had one chance to take my SAT II's and do well on them because i waited until the last minute, so i took all my SAT II's last month. (i'm a senior btw)
i took korean w/ listening, literature, and math IIC, they were all pretty okay
you probably shouldn't take korean unless you're a native speaker, or you go to a hakwon or something to prepare...
i went to academy for math IIC and Korean, but i just took lit to see what i'd get since i like english.
i ended up with an 800 in korean, 760 in math, and 680 in lit
oh and just a note, even though i got a 800 on my korean, on the website, it says im in the 75th percentile. >.< a lot of natives take the test, so even though you get an 800 its usually not that big of a deal, unless the colleges see that you're not korean or something
i kind of wish i would have taken US history now because it was given the day after the AP test, but a lot of people at my school did bad on it so i don't know.
wow. that ended up being a lot longer than i thought it would. but anyway, hope it helps.

[akira53]

I only took Japanese SATII...hard for me since I've only been studying for 4 years...compared to the other half of the class who spoke fluently

[mnmadi]

math IIC
didn't have anything else to take
I thought it was pretty hard and skipped alot on the test
but I got a pretty high score cause of the curve

bio e
bio's one of my strongest subjects
took E instead of M beause I chickened out right before the test cause I heard it was harder
I had alot of time left over and peeked at the M section, it didn't seem that bad

[alluring.honey]

took the world history last year ;

[clairdeluned]

I took Writing (no longer available), Chemistry, U.S. History, Math IIC

Chemistry is all right, I guess..just do prep books.

U.S. History has a loooot of specific questions, so unless you are good with memorizing names/dates/books etc., don't take this one.

Math IIC, not too hard to get 800 (a fairly generous curve), and you should take it right after...precalculus I believe?

[bobjack]

U.S. History- because I was already studying for it for AP tests
Biology- same reason as above, plus I want to major in biology, and it was quite easy after the AP test

Math I- wasn't too bad.
Math II- kicked me in the butt
^ I figured I needed another SATII.. so I decided math.. but couldn't choose between the two.

[jho]

I took Math 1, Math 2, Literature, Word History, and U.S. History (even though I'm Canadian.. haha)

[soliitude]

math2c and biology-M .. both are pretty straightforward if you know your material..

[flyaway]

chinese-easy (easy for fluent speakers) 800
chem-not bad but I had bad teacher, plus curve sucks (rawr) 750
math2-easy, but don't make stupid mistakes =); mostly pre-calc, really straight-forward (rawr again) 770

the best tip is
READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY

This post has been edited by flyaway: 28 December 2005 - 02:01 PM

[delightful123]

i took u.s. history because it was right after my A.P.
i took literature because english/lit is my speciality =]
i took math ic... because i needed a third one >.> lol

720 - u.s. history
710 - math ic
740 - literature

[AiLing]

Im really confused on what Subject Tests to take.. and I know I want to take history because I LOVE HISTORY for some reason.. thats like my strongest subject XD ..

If you love history, absolutely take one of the tests - US or World. It'll back up your interest in the subject.

SAT II Tests I took:
- Biology M - 750 first time, 800 when I took it after the AP course. I'm planning on doing med, so it was kind of logical for me to take this. M because that's what my school focuses on.
- Chemistry - just took it after I took the class at school.. our school has a weak chem program, so the test seemed fairly hard, but somehow I still got a 790
- Chinese - easy if you're a native speaker. But because practically everyone who takes it is a native speaker, the percentiles are really low. I got a 790 = 48 percentile, my friend got an 800 = 62 percentile.
- US History - 790, took it after I took the AP class and exam, so it was pretty easy
- Math IIC - 800, math's my strongest subject..

[erure]

i took us history and korean... i took us history because i had just taken the ap history test the day before and i thought i couldn't be more prepared for an sat 2 test. i didn't do as well as i'd hoped but it was still a decent score with a high percentile. the korean i took only because i knew i'd get a perfect score and i did... don't take history unless you're super confident because they're really hard.

[Lebanese_Blonde]

i am an absolutely HORRIBLE standarized test taker so i took the two seemingly easiest for me : korean and lit and got 730, and 640 so i'm sure you'll do much better than me so take those (if you speak krn of course )

[josebiwasabi]

bio e: 730
math ic: 700

haha... wow. lots of you guys are really smart. o.O