SAT II - Subject Tests are one-hour, multiple-choice tests. They measure how much students know about a particular academic subject and how well they can apply that knowledge. There are 22 Subject Tests which can be divided into 5 broad categories:
|
Subject |
Category |
English
Mathematics
History
Science
Languages
|
Writing (with an essay)
Literature
Math Level IC
Math Level IIC
U.S. History
World History
Biology E/M
Chemistry
Physics
French Reading
French Reading with Listening
German Reading
German Reading with Listening
Spanish Reading
Spanish Reading with Listening
Modern Hebrew Reading
Italian Reading
Latin Reading with Listening
Japanese Reading with Listening
Korean Reading with Listening
Chinese Reading with Listening
English Language Proficiency Test. |
These are not mandatory to be taken as certain colleges
and universities do not have SAT II as the prerequisite for admission purposes.
Used in combination with other background information (your high school record,
scores from other tests like the SAT I, teacher recommendations, etc.), they
provide a dependable measure of your academic achievement and are a good
predictor of your future performance.