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[quote=Anonymous]I'm wondering why some colleges want 2-3 SAT II subject tests in cases where the kids also have AP results in the same subjects. For example, this spring DD is taking four AP tests, including AP World History and AP Calculus. DD will get a 1 or a 5, or more likely somewhere in between, on the AP tests, so wouldn't this be enough to convince colleges that DD does, or does not, know the subject? Yet certain colleges also want to see DD's results in the SAT II subject tests in World History and Math II.

I'm not questioning the SAT IIs for kids who are in IB or who aren't taking AP classes. For these kids, the SAT IIs give an opportunity to show proficiency. But given the limited but weird range of SAT II subject tests, in order to fulfill the 2 SAT subject test requirements, DD is going to have to forego demonstrating her non-existent proficiency in Korean with Listening and just take SAT subject tests in the same courses she's already doing the AP test.

So can somebody convince me this isn't a racket cooked up by the College Board folks in collusion with certain colleges, and give me the good explanation I seem to be missing? Because it seems like an unnecessary source of even more stress.[/quote]

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