If you’re over 40 years old, think “Achievements,” since that’s what we called the SAT Subject Tests when they mattered to us.  If you’re of more recent vintage, you might think of them as “SAT II’s.”  They’re one-hour tests that assess how well a prospective college student can answer relevant multiple-choice questions, and most competitive colleges require two or three of them in addition to the SAT.  Here is a matrix list we made that includes subject test requirements of some of the competitive colleges in which our students have shown interest.

It’s important that you know that a test-taker can sit for up to three subject tests on any SAT test date and that one cannot sit for any subject tests on the same day that one sits for the regular SAT.  The last available test date before the November 1 “early” applications deadline is October 10.  (more…)