D16 has a 33 one time composite ACT score (35E, 30M, 36R, 32S). She retook the ACT to try to improve the relatively low math subscore and got another 33 (34E, 31M, 34R, 32S), making a superscore of 34. I know many schools do not superscore the ACT. She did not take the SAT I.
Several of the selective schools D16 was initially looking at require subject tests scores, especially a math subject test and most required a science test. However, her subject test scores were not great (mid-600s or less) when she took them in the fall, so most of the schools that required subject tests fell off her list. At this point, I should mention that D16 is a US citizen attending high school in Canada. In Canada, precalculus as well as all sciences are 12th grade subjects. So, she had not finished the courses in any of the subject tests she took. In addition, she has been discouraged by peers and teachers from even applying to schools in the US. She has heard multiple times "Aren't the schools in Canada good enough for you?" As a result, the only prep she ever did was take a practice test the night before the actual test.
She did apply to one school that absolutely required subject tests, so she gave the subject tests a last hurrah in January (the absolutely last date several of her schools would accept standardized testing). She ended up with a 770 on math 2 (mostly because her final precalculus exam was 4 days earlier) and a 660 on literature. These scores were automatically sent to the one school that required subject tests, but I'm wondering if we should send them to the "subject test optional" ivy schools. So far, we haven't sent any subject test scores to those schools. The only other test that was higher than the 660 was a 680 on math 1. What do you think? Should we send the 770 and 660, the 770 by itself, or?
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