So let me get this straight, if I take an AP class then I can take the AP exam and maybe get college credit. But the university I’m applying to also wants me to take 2 SAT subject tests. Do I have to take them both? What’s the difference?
Well, both tests are created by College Board. However, there are more options available for AP exams than the SAT subject tests. The biggest difference is going to be the level of the content being tested. The SAT subject tests are high school-level tests. That means that the content being tested is what you would have learned in a high school class. Simple enough.
The AP exams, on the other hand, are a college-level exam. The content being tested goes more in-depth than that of a subject test. College-level coursework, while potentially helpful, is not necessarily required in order to score well on a subject test.
Here’s a table to help you make sense of it all.
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