hi,
i'm planning to take the SAT II for US History and Biology
and i was wondering what you have to study.
well i know no one is allowed to discuss it, and i'm not asking for past questions.
i just want to know if i to study the same information as the aps.
if it has different types of question then the AP,
then which books did you guys use and get a high score..
thank you,
for taking your time of reading this.
also i love you if you reply..
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Posted 17 May 2008 - 07:32 PM
I would like to know this as well since I'm taking those subject tests as well. So far i've bought the Biology spark notes cards to study [and won't use yet till school year is over] but i'm not sure if i'd be good enough. I'm doing the same with U.S. History but I'm gonna use other materials as well.
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 09:15 PM
I just took SAT II US History on May 3rd, waiting for my scores this Thursday. /crosses fingers for 740-800 ;[
Best book is AMSCO, hands down. Read the textbook at least once, and take practise tests on Barrons, which is usually harder than the real tests btw. ;D
As for Biology, Cliff Notes? D; I took Molecular Bio last month I think, and got a 720 w/ skimming over Cliff's. Hoping to retake this tho. ;x
Best book is AMSCO, hands down. Read the textbook at least once, and take practise tests on Barrons, which is usually harder than the real tests btw. ;D
As for Biology, Cliff Notes? D; I took Molecular Bio last month I think, and got a 720 w/ skimming over Cliff's. Hoping to retake this tho. ;x
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 09:21 PM
SAT II Bio. take it ASAP. After AP Bio w/e. Use Princeton Review. This is the only book you need. Kaplan under prepares you. Barron overprepares you. Sparknotes is wrong sometimes (and you don't know until you find out later... with a bad ending).
Both of my guy friends only used Princeton Review and a bunch of practice tests. They both got 800s. And they took it without AP Bio in case you're wondering.
I agree with luriel Amsco is the best book. Since its out of print juniors inherit them from seniors etc. It gets passed along. This is the only book that all the APUSHies in my school use.
Both of my guy friends only used Princeton Review and a bunch of practice tests. They both got 800s. And they took it without AP Bio in case you're wondering.
I agree with luriel Amsco is the best book. Since its out of print juniors inherit them from seniors etc. It gets passed along. This is the only book that all the APUSHies in my school use.
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Posted 23 May 2008 - 12:46 PM
Man i just got my score for US history 600 
I thought i did better. Ughh!!!
I knew i should have skipped a few question loll
I thought i did better. Ughh!!!
I knew i should have skipped a few question loll
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Posted 23 May 2008 - 02:06 PM
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i mainly used my teacher's lectures for history. so go through what you have? i remember there was quite a few questions on books and who wrote it when i took it. so yeah. those will be easy to nail if you just take the time to figure it out
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i mainly used my teacher's lectures for history. so go through what you have? i remember there was quite a few questions on books and who wrote it when i took it. so yeah. those will be easy to nail if you just take the time to figure it out
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Posted 23 May 2008 - 11:40 PM
for bio i just used the cliffs book for bio ap to study and got 750 on bio e
for us hisroty i used REA and Barron's SATII and got 780 ^^
for us hisroty i used REA and Barron's SATII and got 780 ^^
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Posted 24 May 2008 - 11:39 AM
i used sparknotes and i got a 730 in bio e
not bad for using a free study guide lol
not bad for using a free study guide lol
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Posted 24 May 2008 - 07:07 PM
not bad for free, yes, but SPARKNOTES IS SO WRONG. They make the most retarded errors in the world.
Take review book facts with a grain of salt. You should always have a textbook; handy as reference. I have yet to see an error-free review book.
Princeton Review is the most realistic book. Use that. I tried Barrons, Sparknotes, Kaplan, and Princeton. I overcrammed. None of these books were helpful. I remember that the problems on the actual test were most similar to the Princeton Review book.
Don't use any other book. I'm telling you you'll regret it. Just look through the book 3x thoroughly cover to cover and memorize what it tells you too. BTW if you already took AP Bio. SAT II is a breeze. It's the olympiad that's killer.
The reason that most review books are riddled with errors is because the publishing companies don't want to "waste" good money on editors, hence students are left to fend for themselves. >.< Textbooks on the other hand have hundreds of college professors reading and reading teh books to search for errors (i.e. Campbell has a 2-3 page list of editor names)
Take review book facts with a grain of salt. You should always have a textbook; handy as reference. I have yet to see an error-free review book.
Princeton Review is the most realistic book. Use that. I tried Barrons, Sparknotes, Kaplan, and Princeton. I overcrammed. None of these books were helpful. I remember that the problems on the actual test were most similar to the Princeton Review book.
Don't use any other book. I'm telling you you'll regret it. Just look through the book 3x thoroughly cover to cover and memorize what it tells you too. BTW if you already took AP Bio. SAT II is a breeze. It's the olympiad that's killer.
The reason that most review books are riddled with errors is because the publishing companies don't want to "waste" good money on editors, hence students are left to fend for themselves. >.< Textbooks on the other hand have hundreds of college professors reading and reading teh books to search for errors (i.e. Campbell has a 2-3 page list of editor names)
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Posted 11 August 2008 - 11:39 AM
amsco all the way! w00t! just read the textbook. all i could say. they have some random questions on the test imo. since i never heard of them. but read read read and do practice test!
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Posted 11 August 2008 - 02:04 PM
SATIIs for US History isn't that bad..
one of the ?s ended being on the AP exam. obviously i can't say whattt , but yeah xD
I took Bio Molecular cause i don't get Ecology.
problem is i heard that more people take molecular.. so the curve for that is higher, whereas the curve for ecology is 'lower'
only a difference of 20 questions though
and to prepare for those 2 tests, i just studied along with my AP exams for it
try sparknotes SATII prep
they have the study guides online
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one of the ?s ended being on the AP exam. obviously i can't say whattt , but yeah xD
I took Bio Molecular cause i don't get Ecology.
problem is i heard that more people take molecular.. so the curve for that is higher, whereas the curve for ecology is 'lower'
only a difference of 20 questions though
and to prepare for those 2 tests, i just studied along with my AP exams for it
try sparknotes SATII prep
they have the study guides online
(:
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