<p>Hi everyone. I am planning to take AP Bio and self-study APWH next year, and I was just wondering how much the SAT II World History and Biology exams overlap with the AP curriculum/exams. What or how much intensively I need to study for the SATs on these two subjects, assuming AP-level knowledge of the subjects (I plan on taking the SAT IIs at the end of next year, around the same time as AP exams)? Thanks :)</p>
<p>I took the Bio and World History SAT II’s this year. I was in AP Biology and regular World History. </p>
<p>I got a 680 in Bio. I didn’t study specifically for the subject test because I was focused on my final and AP Exam; I just hoped that what I was studying for those two tests would overlap with the Subject Test. I can’t remember anything that came out of left field that I had never seen before, I’m just not very good at Bio :P</p>
<p>I got a 720 on the World History subject test, and I barely studied. And by barely, I mean like, not at all. And I didn’t study for my final either, so it’s not like I was indirectly studying like with bio. A lot of the stuff I knew from my regular, non-AP world history class, some I knew from outside reading, and the rest I could make educated guesses on. That might just be me, but I’d say if you’re doing APWH you’re probably going to be just fine.</p>
<p>Oh, a final word of advice: I would strongly suggest you take the M version of Bio, not the E. The E was all stuff that we had never really covered in class, although your class and mine will probably differ. Just a heads up(:</p>
<p>AP world history was a joke. I didn’t know anything about the history of … well, everything pretty much when I went in to take the exam. Since the AP exam was basically analysis/passage reading/common sense, I got an easy 5. For the SAT II though, I got a 630 on a practice test. From what I’ve seen and heard from my friends, the SAT II world history is MUCH more detailed. You have to know a lot of random information that you normally wouldn’t care to glance over for WHAP. </p>
<p>And before, the SAT II was EXTREMELY similar to the AP Bio. I got a 800/5 respectively. Collegeboard is changing the AP curriculum for bio now though, so you’re out of luck. They’re taking out plants, and most of the info you have to know about human systems… both are things you ABSOLUTELY have to know for the SAT II. Before, the AP exam was very detailed like the SAT II, but now it isn’t. </p>
<p>That said, you might have to do a little bit of extra studying if you want to do well on both the AP and SAT II. </p>
<p>And I disagree with freshespresso. Just take what you want (if one section seems easier to you, take that section. For example, I decided to try molecular because everyone said it was so easy, and after 5 minutes of being clueless I switched to E and finished all of the E based questions in less than 10 minutes)</p>
<p>Yup, I agree with gomdorri. AP bio before was more than enough for the SAT II. I didn’t know they were taking out body systems ><; that’s huge, absolutely huge, on the SAT II… Try to study Barron’s b/c lots of the info there is excellent for the SAT II. </p>
<p>And yes, do whichever section you feel more comfortable with. If you like cells, transcription, translation, DNA regulation, small stuff, go with M. If you like populations, ecology, and large stuff, go with E. I did M and got a 760, but then pulled off an 800 with E. So it really depends.</p>