<p>My son is scheduled to take the APUSH test on May 7. The SAT II US History test is offered on May 1 and June 5.</p>
<p>Questions:</p>
<p>1) For those of you who have taken both, is there any benefit to taking one before the other, i.e. AP before SAT II or visa versa? </p>
<p>2) Which do you consider to be "harder" and "more important"? </p>
<p>3) Would it be better to have the two tests six days apart or have an extra month to study?</p>
<p>I would appreciate any advice you can provide.</p>
<p>1) No. You can take them in any order you want.</p>
<p>2) “Harder” in terms of question difficulty would be AP no doubt. But in terms of the curve, SAT IIs are worse.</p>
<p>3) I scheduled mine on May, because by that time I would be done studying overall so 1 week won’t make any difference. If I scheduled mine on June then I probably would forget many details in a month, therefore I have to re-read the notes probably a week before.</p>
<p>Whatever works for your son works, I guess. We all have our own way of doing things.</p>
<p>I personally want that extra month to study and to get familiar with the Subject test format vs. AP. I’m also not so confident in my math so I definitely need another month</p>
<p>Thanks, I appreciate your different perspectives.</p>
<p>I took the SAT II US History first so I could make sure I did not have any gaps for the APUSH test that was the next week. There were a couple of things I went back and looked at before the AP after I took the SAT II. I used the REA AP Crash Course book for both and got a 780 and a 5.</p>
<p>@hornfrogfan Did you use any other prep book, or just your textbook and Crash Course?</p>
<p>I’m taking the SATII USH on May 1st; I figured since I need to study for APUSH this month I might as well take the SATII while the review is fresh in my mind. I also didn’t want to stress myself out just yet over the SAT Reasoning so I decided to leave that for June while I get APs, SAT: US History and Math 2 done early May.</p>
<p>edit: gah am I really browsing this site at 2 in the morning? >.></p>
<p>Totally agree with Hornfrogfan. Take the SAT II US History test on May 1. Use Crash Course to review. It will totally dominate the test. The SAT II provides a great review for the AP multiple choice questions. For the last two years several questions on the May 1 SAT II have appeared on slightly different form on the AP Exam. Amazing but true!</p>