<p>Is this the right book that for SAT II Bio that everyones talking about?
Also, is this good for a basic review of Bio that can be done in a few weeKs? I know that PR is the best for practice tests but how is barrons for info/ practice tests? How is PR for info? Which is better?
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<p>yes, that is the book. The practice tests are decent, but the quick and and concise material is what the book's incredible for.</p>
<p>PR's better for history, Barron's is better for math and science. I used that book and I'll have to agree with Feez because the material is covered very thoroughly, which is what you'll have to expect to know for a subject like biology.</p>
<p>so is this book really good?</p>
<p>Comparing Barron's and PR I feel PR Books for SAT II are generally much better both for info and practice test. I haven't studied Bio but I have and thoroughly reviewed both PR and Barron's books for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics level II. In Barron's the some of info is irrelevant and PR practice tests are much more similar to official tests. If you have time and really want to ace the test I will suggest you buy both books (Barron's and PR) and do all the practice tests in each of the book.</p>
<p>I had both the PR and the Barron's books for the SAT II Bio and generally preferred Barron's for it's quizzes--I hated the PR "quick quizzes." But it only has 2 practice tests, not including the mini-diagnostic test at the beginning. However, if you have not taken a Bio course (I took AP Bio last year), you may prefer the PR book because it has more thorough explanations.
I started studying maybe 4-4.5 weeks before the exam with the Barron's book and I feel like I did fairly well.</p>
<p>p.s. I caught several mistakes in the Barron's book, though. For example, after the definition of an organ, it proceeded to say that the brain was a tissue. And flatworms are most definitely not annelids (they meant to say earthworms).</p>
<p>I liked Kaplan's book.</p>
<p>Quote: "p.s. I caught several mistakes in the Barron's book, though. For example, after the definition of an organ, it proceeded to say that the brain was a tissue. And flatworms are most definitely not annelids (they meant to say earthworms)."</p>
<p>I absolutely agree that barrons do have mistakes. In practice tests as well as chapter questions you will always find wrong answers. And this really frustrated me during my preparation. Well as far physics, chemistry and mathematics are concerned I feel Princeton's book are best among the three though I agree they are as not as good as they could be.</p>