Barrons Sat Ii Us History

Test Preparation
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<p>i am studying using the barrons SAT II: US History and the practices tests there seem extremely challenging to be the real test..
The real tests seems to have 3 ranges of questions: easy, medium, and hard while SAT II: US History only has hard ones..
Do you know whether Barrons makes their own practices tests or whether they use real released tests???</p>

<p>Which book uses real tests??</p>

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<p>even though its not bad to overstudy, it can be quite anal to miss 15 questions on the practice test..</p>

<p>i am aiming for an 800 and this is quite important for me!!</p>

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<p>Does anyone know anything about this book??</p>

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<p>I'm taking the U.S. History subject test as well (in June). I just ordered the Sparknotes preperation book from Barnes and Noble. I'll let you know how that is when i get it (in terms of whether it seems overly difficult). I'm pretty nervous about it, seeing how i don't take AP U.S. History. The closest thing our school offers is U.S. History II Honors, which i'm taking this year.</p>

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<p>yeah barrons is known to make practice tests that are harder than the real thing... personally i like that type of practice test better.</p>

<p>i think collegeboard publishes a collection of old real SAT II tests.</p>

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<p>yea.. i agree w/ Jeff..</p>

<p>the first question is usually going to be like "What war was Abraham Lincoln during?"</p>

<p>but its "Where does the sole power lie to try a President against impeachment charges have already been brought?" instead..</p>

<p>AP Govt question. by the way..</p>

<p>Will the real SAT II: US have any govt stuff??</p>

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<p>probably ... i just finished AP gov and a lot of it was connected to stuff i learned in APUSH</p>

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<p>AP govt is an easy class i heard..
i think i can cover most of it in the month..</p>

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<p>yeah ap gov is easy especially if you have already taken apush</p>

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<p>just to tell you. barron's SAT II US HISTORY is way too specific and way harder than the test. I got a 620 on the barron's test but the actual test i got a 770</p>

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Hmm, we actually covered that (the impeachment process) in detail in U.S History. But then again, i'm not taking an AP course, its just honors. And the fact that I have 2 full years of US History doesn't hurt. Our school doesn't even offer world history.</p>

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<p>interesting... world history is a required course at my school... so is us history</p>

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<p>My State requires:</p>

<p>-State Civics Course
-Any US Hist Course
-Any World Hist Course</p>

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<p>oh... at my school we also are required to take government and economics</p>

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<p>Civics and "Govt and Econ" is same thing..</p>

<p>my school teaches AP Govt but doesnt give u Civics credit for it..</p>

<p>i am doing Civics correspondence..</p>

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<p>oh haha... at my school it's 2 different requirements (gov and econ)</p>

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<p>yea
but i believe my school builds both into one class.</p>

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<p>at my school gov and econ are 2 separate courses, but we have block schedule so each class is only about 2 and a half months long, so people take gov/econ... in a semester... 1 quarter of gov and 1 quarter of econ</p>

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<p>can you take AP Govt for Govt credit and AP Econ for Econ credit??
(if ur school has AP program, of course)</p>

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<p>Our School:
9th Grade: Everyone takes the same course, its just called "Social Studies" and covers ALOT of U.S. History. It goes into WW2 in the most detail.</p>

<p>10th Grade: Everyone takes 1/2 year of U.S Civics, then 1/2 year of U.S. History I</p>

<p>11th Grade: Everyone takes U.S. History II the whole year</p>

<p>12th Grade: By this time our Social Studies credit requirements are fulfilled, so we have more options. I'll be taking AP Psychology (hope i spelt that right).</p>