<p>I know this issue has been discussed on these forums ad nauseam, but I was hoping for some fresh opinions. I plan to take the Biology, Literature, and Math IC. (I know I should take the IIC, but Im terrible in math and have only had classes through Algebra II.) My question is this: what review books would I be likely to find most useful? I will have to almost self-study these for these tests, as I have not had a biology class since tenth grade, (I do enjoy biology, and feel I have a good enough base that I could learn the information needed to get a good score) my math classes did not even cover everything on the IC, and I have never had a literature class. My school has no honors classes, and no APs besides English and Calculus, so I could not seek advice from teachers of these subjects. Additionally, I will be the only person in the (long) history of my crappy rural school to even consider taking SAT IIs. (I think it would be safe to say that I am the only person who has even HEARD of SAT IIs here, aside from the people I have told about them.) For these reasons, you enlightened CC folks from places where hicks and ignorance of standardized testing do not abound are my only hope. Thank you in advance to anyone willing to offer advice.</p>
<p>For one, buy the real sat II book. For lit, buy a book that has a lot of practice, that is the best way to get better. For math Ic, buy barron's book but don't get distressed (its way hard).</p>
<p>The math 2c book is just as hard as my math course at school...
So it's gonna no problem for me</p>
<p>Thanks, stix. Could anyone share an example of a literature prep book that has a lot of practice? Also, I forgot to mention that I already have the Real SAT II book.</p>
<p>The following refer to amazon.com Kaplan has 8 practice tests and got a 5 star review (the old version got the review, but it is basically the same material). The barrons book is supposed to be a little to hard and full of some useless info (I wouldn't recomend it, literature by barron's; I can see It as to hard and confusing). Princeton review doesn't have that much practice (2 tests) and their book has writing in it too (3 stars). Rea's book has 6 practice tests (no reviews) and says that there book is based on actual questions from the college board (it might only be the ones in the real Sat II book but I don't know) and it actually looks good. Try Kaplan and mabey Rea.</p>
<p>Can anyone else help me, please?</p>
<p>to add to this thread.. to anyone who has taken a foreign language SAT2, which are the best prep books for those? which helped u most?</p>
<p>Bumping for two enquiring minds.</p>
<p>Can anyone else please help us?</p>
<p>I plan to take SAT II biology also. Which prep book is best? (I have Barron's right now, as well as the AP Barron's).</p>
<p>Kaplan's Biology is by the best IMO. I got a 780 after studying from the Kaplan book for a week. I have also read parts of the barron's and PR books; Barron's is harder than the real test, PR is easier than the real test. Kaplan seems to be just about where the real difficulty and specificity (is that a word?) is.</p>
<p>For math IC, it really doesn't matter which one you get. I read several at B&N and they were all pretty much the same to me. I did a 2 night review with the Peterson's book and got an 800. For IC, it's more about not making any stupid mistakes. You should know all the math on it. Pretty much the only things I had to review were, complex numbers, trig identities, and conic sections.</p>
<p>people say that math is best with barron's because it has more info (but it's way harder than the actual thing) so i recommend princeton review. i took math iic with that and got a really good score so you should do fine with it for math ic.</p>
<p>Eugene S, did you had biology class before???</p>
<p>I had biology freshman year. However I took the exam after sophomore year. I had forgotten a lot of the stuff we did in class, and pretty much had to re-learn everything.</p>
<p>so if you know everything in that kaplan book youre capable to score 700+??</p>
<p>I will say yes, if you need something cheer you up, after a bad school day..</p>
<p>oops nvm that last post. wrong thread. ill delete it. anyways, yes if you accurately know everything in the kaplan book, you can definitely get a 700+ as long as you are avg intelligence or higher.</p>