<p>Hi guys, I was wondering what your study plan would be for the next two weeks till the BIO SAT? I know most of the stuff, but I still have that feeling that I'm underprepared despite doing decently well on both Barron's and PR's practice tests. Any suggestions on what to do, how to do it, and at what frequency to do it would be great, as well as other advice for the coming days till the test!</p>
<p>What scores have you been getting on the Barron’s tests? </p>
<p>For me, I usually review my mistakes every couple days or so and put down everything on a sheet of paper that I tend to forget so that I can look at it starting a couple days before the test. Decide whether you wanna do bio E or bio M early on and don’t be indecisive like me ><;</p>
<p>I have generally been getting around 780s (790 on pr and 780 on both Barron’s if I recall). I’m definitely taking E as I generally score higher on it and I’m most comfortable with that material. I do review everything, but my biggest worry is that I’ll end up forgetting details in things like plants and classification (the two topics that I’m weakest in as it’s my first time dealing with those topics).</p>
<p>Take note that the raw score table in the Barron’s bio book is not like the real one. The real one, I think, can be found on the sparknotes website.
Like for example, in Barron’s you can get 800 with -4 or -5, in Spark Notes table you get 800 only if 78/80.</p>
<p>Alright that clears a lot. The Barron’s table is insane, I think an 800 is even a 73 raw score. My raw score was around 71 or 72 in Barron’s. In Princeton it was around 77 I think.</p>
<p>I used Barron’s too, but I found out that lots of information about viruses are missing.
I advise you to go through the virus part in the spark notes online biology lessons.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks. Definitely will do that. I plan to read through Barron’s and Princeton Review once (hopefully twice each) before the test day. Any other ideas of what to do for the last few days? I’ll check out spark notes too.</p>
<p>Yeah, plants and taxonomy ><; there should be a chart in Barron’s that summarizes taxonomy. From now until the day before the test, I’d look through both the plant and classification sections. Just spend about half an hour each day looking through so that you get comfortable w/ the material. I really don’t think looking at outside knowledge is necessary b/c Barron’s usually provides all the info you need to know. </p>
<p>And yeah, a lot of scoring charts aren’t reliable these days. Typically, missing more than 2 or (if you’re lucky) 3 questions will bring you to a 790.</p>