<p>so i took the bio sat II in my freshmen year and did pretty badly, a 600.
needless to say, i didn't study much for it. but college is coming up soon and im thinking about retaking it this october. does anyone have good review books/tips/ recommendations? if you guys do, it would be much appreciated (:</p>
<p>i got a 790 on the sat 2 for bio for a couple of reasons. first of all, i took ap bio in 10th grade then took the test in 11th grade (January) so the information was still relevant but not completely fresh in my mind. i kind of put off studying so i crammed for 3 weeks. it is definetley possible to do well on this test. the book i used was from princeton review. i read and highlighted each chapter and then took notes on things that i would forget. memorize every detail and aim for a perfect score so you can really do your best. another thing is to do the practice tests at the end of the book because some of those questions were very similar to the ones on the test. then i skimmed through some of the information in the kaplan book just to get a different perspective. make sure you are really good at the questions that deal with experiments and data analysis because there are a lot of those on the test. practice a lot of those and you should be fine. another topic that i found to be really important was organ systems of the human body and the different stages of evolution for animals. by this i mean which animal came first and which apsects of animals came first and which came last. evolution was a really big part of the test too. know your definitions when it comes to evolution. also, be careful to choose which test you want to take, biology e (with an emphasis on ecology) or biology m (with an emphasis on molecular biology). it depends on what your teacher emphasized in class and what you like better. sorry for such a long response but i hope it helps and good luck!</p>
<p>Practice is key here. I must've done every practice test in every practice book for the biology SAT II. (I got an 800 by the way). Reading/brushing up on your biology is also very necessary. I would start with the princeton review as they go over mainly general stuff then move on to barron's or kaplan which has more specific information. You may also consider browsing through bio textbooks if you have time. (campbell is a good one to consider)</p>