<p>I'm planning on taking the SAT Literature subject test. I have roughly a month and a half to prepare... I'm doing this because I wasn't in AP Bio or Calculus yet so the other SAT IIs are pretty challenging to me (aside from history which I also plan to take). </p>
<p>That being said, Literature definitely isn't a walk in the park. I got the McGraw Hill book for practice tests and even getting a ridiculous number of questions wrong I was getting like 650. However, I did some searching and apparently there is an unforgiving curve on the Lit subject test as opposed to math and others. Is it really that steep?</p>
<p>Also, if any of you guys have taken it and done well, could you please share with me what you guys did to study? Anything you read or did? I'm willing to read a couple old books if it can boost my comprehension of those old-style passages.</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh, final question. Will it look bad having History and Lit as my two subject tests? I know colleges usually prefer Math and Science. I'm probably going to major in economics if that helps.</p>
<p>I took the test last year and got 680. I missed maybe 10 questions and the test was very difficult (for me). I’ve bought the barron’s prep book and am studying from it and am also reading a lot. I’m sitting for the test in November along with Math I and II.</p>
<p>Yeah I’ve actually changed my mind. Considering there’s barely any curve and the questions are pretty difficult, I figured it’s better to just try my luck at Math II.</p>
<p>Has anybody taken the test without taking Calculus?</p>
<p>You don’t need to know Calculus in order to get an 800 in Math II. You do, however, need to know pre-calculus. By having a great grasp of pre-calculus, you can do excellent on the Math II exam. Of course, you do have to know algebra and geometry pretty well too.</p>
<p>I suggest learning L’Hopital’s rule, which makes finding limits a cinch, especially when simply plugging numbers yields indeterminate forms, which often occurs on the Math II exam. :D</p>
<p>^Can you provide any examples? I’ve lost count of the number of practice math II tests I took, but I’ve never missed a question on limits. Plugging in the numbers always works for me.</p>
<p>I think I might have used it in the Barron’s Math II book as well (see the diagnostic test). But I’m sure about PR. </p>
<p>Are you saying that you never simplify a function before plugging in the number? </p>
<p>L’Hopital’s rule allows one to eschew simplifying a function (often through factoring and cancelling common factors), which saves a lot of time.</p>
<p>Usually the functions on the SAT II for limits are really simple. It’s usually not more complex than “find the limit of x as x → 2 in (x^2+4x+9)/(x-1).” Something you can just plug and chug into your calculator (or do in your head, really -_-; ), which would take less than half a minute at the very most. I really don’t think anything more complex is required.</p>