<p>Yea, title pretty much says it all. I haven't taken any AP science classes, so I'm wondering which one is easiest to prepare for by myself.</p>
<p>I'd say Bio.</p>
<p>Since its all memorization, and you don't need anyone to teach you it really. But thats cause I suck at math stuff so physics is out of the question for me, and I can't see the point in learning chemistry cause I find it boring...</p>
<p>what prep book would u reccomend for bio, and physics?</p>
<p>no way bio. If you don't know mitosis and meisis and stuff, i would NOT try to learn that all by yourself. Too tough. I would say physics. It takes the least amount of memorization, your math skills greatly helps you, plus a lot of it is conceptual common sense. But i did look at the SAT II physics sample questions, and some of them seem hard without knowing the stuff. All that electricity stuff would confuse me</p>
<p>then if you don't have any background, you are not really likely to break a 700 which is hard with even the most generous curve!!! lol this is just what i though after I took the test. i'm not sure if i can get over 750</p>
<p><em>edit</em> yea it was physics</p>
<p>PS: PR for Physics</p>
<p>physics, if your good at math and problem solving. Bio is also good but it requires a lot of time unless you have a photographic memory. Chem is okay but not the easiest.</p>
<p>"no way bio. If you don't know mitosis and meisis and stuff, i would NOT try to learn that all by yourself. Too tough. I would say physics. It takes the least amount of memorization, your math skills greatly helps you, plus a lot of it is conceptual common sense. But i did look at the SAT II physics sample questions, and some of them seem hard without knowing the stuff. All that electricity stuff would confuse me"</p>
<p>While I agree that would be kind of hard, how about taking bio with an emphasis in environment and hoping not to miss too many questions at the cellular level and below?</p>
<p>As for physics, I would say the motion stuff is common sense and a little math. Electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics, though... those are killers. >.<</p>
<p>Mitosis and meiosis are hard? After reading this thread, I lost my faith in American education, but I do give it credits for inventing cool names such as Advance Placement, Honors, Acceleration etc. </p>
<p>Most of them are just bluffs.</p>
<p>you're right if we said mitosis and meiosis was hard, i would lose faith too. fortunately we didn't.</p>
<p>Physics is the easiest to self study. The curve is the most generous (~10 wrong = 800), so you can have the most gaps in your knowledge. You can literally get every modern physics and E/M question wrong and still get above 750. A friend of mine simply did not study modern physics and skipped all those questions, and still got an 800. A basic understanding of mechanics/kinetics (throw a ball in the air, roll a ball down a ramp, two people on a seesaw, similar approachable questions) will get you halfway through the test. Buy princeton's and study it! Biology is hard, probably the hardest, to self study. You have to memorize the most information, and the curve is the hardest (~2-3 = 800). I know kids who took AP Bio and still got low 700s on sat ii bio, and kids who never took AP Physics, and got 800 on sat ii physics.</p>
<p>kevinscool: It can be inferred, and by the way it should be "mitosis and meiosis WERE hard." </p>
<p>Anyway, I would probably take either biology or physics, like most people suggested. Biology is not that hard, just have to memorize.</p>
<p>eh i guess. well let me rephrase then. Learning all the vocab for mitosis, meiosis, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and plant parts would be tough.
Also i think bio would be tough just cause if you read and look at diagrams straight off a book, you'll be confused as hell. Maybe a tutor would help, but I don't think trying to self study ADP and the krebs cycle and what a stigma is would be the smartest choice</p>
<p>you don't really need to know a lot of in depth info for the bio subject test. you have to cover a broad range of topics, but it's all pretty simple. also, a third ish of the test is analyzing labs.</p>
<p>What if you took a regular biology honors course, but last year? Would that be better, since I remember alot of the material from last year.</p>
<p>^ Definitely. Eh, mitosis and meiosis don't require as much memorization as the other sections (human physiology was a PAIN to go over).</p>
<p>I still say USH, everything you'd need to know is in a prep book. You could literally score 650+ just from reading a PR book or what have you.</p>
<p>i totally agree with the human pysiology thing. That was horrible.</p>