<p>Is the French subject test as difficult as I've heard? Some say that only native speakers can hope to get a good score (good enough for top LAC/major universities). I've studied french for several years and think I have a fairly good foundation in the language. However, I'd need to take the test in October so that's not a lot of time to review. any thoughts/prep books recommendations?</p>
<p>If it means anything I'm already taking Math II and chem that day (oct 10th)</p>
<p>I got a 6 in french IB.
I was in french immersion</p>
<p>I got dominated by the French SAT II, mainly because I didn’t study for it and took it too lightly. </p>
<p>If you study your vocab and read lots of french books, you’ll be fine. Get the Barron’s or PR’s French SAT II book too.</p>
<p>i’ll be taking the french and math ii test in oct.</p>
<p>i have taken around 4 practice tests and scored 740-760. i have only 3 years of experience in french and is JUST learning the subjonc.</p>
<p>it seems that others advise against taking the fr sat…but my practice tests were pretty good…</p>
<p>i have pr’s and rea’s book.</p>
<p>Don’t be scared away from the test, if you feel confident about your French. I didn’t think it was too bad and got a great score. I didn’t take the French with listening, just the reading, which is much easier for me. Take a practice test to see where you’re at (try to get one issued by the College Board, so that you know it’s as similar to a real test as possible). I think it might be difficult to raise your score a lot from whatever you get on the practice test. I think it’s a hard test to cram for; you just need to have a good foundation of French vocab and grammar.</p>
<p>You don’t need to be a native speaker. I have always thought that I was good at french (e.g. getting a 6 on the practice IB HL tests in IB1) but the test was still hard - especially vocab and nit picky grammar wise. I crammed a lot from both the PR (for vocab) and REA (for prac. tests) books. I didn’t study as much as I could have but I got a 760 which I was happy with. The highest score I’ve heard of a non-native speaker getting was 780 (at my school at least). If you budget time to study, don’t worry too much.</p>
<p>where can i get practice tests authorized by college board?</p>
<p>My son was scoring 750+ on his practice SATs while on his year abroad in Provence. He scored a 700 on the actual test. He told me that his French sister and father said that some of the supposed corrrect answers in the book were wrong …</p>
<p>On the other hand, I have never had a French class in my life. I tried the sample questions provided by the College Board and got them all correct. My high school languages were Spanish, Russian, and Latin. </p>
<p>YMMV!</p>
<p>The College Board’s Study Guide for All SAT Subject Test has two French practice tests in it: one reading, and one reading and listening. That’s all I used to study… too cheap to buy another book.</p>