<p>SAT IIs comming up in a week, I am taking US history and Literature. I have not been particularly studying them except what I learn in my AP US history class (i havent learned a single thing from my teacher) and my Lit class (which is pretty good). I purchaced the Princetons Review Literature for the SATII and Barrons US History/World History SATII. </p>
<p>How do you guys recommend me to study for these 2 subjects in 1 week? Im thinking 4 -5 hr cram sessions every night, from 4-9 for a week in both lit and us history. Do you think it'll work?</p>
<p>Thanks, any suggestions will help!</p>
<p>I can't say for Lit. But for US, I'd say to take a practice test. See how you do and what you got wrong. Then, just review/learn the things you got wrong. Target effectively.</p>
<p>Is Lit much harder than US history?</p>
<p>I don't know. I never took it. Maybe someone else can help with that.</p>
<p>By the way, does anyone know if you have to write an essay on either test?</p>
<p>No. On SAT IIs, there's no essays. Ever.</p>
<p>There's not much to study for Literature. Just some rote memorization of a few literary terms that you probably already know (couplets, sonnets, apostrophe, personification, etc.). The hard part of the test is the analytical thinking.</p>
<p>So you should probably spend more of your time on U.S. History than Literature.</p>
<p>And yeah, no essays. :)</p>
<p>I took the Lit and US History exams back in the fall with minimal review -- I had taken the APUSH and AP English Language tests in May and earned 5's on both; I wound up with 760 Lit and 770 US History. </p>
<p>The US History subject test is easier than the APUSH test, but I used Course-notes.org to study for both.</p>