<p>Background=>I am a student from faraway land from USA (Asia). English is not my first language. I go to school non-english speaking school.</p>
<p>I am taking US history SAT in 1 week. December 7,2013. I haven't taken any US history classes at school and knew nothing much. I got this crazy interest in history so I guess I register for the test.
Now I have been reading AMSCO and Mcgraw hill and gets only near to Civil war part. Do u think I will get time to read through the whole book(no teacher,no tutor , once read, I never forget the facts) .
I still have to study civil war and the later parts. I know Cold war quite well.</p>
<p>So if any Americans who have taken US history, PLEASE TELL ME THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL AND MY CHANCES OF GETTING 700+.</p>
<p>I am an international student and studied US history from almost no knowledge. However, covering everything from Civil War in 1 week is a bit unrealistic. There are so many individuals that you should know of and their works. getting 700+ is not too difficult. go for it.</p>
<p>If you know everything till Cold War and use this 1 week wisely, you have a chance of 700+</p>
<p>Don’t try to cram everything in. It’s too late to study such a large period of time in just one week. You could get 700+ if you are able to do well on the portions you have already studied</p>
<p>How long does it take to study SAT history (world or U.S.)? I’m going to take my SATs next year, so I’m wondering when I should begin studying for them.</p>
<p>I don’t think that the US subject tests are extremely hard – I studied up to the “Monroe Era of Good Feelings” the night before in my Sparknotes book and got a 700, without an APUSH clss. I’ve heard that (on here) AMSCO is very rigrous so as long as you know something from the book, you should be fine. (I’m a little biased because I have a passion for American history and read history books for fun. I mostly read about WWII and everything after though so my Sparknotes book covered the missing gaps.)</p>
<p>@MeIsHM: Personally, I couldn’t finish studying for World History in a month, using the Barron’s book. (I got really sick the day before the test in June so I skipped it.) The Barron’s book for WH is insane though – if you use that book, I would study that book as you go through a WH class in school. </p>
<p>For US history, as I mentioned earlier, I used the Sparknotes book and it’s honestly perfect. When I took the US test in November, literally the first page of questions was everything I found in my Sparknotes book. The book is interesting to read (to me at least) and not lengthy like Barron’s history books tend to be. I had literally no time to study but I got up to the 1840s (about 1/4 of the book I think?) in one night. If I had time to study the whole book, I think I could’ve gotten a perfect score. For US history, again I would use a prep book and study alongside with the class curriculm and then take some time to review everything before the Subject test. If that’s not possible, I would start 6 weeks earlier with a good prep book and an hour a night.</p>
<p>MeIsHM, if you know nothing right now, then getting 750+ will take probably 1 to 1.5 months. Read a textbook and remember general facts and trends and then read again to delve into details. Worked fine with me.</p>