How difficult is SAT-US history test?

<p>How difficult is SAT-US history test? Is it at Kaplan or Princeton's sample tests' level or at Barron's?</p>

<p>Please give a hand! Thank you!</p>

<p>well all i can comment on really is kaplan cause thats all i used and let me say this...</p>

<p>i thought the actual test was harder than the practice tests but when i got my score it was right in line with the scores i got on the practice tests</p>

<p>not sure how much that helped but it is what is ya know</p>

<p>not very...</p>

<p>If you take it right after your US history courses, you should have no problem answering the questions on the test. Otherwise, if you wait a summer to take the test, it might be more challenging considering you might have forgotten the material.</p>

<p>My daughter did not take AP US History (though she did take AP Preparatory US History) and with very little studying (skimming through a book for an hour or two) she earned a 760. Most of her friends were the same.</p>

<p>Apparently its pretty hard. Can't you miss like 20 and still get an 800?</p>

<p>^whoa 20 thats a lot</p>

<p>haha wats AP Preparatory US History</p>

<p>I didn't think it was difficult at all....I got a 650 without studying--I was expecting much lower than that since I chose to take this subject test on a last minute whim.</p>

<p>can you really miss 20?! *** that's an insane curve..</p>

<p>Ok I may have exagerated a little when I said 20, but in my SAT II practice book you can miss 12 and still get 800...</p>

<p>The difficulty of the US History test depends very strongly on the history course (or courses) in your high school, unless you have done extensive extracurricular reading in American history. If you have friends who have taken this SAT II, they can probably give you a good idea of the match or mis-match between the exam coverage and your course. Colonial-period questions seem to me to be easier for East Coast students than for others. I think that the Barron's book might be a little more demanding than the SAT II test itself.</p>

<p>it is easier than the A.P ; me 700 sat 2 5 A.P</p>

<p>same results as mavman - 700 sat 2, 5 on the ap, but i finished history in may and then didn't take the sat 2 until december... without prepping lol
i'd suggest rereading a prep book... probably could've helped!</p>

<p>I walked in after getting acing the CB practices. I thought the test was fairly easy. 5 on the AP, 790 on the test. Personally, I thought the AP was more challenging. I only doubted myself on maybe 3-4 questions on the SAT II.</p>

<p>Getting the higher scores depends on details/analysis of the periods. I didn't study and I really couldn't say. The History Channel never hurt.</p>

<p>If you are currently taking an AP US class or are planning to take the AP US test in May then take the SAT II US History in May as well. This really helped me last year because I did not have to do any extra studying and I received a 790.</p>

<p>I took the test this november, some months after finishing a US History ap course and taking the ap test in may. I studied the night before by taking a practice test from my friend's book (I think it was Barron's). I got a 740 on the practice test, looked up every question I got wrong and got 800 when I took the real thing the next morning. I'm glad I took that practice test.</p>

<p>I went in not expecting to take USH, but it turns out that I was signed up for it so I had to. I completely winged it (hadn't taken USH since Junior year) and got a 690. With a little prep, an 800 is completely manageable.</p>