<p>Would you guys say that it is much easier if you are in AP classes and take the corresponding SAT II test.</p>
<p>For example, I am in AP bio right now and doing relallyllly well: 94% A
And this is a really, extremely in depth class.
Does this give me a good chance to get an 800?</p>
<p>Also I'm doing AP Calc too with the same grade.
I know that Math in calc and Math IIC is quite different so I'm not going to compare, but would you still say that I have a better chance of getting that 800 after taking this class?</p>
<p>You take Math IIC after completing pre-calculus. Calculus isn't going to help you on IIC. In fact, after doing calculus so much, you probably forgot all of the stupid, little stuff IIC will test you. You need to get a prep book specifically for IIC.</p>
<p>You should check out the practice books and look them over and if you think you know most of the questions then you have a pretty good chance of getting an 800.</p>
<p>Honestly, for me there was like absolutely no correlation. In AP World History, I had an A the entire year (it was really difficult!!) and eventually got a 5 on the exam. However, I took that SAT II like 2 weeks afterwards with some more prep and got a 690...eh. So yeah...I'm going to retake it this year.</p>
<p>SAT 2's are much shorter (50 minutes) and are much easier to prep for than the AP exam (3 hours). BUT, the vocab/terminology is slightly different and could throw you off. I did horribly on my first practice SAT Bio (prep book), then reviewed their vocab, and did much better on my later practice exams. If you can take AP bio, it'll be a breeze to review for the SAT Bio.</p>
<p>how much review would an avg student in AP bio need for SATII? like is one good review book enough? would u need to even buy something like cliffs, which is geared more for the AP test?</p>
<p>I just did the PR book for SAT 2 Bio. you need to get the right book for the right test (AP prep for AP test, SAT prep for SAT test). AP exam is definately harder than SAT!!</p>
<p>Certain APs help you tremendously in your SAT IIs and others do not:
You have to prepare for specific types of questions for SAT II subject
tests. A good example is the SAT II Chem which has wierd question types.
You can know the content cold yet get the questions wrong based on
the wording. I was annoyed at getting a 790 in USH (a subject I have come
to dislike intensely) and getting a 760 in Chem (one of my favorite subjects)
and wish it could have been reversed.</p>
<p>The AP tests content and is not meant to "trick" you. The SAT II expects
you to know your content and know the test itself. Ao doing an AP will
help in that regards but most people who get a 5 do not necessarily
have to score a >760 on the SAT II's.</p>
<p>Make sure you put in time learning the SAT II test question types. Personally,
I found doing AP USH very helpful in getting 790 on my SAT II. I found that
I was lacking Solid Geometry in my IIC prep and prepared that from Barrons
and Meylani, helping me get a 800. My grasp fo Biology/M at the end of
Freshman year was not good enough to get me past 760. After AP Bio I
would have been able to do much better on this possibly.</p>
<p>It really depends on the AP class and how much extra time you spend studying the material. In my AP US History class, I got an A on every test (class average was a C), but I got a 4 on the AP test and only 680 on the SAT II. On the other hand, in my AP Bio class, I spent a lot of extra time studying and also got A's on every test (B- class average), and I got a 5 on the AP test and 740 on the SAT II Bio M. On a side note, I also took the SAT II Bio M in January when we had only covered one third of the material (my school spread the class into three credits). I took the SAT II Math II at the same time I took the SAT II Bio. Calculus won't really help you. I took precalc my sophomore year and no one told me that the Math II covers precalc material and not calculus material. You will definately need to buy a test prep book. </p>
<p>If you have a good general understanding of most of the material for both Math II and Bio, you should buy a Barron's test prep book so that you can figure out what details you are weak on. Barron's does a really good job of finding the little things that will matter if you want a high score on the SAT II. If you need something that will cover more general topics, Princeton Review is good. I would get both to cover everything.</p>
<p>Yeah it really depends on how you are taught in school and which test you are taking. I took AP Chem and precalc at school which covered the material on the test. I also took the SATII's in may, so that I was all prepared to take the AP test for chem as well. Math II is really all precalc concepts; I found I didn't use my calculator much at all.
I was too cheap to buy any books so for preparation, so I studied the stuff on sparknotes.com SATII's section, which I thought really helped with the format of questions and stuff. One thing to note is that the answers on their practice questions on their website can be wrong haha.</p>
<p>monkeycloud said there was no correlation between AP World History and the SAT II. Anyone else have experience on this topic? My sophomore D is self-studying for the AP World History exam in May, and we're wondering if she should just go ahead and sign up for the SAT II.</p>
<p>I've noticed a very close correlation between the AP and SAT II Chemistry exams.</p>
<p>Also, Calculus can help you on Math Level 2 as long as you don't forget your trig. For example, I used derivatives to answer maximum/minimum problems very quickly.</p>