<p>I'm in APUSH right now - actually, the IB equivalent - and will be taking the exam in May. Should I also register for the SAT US History exam? Should I take the SAT exam soon after the AP exam (after looking at a few prep books, of course), or should I dedicate more time to studying for the SAT exam before I take it? I'm aiming for a 750+.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Take it. I studied just for the AP exam, reviewed everything slightly the day before the SATs, and I scored a 770/800. The SAT subject test is far easier than the AP exam is (plus, no essay yay!)</p>
<p>S took both …got a 5 and 800. The subject test is loads easier. We used BARRONS I think.</p>
<p>I took both and I found the multiple choice on the SAT2 to be much harder than the multiple choice on the AP, but the AP also required a bunch of essays so I would say overall they were probably equally difficult. The SAT2 has a pretty crazy curve though, which makes it a little easier. I think I got 5 wrong /80 and got an 800.</p>
<p>Oh, that’s a relief! I’m definitely going to take it then. I suppose that it’s the same for other AP courses too - that the SAT is generally easier?</p>
<p>Take it!
I should have but I just didn’t have time to with other SAT IIs</p>
<p>I got a 5 on the AP Exam. I reconmend taking the SAT II in May. I took in June and forgot most of it. I got a 690.</p>
<p>i took both. 5 on the AP/800 on the SAT II. i took the SAT II in june and did well. personally, i think taking subject tests during the month of AP exams is overly stressing yourself. just keep refreshed on your facts and take in june.</p>
<p>my advice? use AMSCO. (this is what you hear from EVERY single person on CC, but it works)</p>
<p>5/750 lollll</p>
<p>What about AP Econ which is one semester? Can’t take the AP exam until May. By then, all the info will have faded from memory.</p>
<p>It’s probably good to take the May test since it’s right before AP exams, meaning you should be ready for it. (keyword: should) The multiple choice questions on both tests are all are the same style. Being prepared for one equates to being prepared for the other.</p>
<p>However I made a stupid by being lazy… I wasn’t ready for the May US History test since I didn’t get time to study at all. I went in, took it without reviewing a single thing and scraped a 600. By the next week when the APUSH exam rolled around, I read the whole AMSCO book thoroughly in 3 days and got a 5. In November I decided to retake the SATII US History (after not having looked at anything US History related since May) since my score was so lousy, but I ended up having no time to study… again. Night before the SATII second time around, I spent 3.5hrs reviewing for MathII first and then stayed up till 3:30am skimming AMSCO up till the Vietnam War chapter and decided it would be pointless to study all the stuff after the 1970s. I ended up with a 720.</p>
<p>I concur with Tres Elefantes. Lesson I learned through experience… AMSCO rocks, especially if you haven’t retained much info from your US History class over the course - like me, info tends to fly out my head once the exams were over. Read it even though it is 700pgs long; or you can stop after reading up to Reagan if you’re pressed for time. AMSCO reviews almost every piece of information that might come up on the APUSH/SATII USH exam.</p>
<p>Study a bit and take it. It’ll definitely helps you review for the AP Exam.</p>
<p>5/760</p>
<p>Be sure to study for the subject test though; don’t assume that it is much easier than the AP. I got a 5 on AP and a 790 (uggh) on the SAT</p>
<p>I didn’t (mainly because I wasn’t too aware of the SAT II), although now, I really wish I did.</p>
<p>Most people in my school take it in June because the teacher holds extra prep classes right after the AP exam.</p>
<p>5 on the AP exam and a 790 on the subject test. I only used my course textbook and an AP review book (as well as some Sparknotes practice questions).</p>
<p>I took it in May and got a 750, but a 4 on the AP.</p>
<p>I got a 5 on the AP, but only a 650 on the II 
The SAT II felt like a breeze, I still can’t figure it out. Oh well.</p>
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<p>Wow, thanks for all the advice! I do have a copy of the latest Amsco, which I should start reading again lol. :)</p>
<p>I got 5/740. I’m not actually a history person. I personally thought the subject test was harder. I remember that the subject test always has two or three of these… horribly obscure, random questions. Weird things like “What was the name of the music popular with (obscure random NA tribe)? Who wrote this obscure play?” haha</p>
<p>I got a 5 (very low 5 I’m presuming) and a 740 on the subject test. The subject test is definitely much more broad and I think you can purely study from a review book (Kaplan, Princeton Review, etc). It would help knowing small events/authors such as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair or knowing that the Missouri Compromise admitted Maine as a state in compensation for extended slavery, stuff like that. Good luck!</p>