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<p>LEGEND</p>
<p>A - Accurate practice tests.
B - Good for learning material you don't know.
C - Easy to read and understand.
D - Not a lot of superfluous material.
E - Teacher recommendation.
F - Slightly harder than the real thing. (Write F+ if it's a lot harder than the real thing)
G - Good practice questions (outside of the practice tests)
H - A lot of practice tests (more than 4)</p>
<p>**English Literature:</p>
<p>U.S. History:**</p>
<ul>
<li><p>*Sparknotes Review Book with 3 Online Tests <a href="A,C,D">/I</a>
Great for last week review and refresh.
Recommender's score: 790.</p></li>
<li><p>*Princeton Review (AP version)<a href="G">/I</a>
Great prep for the SAT II (some identical questions!)</p></li>
<li><p>*Kaplan<a href="A,%20B,%20C,%20D,%20G">/I</a>
Read it cover to cover a week before the exam and felt really prepared. It really helps for stuff you didn't cover in class.
Recommender's score: 790.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>**World History:</p>
<p>Mathematics Level 1:</p>
<p>Mathematics Level 2:**</p>
<ul>
<li>*Barron's<a href="E">/I</a>
Almost everyone uses it and my teacher recommends it, even though it's COMPLETELY unrealistic (because it's a lot harder). But, because it's so much harder, it prepares you wonderfully, and the real thing is a breeze.</li>
</ul>
<p>**Biology E:</p>
<p>Biology M:**</p>
<ul>
<li>*Princeton Review<a href="B,%20E">/I</a> Rec 2: (B, C, D, F, G)
The practice tests are nothing like the real thing, but the book is still a good review of EVERYTHING in high school chem.</li>
</ul>
<p>Chemistry:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>*Barron's<a href="A,%20C,%20D">/I</a> Rec 2: (A, C)
1: The practice tests are nothing like the real thing, but the book is still a good review of EVERYTHING in high school chem.
2: Some extra information, but not too much.
Recommender's score: 800.</p></li>
<li><p>*Princeton Review<a href="A,%20B,%20G">/I</a>
Recommender's score: 770.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Physics:</p>
<p>-* Barron's<a href="A,%20B,%20C,%20D">/I</a>
Practice tests were somewhat different from the actual, but in general still good preparation. Little superfluous material, however preparation in some parts is on the scarce side.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>*Kaplan <a href="B,%20C">/I</a>
Good for acquiring a general knowledge of previously unknown material, however the Princeton Review book is required for more in-depth knowledge. Practice tests are much easier than the real thing.</p></li>
<li><p>*Princeton Review<a href="A">/I</a>
Explanation of concepts is hard to understand, but practice tests are extremely accurate, although there aren't many of them.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>**Chinese with Listening:</p>
<p>French:**</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Princeton Review<a href="A,%20B,%20C,%20D,%20G">/I</a>
The French exam is very centered on grammar, so a lot of the book is focused on that, which makes it a bit dull and boring. However, the practice tests were extremely accurate.
Recommender's score: 760 (but on the listening exam...)
*
French with Listening:*</p></li>
<li><p>*Princeton Review<a href="A,%20C,%20G">/I</a>
The book includes a very short and unhelpful section for students who will take the listening exam, but at least they tried. The book is good for the reading-based portion of the exam.
Recommender's score: 760.</p></li>
<li><p>*Barron's<a href="B,%20C">/I</a>
This book includes a CD for the listening section, however it has its drawbacks. The same people were used for all the clips on the CD, which is bad because you get used to their voices. This could make you have to strain to listen to the people for the real test. It's better than nothing, though.
Recommender's score: 760.
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German:</p></li>
</ul>
<p>German with Listening:</p>
<p>Spanish:**</p>
<ul>
<li>*Barron's<a href="A,%20C,%20D,%20H">/I</a>
Slightly inaccurate practice tests, but the fact that there are many of them compensates for this.</li>
</ul>
<p>Spanish with Listening:</p>
<ul>
<li>*Barron's<a href="A,%20C,%20D">/I</a>
See comments for Spanish without listening.</li>
</ul>
<p>**Modern Hebrew:</p>
<p>Italian:</p>
<p>Latin:</p>
<p>Japanese with Listening:</p>
<p>Korean with Listening:</p>
<p>Listening tests in general:**</p>
<ul>
<li>*The Official Study Guide for all SAT Subject Tests by the College Board<a href="A,%20H">/I</a>
This book is great for the listening tests because it has CDs for all the subjects, and all the exams are taken from previous years. However, it cannot be used for studying because it consists only of practice tests.</li>
</ul>
<p>*All exams in general: *</p>
<ul>
<li>*The Official Study Guide for all SAT Subject Tests by the College Board <a href="A,%20H">/I</a>
Great practice tests for all the exams. However, there is nothing more in the book except practice tests (one per subject). </li>
</ul>
<p>If you make a recommendation for a book that's already on the list, and if your reasons for recommending the book are very different from the original recommender's, be sure to include a comment.</p>
<p>I've added two new category, although they're not actual tests. The first is for language tests with listening because I know from experience that it's extremely difficult to find review books for these exams. The second is for the exams in general (so if one book is good for more than one exam, you can list it along with the exams it's good for). For these two categories, it is not necessary to include your score on the exam.</p>
<p>I've also personally made a recommendation for French and French with Listening.</p>