<p>To all of you who are taking the SAT II Literature test tomorrow...
Is a class like AP Literature sufficient for doing well on the SAT II?
Also, this could serve as the discussion thread following the test =)</p>
<p>I took the test last spring and I am retaking tomorrow. I got a 650 the first time, I didn’t find it that difficult just some of the poetry was challenging. Just know the basic terms you learned in AP Lit and remember how to analyze short stories and poetry.</p>
<p>I’m planning on taking the SAT Lit exam tomorrow and after taking the only practice exam from the big blue book, I am a bit surprised. I’ve taken the SAT I twice; the first time I got an 800 and the second time a 790. I looked at the rarity of high scores on the subject tests (<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/SAT-Subject-Test-Percentile-Ranks-2009.pdf[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board), and figured that even though the students who take the lit exam are probably smarter than the average SAT I test-taker, I still would be in pretty good shape. However, on the released practiced test I got a 740. Now, while I understand that’s not a bad score, it still is less than I expected and I am now considering taking the US history subject test instead. So my question to those of you that have already taken the test is: have you found the SAT lit test to be harder than the SAT I cr? And has the blue book practice test been a reasonably accurate indicator of what you ended up getting on the actual exam?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Where did you find the released practice test? Though it’s probably too late now…</p>
<p>I am taking it tomorrow, though I have not done a practice test and have not taken an AP English class. We’ll see.</p>
<p>^But you’re silverturtle.</p>
<p>@GripRoller: SAT CR and SAT Lit tests different things. That’ll probably account for why you got a few problems wrong, especially if you weren’t familiar with all the lit terms.</p>
<p>@imagodei: If you’re doing well in AP Lit, you’ll probably ace this test.</p>
<p>Wow, just took the test. Some of the poems were quite abstruse. And that may be and understatement.</p>
<p>But you’re silverturtle</p>
<p>I only found two of the sections to be difficult, one of the poetry and one of the passages. When does the embargo lift?</p>
<p>I found it quite difficult in general, and I’ve been getting 5s on AP Lit practice exams.</p>
<p>How difficult did you find the CR to be?</p>
<p>Not difficult. I’ve been getting scores in the mid-to-high 700s on CB practice tests that I’ve recently taken.</p>
<p>I did have time have time at then to go back and review my answers. I ended up correcting 3 or 4 of them, now I’m wondering if I should have let them be.</p>
<p>I think the most challenging part of the lit test is the fact that most of the answers <em>could</em> be correct, finding the best answer is a lot harder than it seems.</p>
<p>Just took the test…feel iffy about it. Could’ve been good, could’ve been really bad! When can we discuss questions?</p>
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Oh ok, just saw this. I guess we wait until they lift the embargo.</p>
<p>Same here, corey91. I had 5 minutes at the end, changed a few answers, erased a few and left them blank.</p>
<p>Check your PMs.</p>
<p>Ya, we can’t discuss actual questions but we can still discuss the test.</p>
<p>Once the embargo is lifted are we allowed to post the passages? I recognized a couple of them.</p>
<p>Hey imagodei, I PMed you something as well.</p>
<p>I feel pretty uneasy about this: after getting a 780 in Critical Reading on the SATs and an 80 on the PSATS, I thought the Lit subject test would be a breeze. It wasn’t.</p>