<p>I need to take some SAT subject tests, and am currently signed up to take 3 this Saturday. I am signed up to take US History, Bio, and Literature. </p>
<p>Now, here's the problem: Something came up that I need to attend and I need to be out of there by 9:45. I will schedule to take the tests again in December, but I would like to still take 1 or 2 (probably just one) this weekend. </p>
<p>Which leads me to my first question: About what time will you get out from taking 1 test? How about 2? I know they are an hour, but what time does the proctor actually administer it? </p>
<p>Second question: Of the above mentioned, which one is the easiest to do well on with minimal preparation. I scored a 5 on the APUSH test last year, but haven't had a chance to review. I am currently in AP Bio, and I had bio as a freshman as well. I made a 4 on the Junior Language comp AP test last year, and am in AP again. Which on of these (if I can only get one in) do you guys recommend taking? Right now I'm leaning towards Bio, as its a lot (I think) of common sense and prior knowledge, or lit, because it's just literature (though I've heard this test is a pain). </p>
<p>Anyways, I'd greatly appreciate some help on how many tests I will be able to take and which one is the easiest to do well on. I am shooting for 700+, and know I will have to take again in December, but would really like to have a decent score under my belt before then. </p>
You’ve already answered your own question. The proctor administers it strictly according to the rule.</p>
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If I were you, I’d pick biology, but the preference varies drastically from person to person. Do a practice test for each of the three and pick the one that you score the highest on.</p>
<p>But do they start right at 8? Starting at eight, with two, and finishing at 10 is different then starting at, let’s say, 8:30, and finishing at 11 because the proctor spends a lot of time with directions. </p>
<p>when i took the tests, we didn’t really start until 8:30, because first they check attendence, then they send you into the different rooms, then they read that thing that they have to read and explain everything, so you probably won’t start until about 8:30</p>
<p>My daughter took the Lit Sat Sub in October and it took over an hour before they actually began the test. She didn’t walk out until 10:10 AM. This was at a very large school.</p>
<p>As far as test difficulty, I’d recommend US History. I took US and Lit on the same day, and I didn’t realize that there were 90 questions on the US instead of 60. So I ended up noticing with about 7 minutes left and only had that time to answer 30 more questions, and I still got a 760. It’s an extremely easy test, at least I thought. Lit, however, was not. I consider myself a very strong English student, I got a 5 on the AP lang test and do very well in English at school. But this test was very hard for me, the passages were impossible to understand and the questions barely related back to them. I did, to say the least, not well. An AP test on crack. I’d avoid that one, if at all possible.</p>
<p>They never usually start directly at 8 (since they have to wait for people who have not shown up) but there is a very good chance you’ll be done with one test by 9:45, unless something happened and the proctor started the first test very late.</p>
<p>Okay, I may take US then. I didn’t think the APUSH test was bad, but I had a really good teacher who got us ready with lots of study sessions and stuff. Since it is a detailed, fact based test I was thinking I should wait until I have had time to review.</p>
<p>Anyone want to weigh in on the relative difficulty of the bio test? Not taking lit. </p>
<p>Okay, I guess I just have to hope that my proctor gets things moving and starts by 8:30… If I was going to get out at 11, as mentioned above, I might have to walk out and cancel scores… </p>