<p>Hi;
I am unsure about whether I should take the CHEMISTRY or BIOLOGY subject test (this year). I have/am taking regular courses @ high school for both. I prefer biology a bit more, but I'm not particularly strong in either subject (I still want to try though). </p>
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<li>what books would be useful?</li>
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<p>I’d take bio. The chem on the SAT II is not what most people are used to from chem. I took Accelerated Chem last year, and it was mainly calculation based, while the test is almost exclusively application/memorization based. Bio, on the other hand, is based on memorization in class, so you’d theoretically do better on the subject test for Bio, as they’ll be a BIT more like your regular finals. Do prepare for them though, as most are designed for students who took college prep courses in the subjects.</p>
<p>Thanks-just to clarify for anyone else who responds-I’m taking college prep courses</p>
<p>When I took the Bio test sophomore year, my teacher lent me a book to study with, I think it was Kaplan. It worked pretty well, I did some practice tests & reviewed with it and wound up getting a 720 (Bio E). I didn’t take Chem, but I’ve heard it’s a beast, so personally I’d go with Bio. I wasn’t stellar at bio in school, but the test wasn’t absolutely awful.</p>
<p>agreed with raychacha</p>
<p>What grade are you in?
I’m a Senior and I’ve taken both Biology and Chemistry this year. I initially took the latter because I thought it would be easier since I took Honors Chemistry last year. On the date that I retook it I also took Biology-M (I’m in AP Bio this year) and I was perturbed by how relatively easy it was. I wish I had just studied for Bio in the first place.</p>
<p>well scoring in biology is easy go for biology subject test</p>