SAT II bio: Watson&Crick in search of prep books!!

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<p>Hi! I’m a junior taking AP biology, and planning to take the SAT II bio (Molecular, obviously). Because I believe that after finishing the monstrous biology Campbell textbook (1236 pages!), I would not need any thorough reviews, I am rather seeking for SAT II bio prep books with lots of tests that reflect best the time-crunch and level of difficulty of the college board test.</p>

<li><p>Which book(s) do you think has the most accurate&well written tests?</p></li>
<li><p>Which one have the hardest tests that prepares you best for the SAT II?</p></li>
<li><p>How did those of you who took Bio AP prepare for the SAT II? How different is the AP material from the SATII?
I’m also using Cliffnotes AP Biology review, and I think it would also be decent for the Bio SAT II. What do you think?</p></li>
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<p>I would like to mention that I’m not a superb test-taker. I manage decent grades in BioAP because I’m good at memorizing concepts/names and also because I love it. However, I’m shooting for 750+.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading. I am eager to read your comments/advices!</p>

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<p>I assume you’re taking the SAT II in Bio after AP Bio is finished (Around May or June?). I did that and I got a 790 without any studying. I just studied for the AP test, and the SAT II was a joke compared to it. If you do good in AP Bio, you will be over prepared for the SAT II. So you don’t need to really study for it, especially not now if you’re taking it in June.</p>

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<p>If you truley study for the AP bio, you will be more then prepared for the SAT II bio. Campells combined with the AP cliff notes is what I used and I felt pretty good about the SAT II Bio. Know that alot of it isn’t really regurgitating straight facts (you’ll see this in AP bio). Its geared towards testing your logic with the fake experiments (like mine involved looking at the difference n base sequences between a plant, animal, gorilla, and human) and punnett squares. The best review is to do the one in the offcial SAT II book (its only one though!). Princeton review had some questions which were similar to the real test I took this past month.</p>