<p>After an entire year's worth of Biology AP and American History AP, everyone has rest assured that the SAT II would be a cake walk--more or less. On AP biology and american history practice exams I've been scoring fives. Then, when doing some SAT II questions, history was fine, but biology--careless errors maybe because I'm faltering and in need of rest, or maybe I "stink" in bio, which absolutely makes no sense after ascendency on practice AP's. Then I looked at particular questions in the Kaplan book and saw a few errors; i.e spermatogenesis (production of sperm) doesn't begin at puberty, but rather before--WHAT!? In addition, roughly--how are the SAT II questions in such brand name books in comparison to the real exam. Are they same would you say? Thanks.</p>
<p>If anyone has links to sample tests, it would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>The Kaplan questions are much harder because when I took a practice test, I missed like 15 questions. They even used terms I never saw before. When I took the test from the REAL Sat II book, I only missed 4 and got a 800.</p>
<p>In general, are scores in the upper 700's a rarity. I looked at sample biology questions on collegeboard--there was great disparity between the kaplan and collegeboard's.</p>
<p>I took the first practice test in the Kaplan book and scored a pretty dismal 630. Then I took the first practice test in the Barron's book and scored a pretty decent 760. I found the Kaplan's test really hard, the Barron's one not too bad. This really surprised me because in general the Barron's book has the hardest practice tests, but I guess this general rule doesn't hold true for bio.</p>
<p>Now I'm really worried. Which test is more like the real one? Of course my fear is that the Kaplan test will be more like the real one.</p>
<p>I need some advice. 9th grade S is currently doing very well in his Bio class at Deerfield..top of the class...97-98 percent average. However, he is not in the advanced (AP/honors) Bio class. His mother and I are encouraging him to take the SAT II test, but he's reluctant as he doesn't think that students in the regular Bio class will be able to score in the 700 - 800 range. We've advised him to talk to his teacher and we've also told him that we would defer to her suggestion on the matter. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Brown: Have your son take a look through the practice Bio SAT II test in the "Real SAT II" book. He'll be able to tell if his Bio class has covered the material to the depth necessary to do well on the SAT II. The teacher's opinion also couldn't hurt.</p>
<p>Ivy: I've never used the Kaplan book, but lots of the prep books out there are known to have errors. Check the questions you missed against reference material to make sure you study the correct facts. Try looking at reviews at Amazon or Barnes and Noble to see what other have thought of the books.</p>
<p>It really depends on the quality of the Biology class. I've known people who had a really good Bio I class and were able to do really well on the SAT II (750+) after one year of Bio. I personally knew that I was going to take AP Biology, so I waited till after AP Bio to take the SAT II.</p>
<p>I recently looked at the sample questions on collegeboard--much to rudimentary; however, they do write the test--kaplan doesn't. On different note, can any Biology SAT II veterans how you scored; whether you took AP Biology or not, and if it's generally an easy test. For some odd reason I'm hyperventalating; I'm just more apprehensive about the SAT II for Biology, while I feel extremely prepared for biology--It's just awkward.</p>
<p>I took AP Biology and I found the SAT II to be relatively easy. There were a few (like 1 or 2) concepts that I was unfamilar with, so I ended up doing quite well. My comments from an older</a> thread:</p>
<p>If you're prepared for the AP test, you will do well on the SAT II Biology. You should probably look through a SAT II Bio review book to check for any concepts that aren't in the AP curicullum. I remember some questions on the SAT II about insects which I knew nothing about.... I ended up with a 780. My score report doesn't say how many I missed, but I'm guessing the questions I missed were the insect questions (it was identification on a diagram, I think) and maybe some of the ecology questions in the main section (I took the Bio-M test - my AP Bio class was not too strong on the ecology).</p>
<p>My preparation for the AP test was completely reading CliffsAP and taking old AP tests.</p>
<p>e is a really fun test. the ap bio questions are harder than on the biology sat 2 exam. the sat 2 exams throw some real test taking skills at you but the level of material is lower. and yes, once in a while the sat 2 tests insect or invertebrate parts or diagrams. i got a 5 on ap and an 800 on e/m</p>
<p>Well, I've read the cliffs in its entirety. I have just about two days before the biology SAT II; would do you recomend I do? I mean, I don't think I have enough time to read an entire SAT II book?</p>
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Well, I've read the cliffs in its entirety. I have just about two days before the biology SAT II; would do you recomend I do? I mean, I don't think I have enough time to read an entire SAT II book?</p>