<p>Ok, here is the deal. My schedule next year is totally messed up right now, and I don't think I will be able to take AP Spanish. Is AP Spanish needed for the exam?</p>
<p>I am not spanish; just an american taking the test so that he can get out of taking it at college (I will be a senior next year).</p>
<p>I've taken Spanish 1 through Spanish 3 (three years). Is just getting a prep guide, like Barrons, enough? I'm a smart kid (straight As, 1600...); smart in the sense that I work very hard, not so much a born genius.</p>
<p>I'm not entirely sure how much preparation you'll need because I'm not sure what your classes cover. I took 4 years of spanish then AP and ended up with a 3 on the test. It's a difficult AP according to people I've talked to...2 spanish speakers came out of the test thinking they got 2's. </p>
<p>As long as you work hard I bet you could do it. My suggestion is to look deep into what the test covers, and all the topics, then approach it.</p>
<p>Wow Im an idiot. I totally misread the entire post...I wasn't even paying attention when I responded. SAT II spanish...not too bad...I'd say with 3 years you'd be fine. My bad...lol.</p>
<p>you definitely dont need ap spanish for satII. satII is 2/3 grammar and vocab, whereas ap is mostly reading comp with only a tiny little grammar section thats only worth 7.5% of the overall score. what i'm saying is, learn some grammar and you'll nail the satII. i recommend the barron's prep book, which is coincidentally (or maybe not?) written by the same guy who is the lead writer of the ap spanish test (jos</p>
<p>You'll do fine, just take it. I was sort of in the same situation except I took the SAT II after less than 3 yrs spanish (and no AP class), and I did really well.</p>