<p>I'm taking the SAT US history test in october, and I was wondering if any one had any suggestions on which book to use if I want to get an 800? I haven't taken APUSH before, and a girl in my class who took it said it was disgustingly difficult... I read the Princeton Review and Kaplan prep books (well, working on Kaplan) but I don't feel like I'm prepared enough after reading all the other comments on cc about this test. I mean, it seems like the test has so many random questions! Some people talked about AMSCO and REA CC, so I was wondering how helpful/detailed these books are. Worst comes to worst, I'll read the entire APUSH textbook that I got for the class next year over summer vacation (my school offers most APs for only seniors, so I took the SAT IIs and then the AP...so efficient).</p>
<p>I was in the same boat you were before the last test. What I found helpful once I had finished the Kaplan/Princeton Review books was to simply read US history books like The People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and Dont Know Much About History: US edition by Kenneth C. Davis.</p>
<p>My experience was that AMSCO was a very, very important resource for my AP test, although I didn’t take the SAT II because I hadn’t reviewed any between final classes and the day of the test.</p>
<p>On the other side, admittedly AMSCO is very geared for AP students taking AP tests, not only for the MC on the SAT II test. But, all things considered, I would recommend it as a strong study guide.</p>
<p>My son read Barron’s, took the test in early June and received notice last week that he got an 800 on this SAT II exam. So, Barron’s seemed to have done the trick for him. (Note: he took APUSH last school year, which I know helped just a little bit.)</p>