<p>Hey guys, I realized that those 1.0GPA idiots at my school have been right, I'm a nerd who values a social life a heck lot less than grades and such.
So I think it'd be best to start studying for SAT II's now, I'm a long term reader type studier. Think I'll take 3-4 SAT II's. Here's the books I plan to use:</p>
<p>1) World History-
Barron's, PR's USH and WH book (the PR book I found on Overstock.c0m has included both in title)</p>
<p>2) USH-
AMSCO (if I can actually find it), PR's USH and WH book (like I said ^^^^)</p>
<p>3) Chemistry
???? I'm taking Chemistry (H) next year, so I should have that stuff to work with. Any reccomondations?</p>
<p>4) If I decide to take, but probably will, Math 2 (I hear 2's easier, good with Alg. type stuff, dislike geometry type stuff)
Same with Chem, though not really taking any specific course for it. Any recs?</p>
<p>Feel free to correct me, or more importantly pass some words of advice for me! Hoping to get 750+ on all of them.</p>
<p>i heard sparknotes for USH is really good. I will be getting that to study for it. For chem i heard princeton review is good. I don’t know about world history, but DONT get REA. it sucks… i attempted to study with it but nooo.</p>
<p>It’s good, but I hear it’s something better for cramming since it’s a little low on the details but sums it up. I’ll probably use it, just not for my entire study period.</p>
<p>Use TPR for Chem. If you have taken any chem class before, the study guide is very useful for reviewing half-forgotten topics, and to learn new ones.</p>
<p>Use PR for Chem and Barron’s for Math 2. Barron’s will be a <em>lot</em> harder than the real test, but it’ll make the actual thing soooo easy. I didn’t actually take the chem SAT, but when I was considering doing it, my chem teacher recommended PR. I really liked the way the PR book for calculus was written anyway… really easy to understand.</p>
<p>Amsco is <em>amazing</em> for US history, and for the AP class in general. You can buy it online directly from the publisher, which is actually cheaper than buying it from amazon. (It might be on back order now, though. It was on back order when I tried to buy it last summer, but it came by September so it wasn’t a huge deal.)</p>
<p>For World History, I was a little weird and decided to use the Barron’s AP book instead of the SAT book… the AP book is a little less focused on really tiny details. But I didn’t do that well on the test so…</p>
<p>I really, really, really recommend taking SAT II’s after you’ve taken the AP class in that subject. It makes it a lot easier and you’ll cover material in AP that you won’t in honors. Learning it all over the course of the year from your teacher and a textbook will help you remember it better than trying to cram it from a prep book a month or two before the test.</p>
<p>I want to see where they’ll be at in 10 years.</p>
<p>And so onward to my prep book advice.</p>
<p>1)World History
For me, I used APWH PR since I was too cheap to buy a separate PR for the subject test and although I hated it, it served as a quick review for me and got me 780. I feel if I had read APWH Barrons, I would have earned an 800. I choose AP prep books over subject tests prep books since AP would covers more than the essentials, therefore prepping you well for the subject tests.</p>
<p>2) US History
AMSCO + Crash Course. I heard from the AP Tests Preparation Forum that Crash Course did kill this one month’s USH subject test. AMSCO will supply you much of the USH information needed for the subject test.</p>
<p>3) Chemistry
No prep book recommendation since I used a textbook to study for this. One advice from me is learn the laboratory techniques for the questions if you want an 800. Concepts should be straightforward in this subject.</p>
<p>4) Math Level 2
I used textbook for this subject, too. However, I hear Barrons will over-prepare you for this exam.</p>
<p>United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination that’s the book right? Just making sure. Kinda has the American flag on the cover…</p>
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<p>Yeah I’ve gotten quite a few recs for Barron’s for Math 2. Pretty sure I saw PR’s Chem book on Overstock.c0m =D</p>
<p>Alright so I guess I’ll just go with Barron’s APWH for World History?</p>
<p>Yeah it’s gonna be a pretty long read for me either way (still have AMPLE time before I take em’). Barron’s it is. Though I hear Sparknotes USH is good for that last minute summary thing.
But thanks guy, esp. Jerry and Helen.</p>
<p>I took a Honor’s WH class this (past) year. Although our Navy-man teacher who fought in Afghanistan last year really worked us out to take WH by the throat. So it honestly was the same as an AP class (seriously, he worked us out there). </p>
<p>But I guess PR would be good for a cram time thing with the outline. The Barron’s sounds better for what I’m looking for, something to read/study over a pretty long period of time.</p>
<p>It depends on what you need more help on, I had everything but the first section down. There are 128 pages of review for WH in PR. It also has USH, though, and 2 practice tests for both.</p>
<p>referring to the original post: is math level 2 more algebra type questions rather than geometry? cause i too suck at geometry but get algebra/pre calc</p>