<p>Hey, I'm scoring consistently well on the Sparknotes practice US History tests. On the other hand, I just took the Kaplan diagnostic test which was ALOT more difficult.</p>
<p>Are the Sparknotes tests closer to the real thing than the Kaplan ones are? Otherwise, I still got some serious reviewing to do...</p>
<p>Bump. Anybody got a clue?</p>
<p>yeah can someone answer this question?
Im curious as well cuz I just took a practice test w/o little prep and got a 600.
Also is sparknotes good in general for prepping for the exam?</p>
<p>never got less than 750 on sparknotes practices tests. took the real thing today and will be extremely thankful for a 700…</p>
<p>i didn’t take ush classes though. only read kaplan’s and sparknotes, and there was a ton of stuff i’ve never heard about on the test. i think it’d be different if you’ve taken classes at school and paid attention, but anyways, this is what happened in my case.</p>
<p>also be careful-there’s A LOT of reading in the real test. i always had 20+ minutes left in practice tests but almost ran out of time today, NOT from not moving on from hard questions</p>
<p>From my personal experience, I would say its harder. I never gotten over a 740 on the sparknotes USH test, but got an 800 on test day (back in May).</p>
<p>for future reference, i got 760 in october. generous curve :D</p>
<p>The general consensus seems to be that SparkNotes tests are generally a little harder than the real thing. I wouldn’t touch history with three pairs of gloves on, so I can’t chime in on this myself.</p>