<p>Just wondering which of the two it would be best to take. I have pretty good reading comprehension skills but missed 2 years of English due to being in Brazil for a little bit. Still I've gotten 5 in the comprehension section of the Cliffs AP mock English test without any preparation, how does the SAT Literature test compare? I am also doing AP U.S. History, so I'm taking any of the two are down my road. I guess my question mostly is how exactly is the literature test? Does it go into literature history ? Or is it more reading comprehension?</p>
<p>Which would you guys recommend? Also I'm thinking on getting Princeton Review books for Literature or U.S. History subject tests, I already got the official Collgeboard ones for SAT Reasoning and SAT Mathematics Level I/II. </p>
<p>While I'm at it, will my current up to Pre-Calculus education in math get me through the Math Level II?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help guys!</p>
<p>Okay, one test at a time: </p>
<p>US History: a good APUSH program and some (not a ton, at least not for me) of studying for the AP test should be more than adequate for you to receive a good score on this SAT II, ESPECIALLY if you take it at the May testing date, right around the time of the AP's and the info is all fresh in your head. I got a 5 on the AP exam and a 780 on the SAT II, no studying for the later. </p>
<p>English Literature: I was going to say no, since you were in Brazil for awhile, but you seem naturally gifted in English and that changes my mind. If you are naturally gifted at lit comprehension, the Lit SAT II should be fine for you. It is all reading comprehension--they give you a passage, you answer questions. There IS poetry on it, though, which threw me off a bit. Again, I am a naturally gifted English student--AP EngLang = 5, Lit SAT II = 770 (NO prep for SAT II...I didn't even know what was on it). </p>
<p>Math II: Precalc is generally considered enough to get through Math II. Definately look through a prep book, though, because there are a few weird odds and ends that you may not have studied in Precalc (ex: Standard Deviation. I'm in Calc III, but I've never taken stats and never saw that before. I just memorized the formula, and it WAS on the test). Again, very little studying (sensing a pattern, here :)), and I got a 770, and I am weaker at Math multiple choice than a lot of strong math students (I really really strong a free response, which made the AP test (BC Calc: 5) a breeze).</p>
<p>Well thanks that seems like a pretty good prospect. I'll be getting the official SAT prep book for Math II and I think I'll get princeton review books for Literature/U.S. History. Should I just get AP review books and use those for the SAT or get AP/SAT books seperately? </p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the advice :D!</p>
<p>If you are going to prep, I would suggest separate books for Math II, which doesn't really have a direct AP that it correlates with, and possibly also Lit, which is similar but not exactly like AP English Lit/Lang. The APUS test has a lot of correlation with the SAT II--if you have the AP book, there is no reason for you to get the SAT II book. It's basically like a slightly easier but longer version of the APUS multiple choice section--an additional book would be a waste of money.</p>