<p>I am having trouble with my SAT Reasoning test and have finnaly come up with a plan that will allow me to study for it one hour every day, but I also need to start self-studing for AP Biology and AP Psychology. I was thinking of doing AP English Language, but I dont want to take the exam if I am probably not going to get a 5 (I can handle the other two APs fine). My recent SAT score in cr and writing were sadly weak. I also plan on taking 3 SAT subject tests one of which will be Biology (dont now what the other two should be yet). </p>
<p>I want to go to an Ivy League school with the major of pre-medicine or a similar major and then plan on medicine school.</p>
<p>Please help me get orginized and figure which subjects to take for AP and SAT subjects and figure out a good schedule from now until may-for AP exams and SAT subject tests.</p>
<p>Thank You</p>
<p>By the way I am an International Student (but lived mostly in America) , a Junior, and I have to have all of my college paper work complete and sent by August. I am self-studying all of my APs because my lovely school doesn't offer any AP courses of any kind.</p>
<p>Well, your Critical Reading will probably be helped by your reading of AP Biology and AP Psychology. Those two textbooks will probably boost your reading comp. However, that'll only help with the more factual passages. I would suggest reading a few classics along the way to help with the more "creative" passages, shall we say. Not too easy books though--start at a level that is medium-hard for you, then push upwards. Books that can really boost your CR include Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Heart of Darkness, etc.</p>
<p>during your 1 hour set aside every day though, do practice tests--or rather, practice sections. So each test has 10 sections, with each section about 30 minutes long--do 2 sections a day then. Be sure to practice your math too--it'll keep you on your toes. You'll complete 1 test every five days (you might want to set it up week by week; during one week you test for five days, read for two days). The practice problems will help massively. </p>
<p>Biology SAT II, I would suggest that you get a separate SAT II biology prep book. Sadly, most APs will give you good preparation for SAT IIs, but the AP test is actually easier to score high than the SAT II. For example, you pretty much only need to score above a 66% to get a 5 on the Biology AP. On the other hand, if you miss 2 questions on the SAT II, your score will probably drop by 50-80 points.</p>
<p>I'm assuming that you'll be taking the SAT sometime soon and the SAT IIs later? If you're taking the SAT II later, you should probably take them in June, right after AP testing.</p>