When should I take the French subject test?

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<p>When do you think I should take the French subject test? I've taken French for two years now and I will continue to take French for the rest of my high school career.</p>

<p>Should I take the test with the listening portion next fall 2007? Or wait until Spring 2008? (My Junior year)</p>

<p>Or, could I take the test w/listening my senior year in the fall, or is that too late? I'm thinking about applying Early Decision, too, so would that be too late to take?</p>

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<p>The French SAT II is not particularly easy, especially if you are not a native speaker so I would recommend waiting as long as possible. If you have an excellent French program at your high school, however, it is another story and I would buy a prep book and see where your scores are on practice tests and adjust accordingly.</p>

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<p>okay, thanks.</p>

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<p>I recommend that you wait until spring 2008, although I think the listening tests are only offered once a year, in November.</p>

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<p>The French SAT II isn't easy. Wait as long as you possibly can.</p>

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<p>Any recommendations on books to use?</p>

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<p>I'm taking it in May, any recommendations/suggestions on how to prepare for this?</p>

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<p>Use Barron's. It covers all the material and has a lot of practice tests. It also seemed slightly more difficult than the actual SAT II, which I believe is a positive. A surprising amount of the test looks at idiomatic expressions and stuff like that, which you sort need to hear or read to get the hang of.</p>

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<p>Ah, idiomatic expressions will be a killer. Thanks for the tip :)</p>