<p>He is in a non-AP World History. He is planning on taking the SAT II World History in June and will be studying from PR.</p>
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<li><p>How difficult is the SAT II without taking an AP course (AP World History not offered at his school)</p></li>
<li><p>How difficult is the AP test vs SAT II?
He may decide to do self study for the AP if he finds the SAT II practice test scores are good.</p></li>
<li><p>What is a "good" SAT II score? Should it be comparable to the SAT I for any given school? </p></li>
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<p>He is in 9th grade & college major is undecided. yeah, I know it is early but after watching his cousin who will need to take 3 AP exams, 3 SAT II, SAT & ACT all in the second half of 11th grade he decided to space out some things.</p>
<p>I took the SAT II right after taking the AP test in my sophomore year. I got a 5 on the AP and a 790 on the SAT II. The AP is definitely much harder because you have to write three essays. If you prepare for the AP test, then you’re definitely prepared for the SAT II. But since your son didn’t have the chance to take the AP test…I don’t really know how to answer the first question. As for the third question, I’d say a good score for the SAT II is 700 or above. </p>
<p>On another, slightly related note, I signed up to take the Biology SAT II after my freshman year, but ended up not taking after a few older friends told me it was a bad idea. I was MUCH more prepared to take the test after I took AP Bio my junior year. But if your son’s world history teacher is really good (my freshman bio teacher was a joke), then I’d say go for it.</p>
I can’t answer this question because I haven’t taken the test yet. However, I do know some people who got 770 without taking an AP course.</p>
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I haven’t taken the AP test either but from what I’ve read so far, the AP test is harder than the subject test because it involves essays. I think the MC should be about the same.</p>
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If he is self-studying, he’ll also need to know how to write the essays. If he takes AP Euro or APUSH at school, he’ll probably have the writing skills needed.</p>
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I think anything that’s above 750 should be fine but I see a lot of people getting 800. I think this is the test where there is a good curve. I’m not too certain about that though. </p>
<p>I’m interested in this thread also. For my daughter, she will finish non-AP globa; history and AP Euro in 10th grade, would it be a good time to take this test.
I also want to space out these subject tests for my D so that she can breath easier by Junior year.</p>
<p>I think your daughter can take WHAP soon. She’ll need to read WHAP exam content before her exam and know how to answer essay questions, which I presume she already knows since she takes APEH.</p>
<p>I took regular world history in 10th grade, and took the SAT II just last December, in what would be my senior year. With a minimal amount of studying, I got…800.</p>
<p>Personally I have no experience with the AP, but my friends currently enrolled in that class tell me that the MC on the AP and the SAT II are comparable in difficulty.</p>
<p>As for the curve: Percentile-wise, it’s nothing special, but the test is exceedingly generous when it comes to raw score. But trust me, you’ll need it, because the subject matter is so broad.</p>