<p>I currently have the Cliffsnotes AP Biology 3rd edition, and Barron's SAT subject test Biology E/M 3rd edition, and I'm wondering if that along with Khan Academy videos would get me a 800 on the Biology Subject Test. I'm currently taking biology at my high school, as for some reason they didn't give freshmans biology.</p>
<p>Also, if you have used certain books that you would recommend please tell me.</p>
<p>bump…anyone?</p>
<p>…probably not.
I took the bio sat twice to get an 800, the only thing I can really recommend is to read every book that you can get your hands on and do every practice test. However I did start doing ap bio tests after I ran out of sat books.
just read every sat book you can find, and as for ap, I think princeton review ap bio is by far the best…barron’s is a tough read but if you can get through it good for you. I honestly did not like cliffnotes at all, but their practice tests aren’t bad.</p>
<p>I took the SAT Biology M this October and here are my advices:</p>
<p>I am taking AP Biology so that means at the time I took the SAT Bio, my AP class was still covering the cell organelles chapter. I had to prepare on my own just like you will.</p>
<p>I am a procrastinating person so I didn’t study until the last 2 weeks and even within the last 2 weeks, I procrastinated a lot.</p>
<p>I used the PR (common) and Dummies (uncommon). I got a 760. Will retake of course.</p>
<p>With my procrastination and limited study time, I was still able to get a 760 so if you were to do all that you listed and you are an intelligent person (which you probably are), then you have a good chance of getting 800.</p>
<p>The material tested in Biology M is not as hard as the AP ones but covered the same wide range of information. So that’s good because you don’t have to learn as much details as you would in AP. However it has many lab questions and those lab questions are where most people lose the most points on. Those lab questions are more higher level thinking and are not taught in books. You have to use your critical thinking abilities and the example questions in review books to kind of “teach” yourself how to figure out these tricky questions. Usually, these lab questions skills are learned through out an AP or college Bio course. That’s why it’s recommended that you have had AP or college bio for the SAT.</p>
<p>If I were you, after reading through a review book or a text book, learn how to solve these lab questions. If you still have time at the end, then go back and learn more biology information. The lab questions are 1/4 to 1/3 of the test. There are many kinds of lab questions. I used 3 review books’s practice tests and still encountered different kinds of lab questions on the actual exam. You can’t learn all kinds to prepare yourself, the most you can do is to learn the “gist” of these lab questions through practice tests and apply them on the exam.</p>
<p>When are you taking the exam? Are you a senior?
If you’re not a senior and is taking or will take the AP Bio course then just wait until the end of the course to avoid all these hassles.</p>
<p>I’m currently a sophomore, who plant to go into the medical field so I believe that it is imperative that I get a very high score. However, my school is very small and does not give ANY AP classes, so I am at a very big disadvantage. However, I plan to dual enroll next year at my local community College, so do you think I should take biology again at my community college even though I am doing it this year?</p>
<p>You’re a sophomore, you have plenty of time. No need to stress yourself out now. But the decision is yours.
I would recommend taking a college level general biology course at the local community college. You could just buy a text book and learn by yourself, but there’s the lab portion. It’s good to get some lab skills under your belt. Also, take a college-level chemistry course or self-learn AP Chemistry. The more you understand chemistry the better because the foundation of biology is the chemical reactions and the chemical bonds.</p>
<p>If you decide to take a college-level biology course next year, just wait until the end of junior year to take the SAT Bio.</p>