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samba · 05-04-2008, 04:05 AM

yeah, i took bio M today.. (edit: i took M because.. i talked to my teacher and since our class is more focused on molecular bio but you can kinda look at the questions for E or M if u want on the test day but i just went straight for M) i felt that barrons prepared me well. i bought the one with the CD so i had 4 barrons practice tests and i had a sparknotes book with 5 practice tests in it. so i ended up taking 6 (all 4 from barrons and 2 from sparknotes) and my scores varied along the way i studied. im in AP bio but then i never really read the campbells and just notes and review books like 5 steps and cliff notes... i started studying during spring break but then i actually read like 90% of barrons tues/wed 4/29-4/30 and started doing practice tests on wed and thurs and fri and reviewing the wrong answersand right ones too. and im also studying for the AP bio exam.. so practice tests from that.. and AP bio prep book.. which im sure youre doing also...

there are some details that barrons missed.. but thats guna happenwith every prep book. hm.. barrons test at wrong level? the study material is good... tests from barrons.. were harder than the real SAT (i think) but then again idk. i didnt see alot of stuff i studied but the only way to be safe is to study everything. and there were a few questions that really confused me! i first took diagnostic in the barrons and got like... 650. and then read cliffs. then i took sparknotes tests and got like 700s then i read barrons and i took those tests i got all of them in the 700s .. and the last one 770. so.. yeah just to give u a glimpse. hope i helped..

05-04-2008, 04:05 AM	#11
samba Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CA Posts: 51	yeah, i took bio M today.. (edit: i took M because.. i talked to my teacher and since our class is more focused on molecular bio but you can kinda look at the questions for E or M if u want on the test day but i just went straight for M) i felt that barrons prepared me well. i bought the one with the CD so i had 4 barrons practice tests and i had a sparknotes book with 5 practice tests in it. so i ended up taking 6 (all 4 from barrons and 2 from sparknotes) and my scores varied along the way i studied. im in AP bio but then i never really read the campbells and just notes and review books like 5 steps and cliff notes... i started studying during spring break but then i actually read like 90% of barrons tues/wed 4/29-4/30 and started doing practice tests on wed and thurs and fri and reviewing the wrong answersand right ones too. and im also studying for the AP bio exam.. so practice tests from that.. and AP bio prep book.. which im sure youre doing also... there are some details that barrons missed.. but thats guna happenwith every prep book. hm.. barrons test at wrong level? the study material is good... tests from barrons.. were harder than the real SAT (i think) but then again idk. i didnt see alot of stuff i studied but the only way to be safe is to study everything. and there were a few questions that really confused me! i first took diagnostic in the barrons and got like... 650. and then read cliffs. then i took sparknotes tests and got like 700s then i read barrons and i took those tests i got all of them in the 700s .. and the last one 770. so.. yeah just to give u a glimpse. hope i helped.. Last edited by samba; 05-04-2008 at 04:11 AM.