xAbre1200

SAT IIs comming up in a week, I am taking US history and Literature. I have not been particularly studying them except what I learn in my AP US history class (i havent learned a single thing from my teacher) and my Lit class (which is pretty good). I purchaced the Princetons Review Literature for the SATII and Barrons US History/World History SATII.

How do you guys recommend me to study for these 2 subjects in 1 week? Im thinking 4 -5 hr cram sessions every night, from 4-9 for a week in both lit and us history. Do you think it'll work?

Thanks, any suggestions will help!

asdfjkl1

I can't say for Lit. But for US, I'd say to take a practice test. See how you do and what you got wrong. Then, just review/learn the things you got wrong. Target effectively.

xAbre1200

Is Lit much harder than US history?

asdfjkl1

I don't know. I never took it. Maybe someone else can help with that.

xAbre1200

By the way, does anyone know if you have to write an essay on either test?

asdfjkl1

No. On SAT IIs, there's no essays. Ever.

Lu Jinny

There's not much to study for Literature. Just some rote memorization of a few literary terms that you probably already know (couplets, sonnets, apostrophe, personification, etc.). The hard part of the test is the analytical thinking.

So you should probably spend more of your time on U.S. History than Literature.

And yeah, no essays.

scuba723

I took the Lit and US History exams back in the fall with minimal review -- I had taken the APUSH and AP English Language tests in May and earned 5's on both; I wound up with 760 Lit and 770 US History.

The US History subject test is easier than the APUSH test, but I used Course-notes.org to study for both.