SAT II Biology E/M Study Plan: "800 or Waste of Time" - Page 2

ifisher18 · 08-02-2009, 06:03 PM

Yeah, I just finished reading PR and then Barron's (once), and I just began reading Kaplan's. I plan to do 1 more round of each, and then simply focus on practice tests, and thus, improving on my weaknesses (though hopefully not too many). Good luck!

Tinks800 · 08-02-2009, 06:59 PM

which of the books would you say was the most helpful?

biology24 · 12-12-2010, 01:24 PM

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ialan137 · 12-13-2010, 05:09 PM

Barron's probably, then Princeton Review.

boramk · 12-13-2010, 05:17 PM

I got 720 with just knowledge frm stuff I learnt at school over the years...

Cashguy · 12-16-2010, 05:14 AM

I got an 800 on m and studied sporadically for like three weeks and then I studied hardcore like the week before the test. I only read Sparknotes and took their online practice tests.
I took honors bio my sophomore year and I'm taking AP bio this year.

gensis · 12-16-2010, 05:23 AM

i got a 790

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kaleidoscoper · 07-08-2012, 05:40 PM

How to Study for SAT Biology - YouTube
This video seems to have pretty good advice as to how to study for this exam! Hope you guys enjoy it. Seems to be pretty helpful.

gomdorri · 07-09-2012, 12:12 PM

I read Barron's once, then took the practice tests. I had skimmed Princeton Review two months before I took the SAT II, and took those practice tests as well. I didn't even study the night before and I got an 800. I think that might be a little overkill (I wouldn't recommend studying Kaplan's though. I tried using it and it had a lot of superfluous information, and the practice tests were ridiculous. It took me an hour and a half to finish one practice test, and got a 590 on it LOL).

There is some random information you need to know though, since the info isn't going to be mentioned in either PR or Barron's.

Aquawater98 · 07-11-2012, 05:11 AM

Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoa. I really disagree with taking the practice tests the last few days. You only have those few days to analyze your mistakes and ingrain it, which is rather difficult. I would alternate b/n taking tests and studying from the books, as someone on this thread previously mentioned.

Secondly, I would only do Barron's and PR at most, Kaplan's only if you really have time and really understand the info from those two books.

Thirdly, my advice on how to study would be through those books yes, but also a tutor.

MathGuy777 · 08-04-2012, 01:01 AM

It's not how many times you read it; it's how much of the content in the books you understand.

Devoting 2 hours per day (1 hour in the morning, 1 hour in the afternoon) until you reach the day should be sufficient, though.

Bleh, I'm studying for SAT Bio also. I just wish it wasn't so memory-intensive so that we could appreciate biology more. Biology really is a great subject.

Aquawater98 · 08-04-2012, 11:41 PM

^Agreed. 10char

eksql6236 · 08-26-2012, 12:10 PM

this is my first time taking SAT Biology test...
so i am not sure what to do except to read the PR cracking the sat book and to study some concepts of Cliffnotes AP Bio...

but i am still having hard time choosing E/M...
in school our school focused on the M part, so i have very extensive kowledge on the M part.
but many of the people say the M part is harder than the E part...

please give me which one you think I should choose to get higher score...
i am aming for a perfect 800 or at least 780.. thanks!

Aquawater98 · 08-27-2012, 01:56 AM

Go for M. I don't think M is THAT much harder than E, and you have extensive knowledge of it. For the June test, people were actually saying M was a lot easier than E.

Go get the Barron's SAT II bio to reinforce your knowledge. It provides so much info that I was feeling a lot more confident after reading / memorizing all of it.

asdasd77 · 08-28-2012, 02:51 PM

The Barrons book is sufficient.