How did you cram for a SAT II?

python38 · 11-01-2009, 06:40 AM

Has anyone on here ever crammed for a SAT II before? If so, how did you do it?

I'm taking Bio, Chem, and Math II next Saturday, and I don't understand a lot of the concepts, mainly for Chemistry (like hybridization). Also, for Bio, I find it hard to consistently memorize all the facts and names of phylums and stuff, although I think Math II will go OK as I've taken some A-levels in Maths and Further Maths.

I have these books:

Bio: Barron's
Chem: Barron's
Math II: Barron's

plus the Official CB book with all the tests.

I'm willing to work all day if I need to (I'm home-schooled.)

P.S. Should I consider scrapping Math II, or taking it later?

altec_lansing · 11-02-2009, 08:40 PM

Well I crammed for Math II, Physics, and Chem in 2 weeks.

I spent the majority of the time studying for chem.. which I ended up not taking (great way to spend 20~30 hours of my time, i know lol)

For Math II test, I took the Barrons diagnostic and got 800 so I decided not to study for it lol.. for physics, I read over the Kaplan book and then did a practice test, looked at what I got wrong and re-read those chapters. Then I did more practice tests and pulled off a 800 on the real test. =)

When you read over the books, don't just read!! TAKE NOTES!! It's so much easier to memorize things if you actually write things down as you go along. This is how I studied for the Physics subject test.

jerrry4445 · 11-02-2009, 08:59 PM

i crammed chem in one day, one week before the exam. all I did is use the sat preparation booklet on the internet provided by collegeboard to serve as a outline of what to learn for the exam and use my chem textbook to study for it.

Math II - yeah, study the day before the exam. had a lot of things to do during the week. Did the same thing for chem - use sat preparation booklet and algebra II and precalculus textbooks.

Results for cramming:
Chemistry - 750
Math lvl II - 680

bitturiju · 11-03-2009, 02:23 AM

You don't cram. Don't go and mug, try understanding all the various concepts. I'm not bragging but these are my results -
Math II : 800
Physics: 780
Chemistry: 780
I achieved this without studying for it at all, just two 4 hour preparatory courses in our school. I believe it was my hard work year round which aided me in getting this.