Calling all MAy 2007 SAT 2 Takers

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<p>I am taking US history, World History, and Lit on June 2nd
I pretty much have no money to spend on test books becuase I bought Baron’s 2400 and the blue book for the SAT 1’s and although I qualify for the fee waiver I had to pay the 20.00 late fee for the test…( noone at my school knows what SAT 2’s are)</p>

<p>Anyone what can one expect from the tests- format, types of questions ect.</p>

<p>Is the History Test really specific or will broad concepts get me by? </p>

<p>What is on the world history test? </p>

<p>Best preparation for all?</p>

<p>And any cheap inexpensive study guides</p>

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<p>i dont know anything about the tests, but at sparknotes you can get free prep. they also have 1 free practice test for each account so you can go ahead and create multiple accounts. =D</p>

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<p>US history gets darn specific. On today’s test, some of the questions involved Taylorism, the Populist party, Horatio Algers, specific conditions of the Missouri Compromise, and the first woman vice president candidate. I would say that trying to take US solely on broad concepts would be a poor choice.</p>

<p>Lit is a very, very, very hard test. Well, it was for me. Barron’s wasn’t that helpful for me at all. If you’re a naturally good reader, then you should be set. I don’t really see how you could improve your score significantly just a month here. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.</p>

<p>I’ve never taken the world history test.</p>

<p>For US, go on Amazon.com or maybe eBay and see if you can pick up a used copy of AMSCO’s United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination by John J. Newman and John M. Schmalbach. I swear by this book.</p>

<p>If finances are really a strain for you, try maybe
<a href=“http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/index.php[/url]”>http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/index.php&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/AHAPTopicSheets.htm[/url]”>http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/AHAPTopicSheets.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I haven’t extensively used either, and I really think the AMSCO book is the best preparation for this test, so if that’s an option, they definitely go for it. I finished the book in about a week (but I pretty much went all-out on that sucker), so if you ordered the book today or tomorrow, you’d have at least a month and a half to finish it, which would be plenty of time. I know that these sites and the book are geared towards the AP exam, but really, the SAT II US test is just a glorified Multiple Choice AP US exam.</p>

<p>Lit, I really wish I knew how to prep for that. If someone has any advice for this, I’d love to hear it.</p>

<p>Types of questions, go to
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;

<p>On the left, pick US history and Lit and take a look at the sample questions. Expect graphs, quotes, generalizations, specific facts related to people or events, and political cartoons on the US exam. Expect to be destroyed and feeling like a complete moron after Literature (maybe that’s just me).</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>I love CC! You guys are extremly helpful
thanks for the advice and prayerfully Ill fare better than you</p>

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<p>ok, the format i can help you with, a bit</p>

<p>its 60 minutes each, and you get to pick the order you take it in
US history is 90 questions</p>

<p>havnet taken the others</p>

<p>besides that, all i can say is you can use sparknotes for free, and take some free tests there, just make a new account each time</p>

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<p>For US history, all the links posted above are good. I could have sworn I saw some of the exact same questions from historyteacher.net on the real thing today.
also, the sparknotes tests are really helpful. Just make like 8 accounts and take all of them for free.
also, here are some chapter quizzes from american pageant:
<a href=“http://college.hmco.com/history/us/bailey/american_pageant/11e/students/ace/index.html[/url]”>http://college.hmco.com/history/us/bailey/american_pageant/11e/students/ace/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Literature is tough to study for, as many people will probably say.<br>
I couldn’t find any full length practice tests online, besides the questions on collegeboard.
If you’re in AP language, that would help.
and get used to analyzing poetry, seeing as that isn’t covered in ap lang.
Reviewing literary terms is good too.
Also, try to have a strategy for approaching passages. Some like to read the questions first, some like to mark all over the paper, whatever works for you really.</p>

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<p>I wrote an entire post expounding upon how to prep for SAT Lit:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=340613[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=340613&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Hahhaha I create multiple accounts for sparknotes also. There’s no way i’m paying!</p>

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<p>i did that multiple account thing too but after the 6th test, the site started going crazy on me</p>

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<p>history isn’t that hard if you know your stuff. I used the Kaplan SATII book and I thought it was great. 90 questions is nothing for an hour. I usually finish with 15-20 minutes left.</p>

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<p>I second the AMSCO book. It takes me about 30 minutes to get through one chapter and do the study questions, and there are 30 chapters; if you study that hard, you should do really well on the AP exam and the SAT II.</p>

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<p>Ok so for US History Amco or sparknotes got it
I read disgrace’s post good stuff</p>

<p>But what about for World History?</p>

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<p>remember freshman history? [at least… it was freshman history in my school]
that’s what it was</p>

<p>know EVERYTHING about the world wars, the cold war, pre-worldwar, post war treatises. </p>

<p>All the SATII tests are freaking specific, so you will need to sit down and seriously study, especially if you are taking three tests that you are not ready for.</p>

<p>I’d suggest getting as familiar with the test format as possible. With Lit, all the questions are similar- they always ask a specific type of question.
and for the history, they’re always going to be geared around really important events, with touches on some of the less significant stuff.
So if you start running out of time, start on the really big scale stuff and work your way down.</p>

<p>… i hope that made at least a tad bit of sense.</p>

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<p>yea. us history can get pretty tough especially when the answer choices are freaking obscure. i remember for this one women’s rights question i changed my answer at the last moment after realizing that the equal rights amendment was not actually passed by congress. </p>

<p>for us history, i find the barron’s to be a great resource becuase it is very detailed and comprehensive; however, the practice tests in that book are incredibly difficult. you might want to borrow the actual collegeboard tests from the peopel who have the blue book</p>

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<p>btw, merely knowing the “broad concepts” probably will not get you a good score</p>