Is this normal or am i being too ambitious?

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<p>This upcoming year I plan to take these tests: sat II bio, sat II physics, sat II chem, sat II math Ic, sat II math IIc, AP history exam. </p>

<p>What’s the best way to prep for these tests if i plan to take like all the sat II tests at once. What books should i buy. It’ll be madd expensive to buy all these books</p>

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<p>You can’t take all of them at once, you can only take three tests on one testing date at a time. </p>

<p>It’s ambitious but I think you should have taken the tests immediately after you learned the information. A way to buy cheap books is to scour amazon.com or half.com (I recommend this one, super-cheap prices and they show you the shipping before you buy) because you can often find most used test prep books in these places for under $5.</p>

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<p>why are u taking AP history (im going to assume US or world) and not the corresponding SAT II??</p>

<p>i think u should decide on either math I or Math II…no point in taking both</p>

<p>and decide on only one or two sciences…pick ur top 2</p>

<p>there is no benefit from trying to study for all of these…most colleges that require SAT IIs only require 2-3…so id recommend one math, one science, and one other (history or language) to show variety…but no need to take 6-7 SAT IIs…that is a complete waste of time</p>

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<p>. . . not to mention scores will probably suffer from studying for so many at one time.</p>

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<p>Free books:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=211323[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=211323&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah, I saw those. They’re more like supplements though, and aren’t sufficient enough for a complete study guide in my opinion.</p>

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<p>Why are you planning to take 6 SAT IIs? Any particular reason?</p>

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<p>That’s a little overboard.</p>

<p>If I were you, I’d go for SAT II Bio, Chem, Math IIC, and the AP.</p>

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<p>I don’t really recommend taking three (the max) SAT IIs at any time if you can avoid it.</p>

<p>You’ve probably already taken either bio or chem, so if you can just do a review of it at the beginning of the school year, you can take the SAT II early on. There’s absolutely no need for you to take all three science SAT IIs.</p>

<p>Also, there’s no point to taking both math SAT IIs. Just flip through the material and see which test you’d be more comfortable with taking. Math IIC has a better curve, though.</p>

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<p>There’s no way you need 6 SAT IIs for anything. You need 3 at the very most. There’s no point in taking more than that.</p>