REA Prep Book for SAT Biology

DudeDiligence
Wed, 11 May 2005 00:13:52 +0000

I know this board is a great place to get the informed student opinion. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

So, my daughter is planning to take the SAT Biology test in June. She’s just taken AP Biology, did very well in the course, and thinks she did very well on the AP Exam.

My old college roommate is an AP Biology teacher in Massachusetts. Without notice, he mailed my daughter a copy of the REA SAT Biology prep book. He claims this is THE book … better than Barron’s or Cliff’s … and way better than PR or Kaplan. According to him, the difference is that the REA book uses real SAT Biology questions and the text coverage straddles that middle ground of being comprehensive enough without being overkill (especially for someone just coming out of a good AP Bio course).

Anyone with any thoughts about the REA Biology prep book? We haven’t heard of anyone out here who used it, although my son used a REA book for the Calc B/C exam a couple of years ago and he thought it was really good.

Thanks for your help!