<p>How useful is the Princeton Review book for Bio? When the Princeton Review book says you have to know something, do you really have to know it? My PR book says I should memorize the structure of an amino acid and the components of sucrose, maltose, glycogen, starch, and cellulose. </p>
<p>How much of that is necessary for the SAT II, and how much of that is just nice to know? Does the PR book pinpoint what you need to know with great accuracy or does it just toss facts around?</p>
<p>Princeton review is alright. Definitely not the best, but I think it’s section on body systems is decent. And you probably should know the structure of an amino acid and those substances because they’re fairly basic. This last june sat bio, there was a question on the M section about amino acid and protein structure that had like 3 parts. Cliffs Bio, even if it’s for the AP, is a must have.</p>
<p>If I took biology at an honors (and not AP) level, but I did take advanced genetics, would PR and Cliffs suffice? Thanks!</p>
<p>The structures may come up as matching as I’ve seen that in one of the practice tests I took while studying for Bio. That can account for about 5 questions so I wouldn’t risk it, especially if you’re aiming for 750+. Me, being the stubborn person that I am, ignored it and got away with it in June. Bookwise, I honestly thought PR’s SAT Bio book sucked. I would recommend studying from Barron SAT Bio or PR’s AP Bio book. Try the Sparknotes online practice tests as well. Free 3 Tests and in my opinion they’re harder/on-par with the actual tests.</p>
<p>You should be generally familiar with all of the structures you listed (for example, know that an amino acid has an amine group and a carboxyl group).</p>
<p>As for your prep book choice, I really think you should pick up Barron’s. I’ve expressed this to you in multiple threads, and I’ll express it again. Some people claim that Barron’s is much too detailed, but I actually found it quite concise. Compared to Cliff’s, it’s children’s literature. If you are really going for an 800, I don’t think PR is good enough (without an AP Bio course, which you have stated you haven’t taken).</p>
<p>I have the PR SAT II Bio book, the PR AP Bio book, and the CliffNotes book. What I’m missing is just the Barron’s book. Will going through the PR SAT II Bio book and then Cliffnotes suffice?</p>
<p>I should probably add some of my Bio education history. I have covered ecology, organism/human structure and function, and cellular/molecular biology at the IB HL level (no, not IBO, but it’s pretty close ;)). I have covered genetics and evolution at the Honors level. I have also taken AP Environmental Science, which only augments my understanding of ecology. My only weak areas are genetics and evolution. Which book is best for genetics and evolution?</p>
<p>Barron’s AP. PR honestly sucks for AP and SAT II Bio, compared to Barron’s</p>
<p>Does PR suck because its explanations are nebulous? Or is its information inadequate?</p>
<p>Its information is inadequate. If you look at Barron’s AP Bio vs. PR AP Bio, Barrons’ is over 100 pages longer. All of those pages include extra material that PR doesn’t and will be tested on the AP Exam. Same applies for the SAT II Subject Test books.</p>
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<p>^Does that make sense?</p>
<p>I thought that there would still be 8 chromosomes because the chromosomes would be joined at the centromere and each unit (two chromosomes joined at the centromere) is considered a single chromosome, and the two components are chromatids.</p>
<p>And is it just me, but I only see three tetrads in the below picture? </p>
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<p>The barrons book was great. I got an 800 reading it the night before. I did however take ap biology. Sat sub. Test books are harder to come by. Look at some of the ap books they may help. Just be careful not to over study on some topics the sat doesn’t cover.</p>
<p>Ice cube: there are only three, but it really doesn’t matter. It’s just a generic model.</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Barron’s SAT Subject Test: Biology E/M, 3rd Edition (Barron’s the Leader in Test Preparation) (9780764146145): Deborah T. Goldberg M.S.: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Barrons-SAT-Subject-Test-Preparation/dp/0764146149/ref=pd_sim_b_1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Barrons-SAT-Subject-Test-Preparation/dp/0764146149/ref=pd_sim_b_1)</p>
<p>I’m going to take SAT II for Bio at the next test date, is the above link the correct Barron’s book you guys are talking about?</p>
<p>Iceqube: it can be quite confusing, but chromatids may also be called chromosomes. For example: a cell that has undergone interphase has chromosomes with two chromatids. During anaphase the chromatids separate and each chromosome now only contains one chromatid. I don’t really know the details as to why this is but it just is.</p>
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