SAT Subject Test U.S. History Prep Book

YoungDerivative
Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:20:30 +0000

I’m sorry but the people posting on this thread don’t know crap. BARRONS IS THE WORST BOOK YOU CAN GET.
Do not use Barrons. Nextly, thinking you got a 780+ does not qualify you. This test is incredibly variable and difficult compared to other subject tests. What I used was Barrons initially. I found the book to be a load of crap (I was scoring 620-650 on the practice tests). There is no way in hell Barrons is even close. Now, I understand having a harder book helps, and I agree (I used barrons for math2), but this book is horrible.

What I used instead was Sparknotes. Sparknotes is harder by a bit but you’re pretty much guaranteed 40+ points on the exam. When I took the test in June, I saw many repeat questions from Sparknotes lol. Literally almost word for word. I pulled an 800 using basically Sparknotes. I took one Princeton test, but did not look at the material.

This is how I rate the books

Sparknotes tests: A+
Sparknotes material: A

Princeton tests: A
Princeton material: N/A

Barrons tests: D
Barrons material: B+ (because it is vast and the court cases and 20 points are actually kind of beneficial)

I recommend Sparknotes. It got me an 800.