<p>I’m taking the US History subject test in a few weeks. Rather than reading some pricey prep book, I’m going to try something new. Study almost solely from wikipedia.</p>
<p>I’m reasonably good at history to start with; I could probably get in the high 600’s low 700’s at this point. But just for fun, I’m going to primarily use Wikipedia to study. Am I crazy? Perhaps. Am I risking a test score for a fruitless experiment? Some might say so. But quite honestly, I think this will be fun.</p>
<p>That’s a very interesting idea and I wish you luck. Just know that you should probably take a practice test some time before the actual one to make sure that you are on track.</p>
<p>Did you try googling sat subject tests, US History “practice tests”? There are a lot of free resources out there that might be more helpful…</p>
<p>Just be aware that if you’re applying to a school that doesn’t accept score choice, you will have to submit this score too, no matter how badly you do.</p>
<p>Yes, I’m aware of the risks involved. I did actually take a practice test, and I scored right around a 700 so I’m not too concerned about completely bombing it. History is actually one of my strongest subjects, which is why I have the guts to do this. If it was, say, biology I would NEVER try this.</p>
<p>You’ll probably do just fine no matter what the subject with Wikipedia.</p>
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<p>I literally devised a debate on Iran’s nuclear program using this [url=<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran]Wiki[/url”>Nuclear program of Iran - Wikipedia]Wiki[/url</a>] page.</p>
<p>It did take me 46 hours of drafting, though. :(</p>
<p>Cheerios, I know that you will get at least 700.</p>
<p>Wikipedia’s very useful, but be cautious. Apart from factual errors (which are relatively rare), Wikipedia can get pretty in-depth, more than you probably need for the subject test.</p>
<p>For example, consider the “Fundamental Theorem of Algebra,” which you may have heard of (any n-degree polynomial has exactly n roots in the complex plane). Wikipedia has like, six different proofs of it, most of them using some form of complex analysis.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, it’s a good resource if you just want to look up something for general knowledge, and I use it quite a bit.</p>