When to take SAT Subject Tests?

Aquawater98
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:12:58 +0000

It really depends on how motivated you are and how much your teacher decides to procrastinate. For example, my AP bio teacher taught the last 12 chapters in a couple weeks, and as a result, I didn’t do as well on the May test as I did on the June one. If you’re motivated enough, do the June one and take the 3 weeks after the AP test to study. Most students end up deciding that they’re sick of all that work, and since the AP test is done, they kick back and relax. If you can continue to push forward and study daily, then go for June.

I actually feel that the AP exams are a bit more detailed than the SAT IIs. Perhaps not exactly detailed… I mean more of that APs make you think more outside the box. Most of the questions on the SAT II are just “you know it or you don’t.” But on the AP exam, you have quite a couple of those “half correct” answers that try to trick you. There are only a couple on the SAT II.