Cracking the SAT II: Biology E/M, 2003-2004 Edition

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Summary: THIS BOOK IS GREAT
Review: This book really really prepares you to take the SAT II Biology test
I missed the SAT II test once so I had to take it after the summer vacation ended...I didn't study for the SAT II Bio until the day before the test and benefited a lot from this book
And I still got a really good grade in 2 hours of studying Biology before the test
The back sample SAT II Bio test is really great...I think it's almost like the real SAT II!!

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Summary: Great Book Overall
Review: This is a great book even for those taking the Advance Placement Course. I myself am taking AP Biology and this is a great, consise review book. Although it does not go into great detail, which these books are not able to anyway, it has a good source of review questions for both the SAT II and AP.

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Summary: Too dull...
Review: This is really boring. The topics are presented in a really messy way, with way too many diagrams. Stick with the Barrons book. That one made me want to study.

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Summary: Great, but lacking
Review: Well I've taken the test and I did fairly well, a 740, decent, but not great. However I managed to go through about 3/4 of this book and finished the rest later just for the heck of it. So here's essentially the basis of this book. First the sections give you generally accurate information and provide you with practice sets and questions after each section. However, though most sections cover 80-100 percent of the needed SAT II information there are some key lacking points. Firs the ear and eyes are not covered. And let me tell you this: THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS A QUESTION ON THEM! Yes two tests in a row there have been questions on the eyes and ears, hm... Also genetics is a bit brief, while evolution is simply great. Also let me note that the SAT II had fewer molecular questions in general in the regular exam part, then analysis and organism biology. So using this with the Kaplan book, and studying will likely get you at least a 750-800 depending on study time.