Kaplan SAT II: World History 2003-2004

By Peggy J. Martin and Kaplan

You will score higher. We guarantee it. Kaplan's SAT II: World History 2003-2004 combines an in-depth review of world history topics with Kaplan's exclusive test-taking strategies and targeted... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743218078
• ISBN13: 9780743218078
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Kaplan
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.9" x 1.2" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

good enough

if u want to raise your score a little or just want to review everything that uve learned in that ap course the book is good...but if your are lost and need a big increase, then i recommend u look elsewhere...

got an 800; can't complain!

i used this book to study, and, lo and behold, i got an 800 on the real world history test. admittedly, i was enrolled in ap world at my high school and did very well in it, but this book really does a good job of helping you nail down the key topics and terms (though i still get confused when trying to remember the greecian schools of philosophy). i would MAJORLY suggest using the real sat ii book as well (borrow it from the library and make photocopies, if you must), because several of the questions on the released exam appeared on the real test. the practice test's scaled scores are pretty accurate of your real performance, too.go buy it.

Pretty good cand concise but not enough to get you an 800

I used this book to study for my SATII and read it twice, while i was enrolled in an AP euro class. I took world history class the year before (though not an AP). After reading it twice and taking the test, I got a 720. Good: concise review, covers most of the questions.Bad: questions at end of chapter arent helpful, not enough info to get you an 800, practice tests are much harder than the real thing, and the score scaling is curved way too much (although it may be that way because the tests are harder than normal). Also no maps whatsoever in the review section, although some in tests. According to the scaling chart, 12 wrong, 83 right is an 800, which was definitely not the case. I took my test in june, when people who took AP World History test were takin the SAT II, so there was probably less curve at that time of year.

Helpful

I just took the SATII: World History test last Saturday. Although I only had time to study the first half of this review book, I still thought I did pretty well..or maybe I was just lucky that the test this year focused on the ancient civilizations more. I found kaplans world history book pretty helpful, though in some parts the book does give some extra facts that you know will not appear on the test. The little quizzes at the end of each chapter is helpful, makes you realize if you actually concentrated on the little details or not.Not 100% great but not bad either. I do recommend this book to those who might take it in the fall this year or spring next year.