What is the best SAT II prep book for Chemistry and American History?

Question

I will appreciate it if the answerer has experience in this, gives the name of the book, and the reason why it is better than other prep books. Thank you.

Answer 1

I've taken both of those tests.  For the Chemistry test, I used a copy of the Princeton Review's Cracking the SAT II Chemistry book, and I got an 800.  It's a good review of pretty much everything you'd need to get a perfect score on that test, but it definitely also helps to have had a good class, preferably at the AP level.

For the U.S. History test, I used the www.sparknotes.com version of the test prep book, which is free, and it's a pretty thorough overview of the material.  The Princeton Review book for this test is also probably a really good choice, I just didn't happen to use it.  Again, a good course (preferably at the AP level, but I only had an honors level class) is ideal.  I ended up with a 790 on this test.