Barron's SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M 2007 (Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II Biology E/M)

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This brand-new test preparation manual presents a short diagnostic test and two full-length practice tests that reflect the most recent SAT Subject Test in Biology E/M. Both tests include 60 core questions plus 20 E (Ecology) and 20 M (Molecular) questions with detailed explanations of answers. This manual also includes extensive subject reviews with more than 300 questions and answer explanations, an overview of the SAT subject tests, and important test-taking tips.

Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II: Biology and Biology E/M (Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II Biology E/M)

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good coverage, A LOT of good coverage
This book was average
Maybe if you have over a year...
Good book, not enough detail
If you want a 'just average' score

Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II: Biology and Biology E/M (Barron's How to Prepare for the Sat II Biology E/M)
Maurice Bleifeld
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764104616

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good coverage, A LOT of good coverage.......2003-10-30

This book is really good and covers all of the bases of biology, but I only have a week to prepare for the test, and all of this material is, well, quite overwhelming. I would definitely reccomend this book if you have two weeks or more to prepare for this test. If you have the test really soon like me I would reccomend going with the Kaplan book.

This book was average.......2003-01-03

I am not a great studier but i did not find this book covered all the topics on the Sat2. The tests were way too easy. I scored nearly 70 points lower on the actual Sats. Decent book but i think you could find better books out there. There was a ton of information but it was too much for me to cram with yet it didn't cover all the questions on the real tests. The answers were well explained to their practice tests but maybe that was because they were so easy.

Maybe if you have over a year..........2002-12-31

When I decided to take the SAT II Biology, I also ordered the Barron's and Kaplan test preps. I had already taken the AP Biology test and recieved a 5, and I had the Cliff's AP Biology book as well. I had about a month and a half left before the Dec. exam and opened up the Barrons book to get started. MISTAKE MISTAKE MISTAKE!!! This book is very intimidating, there is way more information that you need to know, for example, the whole section on cancer and other diseases is completely unnecessary. TRUST ME...YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THOSE DISEASES!!! The practice tests reflect the information provided in this book and is more like a "final exam" for those that read the book instead of an accurate model. I shut the book up within two days, thinking yeah right, and I picked up the Kaplan book instead. The Barron's book is also very visually unappealing and goes into too much detail. I would only use it if I had over a year to study and needed to make sure I knew every possible thing. The Kaplan book was a better at giving you the right material, but sometimes the paragraph format of the book takes too much time to read through. At this point, it would be smartest to use the Cliff's AP Biology book to get a quicker easier grasp of the information necessary. Neither the Kaplan nor the Barrons had very good practice tests, so I'd just take both to get a feel for what I need to know.

Good book, not enough detail.......2002-10-07

I was quite pleased with this book in that it covered everything and more that was on the SATII, but it alone will not do. I had a great teacher for Honors Biology, and that I belive is what earned me my 720. This book did help the nights before the test with little miscellaneous buts of information, but the book really does not teach.
The book just throws information at you without trying to get you to understand the pricess or the concept. That is was the teacher is for.
If you had a bad teacher or were not even taking Bio., this book would only help you if you were an insane memorizer like those weird kids in Japan that stay up until 2am studying for quizzes.

If you want a 'just average' score.......2002-06-01

This book was ok if u only want an average score. I just took the SAT II Biology E the other day and the questions on the test were BARELY covered in the book. The does have some detailed summaries, but only about 1/4 of the material on the test could be found in the book. and the practice tests were SOOO incredibly easy. Perhpas this was to boost morale so it made the book look like it was a good book......but I dunno. When I take the test again after i take AP bio, i'll use the Princton or the Kaplan.

How to Prepare for the SAT II, Biology E/M (Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT II: Biology and Biology E/M)

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another 5 star review
Has its merits and demerits but essential for the test
The best test prep book I've ever used
Very Good Test Prep
Ugghhhh

How to Prepare for the SAT II, Biology E/M (Barron's How to Prepare for the SAT II: Biology and Biology E/M)
Maurice Bleifeld
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: School & Library Binding

ASIN: 0613913027

Book Description

Intensive preparation for the SAT II Biology E/M test includes a mini-diagnostic test and four full-length practice tests, all with answers and explanations. Two of the practice tests include core questions in general biology plus questions specifically relating to Biology E (Ecology). The other two tests include core questions and questions relating specifically to Biology M (Molecular Biology). An extensive subject review covers all test topics. They include: the cell and molecular biology; disease and the body's protective mechanisms; reproduction in lower organisms, plants, and animals; genetics; evolution; conservation of natural resources and environmental science; and the classification of living things. The book also presents an overview of the SAT II Biology E/M test as well as useful test-taking tips.

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another 5 star review.......2007-04-09

I looked up this book to recommend to a cousin of mine who's thinking of taking the BioSATII test and I when I saw the one star reviews I was compelled to comment. I agree completely with all the 5 star ratings from high scorers. I scored a 790 on my SATII back in 2003 and used this book to prepare for the AP exam as well (for which I recieved a score of 5). In my opinion, this is the best bio test prep book on the market. It's organized and detailed and it doesn't skimp out on the information it provides. The practice test questions are more similar to real questions than most test books and are generally more difficult than the real thing - meaning that when you actually take the test you will happily score better than on your practice runs.

Has its merits and demerits but essential for the test.......2006-12-25

I only had a one-hour-per-week biology class this year, but scored a 780 on SAT2 Biology M, which I think is quite OK. First, I studied the Princeton book, then the Kaplan book, and it was not two weeks before the test that I actually got the Barron's.
[TOO DETAILED?]The Barron's book is quite detailed, and the details are NECESSARY for the test. For example, only the Barron's book introduced the enzyme lactase and the disease coronary thrombosis, which both showed up on my test. Then again, some of the details were quite useless; for instance, the book needlessly focuses on diseases. There are unnecessary parts concerning "The Conquest of Diseases" and so on. As for me, I only read "Types of heart diseases" (150) and "Other diseases not caused by germs" (152) and that was enough. I think the part about alcohol and tobacco is just too much detail
[LACK OF DETAIL] To my surprise, there were parts that completely lacked detail. On the part about kidneys, the book didn't even mention aldosterone or how the medulla of the kidney gets saltier--this was looked at with the most details in the Princeton book.
I studied only about two thirds or three fourths of the book: the rest, I just skimmed or only solved the problems at the end of each chapter(by the way, these problems are useful and point-by-point) I kinda ignored the alcohol-tobacco part and the disease part, but those parts, like I said above, don't matter that much. I'm sorry that I couldn't finish the book--I could've got a higher score.
So, what I'm saying is, BUY THE BOOK, BUT DON'T RELY ON IT ONLY.

The best test prep book I've ever used.......2006-11-03

This has been all-around the best and most helpful book I've ever used to prepare for a standardized test. It is extremely informative, well-organized, and easy to read. However, the most helpful features are the section reviews at the end of each chapter and the self-evaluation charts at the end of the practice tests. The former are great sets of practice questions to put your knowledge to the test, and the latter are excellent tools for pinpointing exactly where your problem spots are, fixing those weak areas, and thus greatly improving your scores. Biology is far from my best subject but after studying with this book for a while I feel completely confident for the exam. I tried using Kaplan's book on the same subject at first but found it to be quite dull. I think this is a much better alternative.

Very Good Test Prep.......2006-07-06

My son used this book to prapare for the Biology M SatII exam and received a very respectable 710 (out of 800) on the test.

Ugghhhh.......2006-06-16

I think this review book is HORRIBLE. First, it is extremely detailed. It goes into so much detail that is useless since none of it shows up on the exam. Second, it is a very boring book. It is pretty self-explanatory, it does not do it too well, but it is good enough. But how is someone supposeed to get through this book with all of its detail if they fell asleep everytime they opened the book. I fell asleep more than 15 times. Well its good i got another review book for this sat II or else i think i may have failed it. Thanks to princeton review, i knew all the material on the back of my head.
I do not recomend this book one bit; many teacher recommend it, but as a student i say: dont waste your parents money on this book.

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Robust Modal Control covers most classical multivariable modal control design techniques that were shown to be effective in practice, and in addition proposes several new tools. The proposed new tools include: minimum energy eigenvector selection, low order observer-based control design, conversion to observer-based controllers, a new multimodel design technique, and modal analysis. The text is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing MATLAB® software for the implementation of the proposed techniques. The software is in use in aeronautical industry and has proven to be effective and functional. For more detail, please visit the author's webpage at http://www.cert.fr/dcsd/idco/perso/Magni/booksandtb.html

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In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J.M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living a wild and secret life with birds and fairies in the middle of London. Later Barrie let this remarkable child grow a little older and he became the boy-hero of Neverland, making his first appearance,
with Wendy, Captain Hook, and the Lost Boys, in Peter and Wendy. The Peter Pan stories were Barrie's only works for children but, as their persistent popularity shows, their themes of imaginative escape continue to charm even those who long ago left Neverland. This is the first edition to include
both texts in one volume and the first to a present an extensively annotated text for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

Customer Reviews:

A Neat Package.......2007-03-19

Hmm...., Peter and Wendy is obviously a five star book all the way, but what about Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens? Well, it's not really a complete book, first off. It's just a large section taken out of an earlier Barrie book titled The Little White Bird. So its very fragmented. Second, since it's more of a springboard the for ideas that formed the Peter Pan play than anything else, it repeats quite a bit of what we have already seen multiple times in many of the famous Peter Pan adaptations.

Even so, I did get a lot of enjoyment out of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Aside from the first chapter (which isn't much fun if you haven't been to the gardens), I was quite entertained. Barrie's theory that people are born as birds and then turn into humans afterward is pretty wild, and I loved Peter's interaction with the girl who was captured by the fairies. Peter thought he played games the same way all real boys did but just embarassed the heck out of himself, throwing the hula-hoops or whatever those things were in the water. Poor guy.

So all in all, you have a great introduction followed by a good book fragment and topped off with an all-time classic. Not a bad purchase at all.

Half Great, Half Not-So-Great.......2007-02-22

If you've seen Peter Pan in theater and film, you might think that you know him.

If that is the breadth of your exposure, then you do not.

As it turns out, J.M. Barrie's Novelization of the classic play, told in "Peter Pan and Wendy," exposes to us a darker Neverland, with a self-centered and often borderline evil Pan, who serves his best interests first and only, almost without fail. The often humorous Tinkerbell is similiarly darker, displaying a genuine hate for Wendy among others.

That is not to say it isn't good. It is - terribly so. The believability of Pan and the characters around him is excellent, particularly given each one's specific backgrounds and situations, which Barrie provides for the reader in great detail.

"Peter Pan and Wendy" is a quick and interesting read, and read it you should, for it's literary importance shouldn't be overlooked.

"Peter Pan in Kinsington Gardens" is, regrettably, skippable. You may have never heard of this story, and there is a pretty good reason for that, although it provides readers with Peter's upbringing in the land of faeries, it is rather slow-moving and unnecessary background for the main event of the other story.

A Great Book!.......2000-11-16

This book is very imaginative and well written. James Barrie tells the history side of Peter Pan that most people do not know about. Each chapter tells a different story about Peter Pan's life in the garden. There are stories about Peter Pan living in the trees with the birds, to stories about how the fairies trick the humans who come to visit Kensington Gardens. This book is both funny and sad at parts, and will make you wonder if you were actually owned by a bird at sometime!

More creative than his later, popular stories of Peter........1999-07-22

If you buy this book, definately get an illistrated edition! The fairy images are gorgeous and worth treasuring. The story itself is beautiful: How Peter fell out of his tram, was taught by the birds to fly and finally returned home to find the window locked to him.

Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

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Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
J.M. Barrie
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 014243793X
Release Date: 2004-07-27

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Peter Pan, the "boy who would not grow up," originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barrie's sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His later role as flying boy hero was brought to the stage by Barrie in the beloved play Peter Pan, which opened in 1904 and became the novel Peter and Wendy in 1911. In a narrative filled with vivid characters, epic battles, pirates, fairies, and fantastic imagination, Peter Pan's adventures capture the spirit of childhood— and of rebellion against the role of adulthood in conventional society.

This edition includes the novel and the stories, as well as an introduction by eminent scholar Jack Zipes. Looking at the man behind Peter Pan and sifting through the psychological interpretations that have engaged many a critic, Zipes explores the larger cultural and literary contexts in which we should appreciate Barrie's enduring creation and shows why Peter Pan is a work not for children but for adults seeking to reconnect with their own imagination.

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens : Peter and Wendy (Oxford World's Classics)
J. M.; Hollingdale, Peter Barrie
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKNI6O

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: Peter and Wendy
J.m. Barrie
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKJIAE

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