Sat II biology as a freshman

It's an interesting approach overall. When your son sits for the SAT II, he'll be several years younger than most students taking it. Another approach that's interesting is gearing high school curriculum to the test that is SAT - it's a which should come first question - the chicken or the egg but we're in enough of a bind to ask it. SATS are designed by a private company - should our country's school curriculum be driven by private decisions made by a private testing company?
But that question doesn't really answer yours which is how to prepare your son for an upcoming SAT when his school time isn't long enough to teach him enough of the test. Private companies are a reasonable if expensive answer. In fact, the ETS company that makes the SATS is happy to take our money to sell us old copies of the test, to tutor our children for the test all the while charging us money to sit for the test and charging colleges money to get the results of the test.
There are many private companies out there teaching to the tests that are the SATs and their subject tests. Depending on where you live, you can shop around a bit - some charge less than others. Kaplan is almost everywhere - the smaller less well known companies are a bit harder to find.
What about giving him an older copy of the test - easily purchased on-line from ETS itself or in any book store and see how he does with it? If he passes with flying colors and says it's a breeze, he might not need further tutoring.
Good luck.

I am curious as to which company runs the course you are doing. It sounds excellent- and worth the money, if it is as good as it sounds. Is this in New York City? As far as the scores go, you can cancel the scores within 24 hours of taking the test (without knowing the result).Otherwise it gets scored and if the colleges your child applies to subscribe to Score Choice, it will be your choice whether or not they see the score. If the school doesn't subscribe to Score Choice, they can request to see al scores. See this link for a good explanation of Score Choice:insideschools.org/blog/?url=http://insideschools.org/blog/2009/03/24/ask-the-college-counselorsat-score-choice/

NYCmom,
After going through the material with him from "cracking the sat" book by myself and familiarizing on what topics there are...
I joined him in a crash course test prep center. My 2 week training you may call as "pre-prep for a test prep:)) It is expensive of course but 3 hrs for 4 weeks...hoping they do miracles.

I thought there is a choice after test to cancel scores.. not sure. Hoping this is not a negative impact.
-thanks
irit123

I am so relieved to see your question- I have had the exact same situation with my son, who is a freshman. His biology teacher thought he would be a good candidate to take the SAT II biology test in June. Unfortunately, the class covers only about 70% of what is on the test. Rather than push him to spend every waking hour between now and then learning the new material, we decided to wait unit junior year, when he will take advanced Biology.Part of the problem is the new "Score choice" offered by the College Board. If you read all the fine print you begin to see that each college has the choice as to whether to subscribe to it or not. If there were no negative consequences to a lower than desired score, I would have thought,go ahead, you have nothing to lose. Then when I checked the lists of colleges and their position on Score Choice, I realized it the risk may outweigh the benefit!