<p>Could you please tell me the most efficient way to prepare? I have completed precalculus and physics B and did fairly well in the classes, but how can I brush up on my skills? Any websites or books you recommend?</p>
<p>Barrons!!!</p>
<p>CollegeBoard releases a book with practice, do that. Barron’s is awful for Math II–it has only the hard problems.</p>
<p>thanks for the posts guys-- I’ll be back in 8 hours I’m going to volunteer. Any more help would be extremely appreciated!!</p>
<p>I’m back!! (bump)</p>
<p>Actually the Barron’s book is the best book for Math II…I only studied that and I got an 800.</p>
<p>I used the general sat II practice test book from College Board for Math II and got an 800, but I think there is a Math specific book that they release.
For physics I took practice AP exams in the Princeton Review and got a 720</p>
<p>Use the sparknotes practice tests , and don’t buy the kaplan book for physics</p>
<p>I’m getting some pretty different information…</p>
<p>From what I’ve gathered- my options are -</p>
<ol>
<li>Barron’s</li>
<li>Collegeboards official study guides ( I didn’t know they made these ?)</li>
<li>Sparknotes Practice tests?</li>
</ol>
<p>I have the Princeton Review for the physics AP test 2011 by the way, (it didn’t really help me for the AP test).</p>
<p>Thank you for the input :)</p>
<p>I got a 770 reading the sparknotes website for SAT Physics (and it’s free) the night before.</p>
<p>but then again I did get a 5 on the ap phys exam.</p>
<p>Caution, though, because I thought the sat physics exam covered the same material as the ap physics b exam. I was dead wrong because they add things like relativity and take out some other stuff.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I did very well on both, so I think I can offer some advice. I would recommend NOT take both in the same sitting so that you can practice each individually. For the math II, I did about five practice tests and read through the book (I had long since forgotten pre-calc). For physics, I pretty much studied for the AP test, then took two practice tests to familiarize myself with the difference in material. Make sure to review the chemistry sections if you haven’t already taken chemistry.</p>
<p>Best of Luck!
Rush</p>
<p>I took precalc and Physics B this year and took the SAT II tests this may. For Physics, I prepared using the Physics B Princeton Review book and the online Sparknotes guide. The Princeton book helped me a lot for the AP test (I got a 5) so I don’t know how that will affect your studying since you said that book didn’t really help. I got 800 on the Physics SAT II. For Math II, I read through the Barron’s book and took 2-3 tests in that book. I got a 790 on that one.</p>
<p>I’ve taken both and gotten 800s on both.
For IIC, assuming your pre-calc class was relatively rigorous, you should know most of the material. I would recommend trying Barrons. (I will note in advance that Barrons IIC is notorious for being difficult) Do not be discouraged if you don’t get an 800 on Barrons as it is more difficult. After going through Barrons try the Collegeboard practice tests, if you can score an 800 on that no sweat, you’re ready.
For Physics, assuming you’ve taken the AP test and have a firm grasp on the material, again I studied Barrons. However, the problem with Barrons is that they put some irrelevant material in there book that I have never seen on any of the practice tests. Otherwise, the scope they cover is pretty good. However, one concept not covered by the AP exams that is on the SAT is relativity. Study that as its not too difficult. Otherwise you should be fine. Physics has a very generous curve.</p>
<p>^ Do you think I’d be fine for Physics if just finished Honors Physics and I study this summer?</p>
<p>@liv4physicz
Depends on how rigorous your class was and how much of a grasp you have on the material.
Honestly though if you study over the summer you should be fine. I’ve had friends study for 2 weeks before the exam with absolutely no knowledge in physics get 750+. They literally began learning physics through the SAT and they pulled it off with around an hour or two a day. Like I said, the curve is very generous.</p>
<p>I only studied Barrons and got a 790 on Math II. I was getting 680s on practice tests though, so I took the free practice test on Sparknotes the night before. I got a 790 on that also, so I think what I did was a pretty good way to study. I also recommend putting the programs that Barrons? I think it was Barrons… suggests into your graphing calculator.</p>
<p>I got 710 for Math II by reading through/taking free online practice tests from SparksNotes, and I’m realllyyy bad at math. I was expecting to do horribly, but it wasn’t all that bad! And I hardly studied. Just target your studying really well with the SparksNotes thing. It is wonderful.</p>
<p>Just use the free practice tests on Sparknotes for Math II. That’s all I used and I got an 800. Just do those and go over what you’ve done wrong. You should also check out their free online test prep book. I found it all really helpful. I tried using Barron’s but I found it hard to learn from and it wasn’t really that representative of the real test at all. They give you a lot of useless information, so it’s really just a waste of time.</p>
<p>Get barrons but dont study parametric equations and polar coordinates. They don’t show up on the exam.</p>
<p>For physics I used princeton review, which has accurate practice tests and questions however I got a 710. I got a 5 on the physics B exam though, I’m stronger in FRQs than in multiple choice, In my class’s inclass final, which was an old AP PHysics B exam I got 36 multiple choice right for ~42/90 but a total of ~84/90 for the frq question lewl. And i’m pretty sure I got a 5 because of the FRQs, i bombed the MC on the ap lol</p>