<p>Which book is the best one for chemistry? I have Barron's and Sparknotes.</p>
<p>Please share your experiences.</p>
<p>I have kaplan and im not too sure if i like it yet...are u taking the sat II?</p>
<p>I am taking it in December.</p>
<p>McGraw Hill</p>
<p>General consensus is PR.</p>
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<p>PR's book tends to be easy though, but the practice tests are really good. I personally like Kaplan better...</p>
<p>What's the Barron's Chem book like?</p>
<p>TPR is tooo easy.</p>
<p>the princeton review book is not too easy; my actual score (780) exceeded all my scores on the practice tests. it's basically spot-on and it doesn't throw excessive information at you. if you've taken a good chem course before or just understand chemistry the pr book will be fine.</p>
<p>I took the first TPR practice test without doing the acids/bases chapter and score 780 (six wrong, 2 omitted) .. So not quite confident ... </p>
<p>PS : I'd prefer a tough book which is harder than the real thing ..</p>
<p>Bumppppppppppp</p>
<p>i've heard barrons before..</p>
<p>I'm using Barron's right now. I haven't taken it yet, but I can tell you that it probably covers all topics that you will need to know. If you did well in Chem 1 and AP Chem, it won't take more than a few days (which you have) to read and study. It does have some (a little) stuff that you probably won't need to know.</p>
<p>NO. NO. NO. </p>
<p>Princeton Review is the best way to go. Sparknotes is by far the worst (OK, maybe Cliffs Notes is worse, but still.....)</p>
<p>i used barrons and PR. (PR first, because barrons COMPLICATES THINGS.)</p>
<p>got me a 790..so i guess it works?</p>
<p>Barron's practise tests are formulaic..format does not change at all</p>
<p>Barron's tests are very difficult... no doubt. Their review is above and beyond the call as well. However, it is better to be over prepared than under prepared, no? PR's tests are somewhat accurate, but I would not use their review section.</p>
<p>I'm getting a raaw score of around 65-67 on my Barron's tests which according to their scale translates to a 750+. Isn't the curve a bit too generous?</p>
<p>So I'm plan on getting Barron's, but the book is ~10 years old, does the content change much over the years?</p>
<p>^thats a pretty long time. i wouldn't feel secure with that..</p>
<p>Yeah, it is the library's copy, I have yet to pick it up yet, but it is from 1998. I was reading on SparkNotes that the chemistry subject tests are pretty consistent in terms of content and questions, but 9-10 years old might be pushing it a bit.</p>