Best Prep Books for Chemistry and Physics?

[haydare]

<p>What prep books would you recommend for the Chem SAT II and Physics SAT II?</p>

[112358]

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Chemistry:</p>

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<li><p>Barron’s (B, E) Rec 2: (A, C) Rec 3: (B, F, G)
1: The practice tests are nothing like the real thing, but the book is still a good review of EVERYTHING in high school chem.
2: Some extra information, but not too much.
Recommender’s score: 800.
3: There was some unnecessary information, but it’s fairly well done. I did a few practice tests and skimmed the topics that were confusing or unfamiliar to me. For me, the T/T/CE section was the hardest, but this book had questions that prepared me for the test very well.
Recommender’s score: 790.</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton Review (A, B, G) Rec 2: (B, C)
Recommender’s score: 770.
Recommender 2’s comment: Lacks some information, and is extremely brief and easy. However, it’s good to use to learn material you don’t know. The third practice test contains a lot of material that was not covered by the book, and is thus very difficult. This book isn’t enough for someone who wants to get an 800.
Recommender 2’s score: 760.</p></li>
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<p>Physics:</p>

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<li><p>Barron’s (A, B, C, D)
Practice tests were somewhat different from the actual, but in general still good preparation. Little superfluous material, however preparation in some parts is on the scarce side.</p></li>
<li><p>Kaplan (B, C)
Good for acquiring a general knowledge of previously unknown material, however the Princeton Review book is required for more in-depth knowledge. Practice tests are much easier than the real thing.</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton Review (A)
Explanation of concepts is hard to understand, but practice tests are extremely accurate, although there aren’t many of them.

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[ldftalk]

<p>Does anybody have any more say? I have the PR for physics and it seems too easy. Should I get the Barron’s one?</p>

[112358]

<p>I too am curious about PR’s physics book. I’ve heard widely differing opinions on it.</p>

[immortalix]

<p>The PR SAT II Physics book was written by teh same author who wrote PR’s Physics B and C books, and those books are really good. I flipped through the PR SAT II Physics before, and it looked like it covers a lot of stuff, but I never used it.</p>