<p>which books to use for the SAT II Chem while only being in about 2.5 months of AP Chem?</p>
<p>summer school course? .. hmm, which school did you go to , im just curious .. but anways, i would recommend mcgraw hill chemistry. you may also want to buy their official guide for subject tests even though its not out yet .. which will be in august.</p>
<p>not many good books out there for this subject.</p>
<p>yea i went to north brunswick, its in NJ idk if uve heard of it</p>
<p>yeah for NJ, hmmm, well since the MC is practically the same on both the SAT's and the AP's I just used my AP book from PR and then just read up on the T/F questions and I did well enough so...</p>
<p>I took AP Chem as a junior. You need the whole year of AP Chem to do well on the SAT 2 Chemistry. It helps so much.</p>
<p>Let's just say you won't be able to get passed the mid 600s if you don't finish AP Chemistry....unless you study like crazy. (The class helps because you learn from hands on things. EG: You see a demonstration of the flame test...this burns red, etc. You may get a question on the SAT 2 chemistyr test on that.)</p>
<p>Hmm, forgot to add, I actually self-studied the whole AP curriculum in a matter of weeks and got a 770 and a 5 so you can definitely do it, good luck with everything :D</p>
<p>^ you probably could do it...but I wouldn't recommend it. You really can't replace the labs part of the class. It helped me on serveral questions.</p>
<p>Hmmm, though, as by the syllabus set forth by the AP board, laboratory related work has been outlined as only 5-10% of the actual examination, and the free response laboratory related question is a snap because you just make up some basic procedures and they'll buy into it, but hmmm, I guess only you know your limitations, and I just say put in as much effort to be able to reap the best rewards. :D</p>
<p>I'm not saying you cannot do it. I'm just saying that self-studying a science like chemistry isn't going to be easy. I can tell you how many times recalling information from a lab has helped me on a test. It also helped me on the AP exam and the SAT subject test.</p>
<p>AP Chem does help, but I've seen plenty of students who did not take AP Chem score really well. Definitely get a prep book or two (PR is great, I've heard Barrons is pretty good as well).</p>
<p>i didnt take AP chem, just one year of honors chem and scored a 690</p>
<p>Use Kaplan and Barron's to overprepare, do all the practice tests, and then use Princeton Review practice tests to see how you're doing. You can also do the SparkNotes free Practice Test. I heard it was extremely helpful.</p>
<p>That's what I'm doing. I'm taking SAT II Chem in October.</p>
<p>After you do all those practice tests, you should be okay.</p>
<p>Good luck to you. Study hard!</p>
<p>I thought the SAT II was much easier than the AP. (5 and 780) The content is really more basic. Of all of the AP/SATII sets I've taken (Bio, USH, French, and Chem), it was the only one where I thought the SAT II was much simpler m/c-wise. True, labs can help with random flame test colors and procedures, but it's kind of random and can just as easily be studied. The T/F questions are kind of a pain, but are not too bad.</p>
<p>I haven't taken ap chem, didn't study and scored a 730...its not that hard</p>
<p>I am taking it again, after getting some AP Chem in me...and some studying</p>
<p>If you're an exceptional student, you can pull off the sat 2 chemistry w/o taking ap chemistry. However, I must agree with everyone else that ap chemistry makes it so much easier. Also, it depends on what your chemistry 1 class went up to. I think most average chemistry 1 classes end up at about molarity and molality and stoichiometry.</p>