Hi,
So I plan to take the SAT II Chemistry Subject Test in June this year. While flipping through the Kaplan book, I found a section talking about chemical kinetics, which I did not learn in my chemistry honors course. Will this be tested, and are there any other topics that are not discussed in chemistry honors?
Thanks
Also which book is better, Kaplan or Barron’s?
I would say Barron’s is better in my opinion. But to answer your question, there are a LOT of topics that aren’t covered in chemistry honors that appear on the SAT subject test. My advice would be to wait until you take AP Chemistry to take the SAT subject test, unless you’ve been studying since Winter Break or something. But if you’ve just started studying now, I doubt you’ll be ready…but of course it is all up to your own personal skill so I’m just giving my two cents.
Both are good, although I prefer Kaplan slightly because it adheres to what is on the test, and does not provide superfluous material. Barron’s is good as well, the tests are hard and diagnose your weaknesses well. However, it has A LOT of superfluous material.
I don’t know what is discussed in Chemistry Honors (I’m an international student), but yes, Kinetics will be tested.
@DarkEclipse @JuicyMango . So are both books harder than the actual test? Also I want to make sure that the kinetics we’re talking about is correct. It is chemical kinetics, talking about rates of reaction and formulas like A^xB^y. I looked on college board and I couldn’t find “chemical kinetics” when I searched it up in the categories tested part. Is there any reason for that?
No, only Barron’s is. Kaplan is equal to the difficulty of the CB test.
It’s there. Look under Equilibrium and reaction rates. It’s given as: Rates of Reactions, including factors affecting reaction rates, potential energy diagrams, activation energies.
^That’s Chemical Kinetics.