<p>For the SATII Chemistry, what is included for molecular shapes?</p>
<p>I assume they could ask about:
linear
bent
planar
tetrahydral
pyramidal</p>
<p>But could they also ask about something more complicated like:</p>
<p>octahedral (sp3d)
bipyramidal (sp3d2)</p>
<p>Also, for hybridization, do they care about really complicated hybridizations like: sp3d and sp3d2??</p>
<p>I don’t think they’ll ask about anything beyond the first five shapes you listed. Remember, they’re testing knowledge of a high school chemistry class, which probably wouldn’t go into that much depth.</p>
<p>As far as I (and my chemistry teacher) know, hybrids do not show up on the test at all.</p>
<p>^I hesitate to believe that hybrids don’t show up at all. The practice test (from sparknotes) asked about hybridization 2 or 3 times. </p>
<p>THanks for your response.</p>
<p>I’m 99.5% sure those shapes won’t come up :P. I didn’t learn them until AP which is technically supposed to be a college course (haha). I took the SAT II without knowing them after honors chem and got a 760 with minimal studying if that puts things into perspective.</p>
<p>^I just took honors chem and went ahead and signed up for the SATII Chemistry, because I was already going to be there for Math2…and I bombed the Chem (670). Albeit, I didn’t prepare at all, and I probably didn’t get a single T/T/CE question correct, I think I need to study lol.</p>
<p>I took honors chem, didn’t learn about those shapes, and got an 800 on the SAT II at the end of the year. I only prepared minimally for organic chem and some lab stuff we didn’t cover.</p>
<p>Like I said, there is no evidence that I am aware of in favor of these kinds of things (somewhat obscure molecular shapes and hybridization) appearing on the actual SAT II, despite what non-CB tests and books may tell you. (Hence why I don’t recommend Barron’s for chem, since it is complete overkill, having looked at it a couple times.) You may search CC archives for discussion of past SAT IIs if you want to refute this.</p>