<p>Hi. I am taking the SAT II Chemistry this Saturday. I started preparing last week because I haven't learned some of the materials in school. Exactly how hard is the test? Is it impossible without thorough preparation? I am trying to memorize every detail in the Kaplan SAT II Chem book because most of the information is difficult to understand. Thanks!</p>
<p>Have you taken AP Chem?</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>theres a table of percentiles somewhere on collegeboard.com which shows how hard it is to get an 800. i think its something like 98th percentile. its one of the tougher ones, but not as hard as bio. bio: E is a 99+ percentile curve for an 800.</p>
<p>(note: i received an 800 on both without taking the AP class. just use barrons. :) )</p>
<p>The SAT II Chem is a push-over compared to the AP Chem. I self-studied for the AP Chem and got a 4. Without any additional preparation aside from figuring out the question types, I got a 780.</p>
<p>You used Barrons? I got the book, but it looks like it covers a lot more than the SAT II or AP (diet and nutrition? human evolution?)</p>
<p>You really can't compare percentiles to determine relative difficulty. Math Level 2 is obviously more difficult, but an 800 is only 90th percentile as compared to 99th on Math Level 1 because different groups take the exams. An 800 on Chinese is 56th percentile, but that's really only because most of the people taking the exam are native speakers. Different groups of people take different tests, while a large group of students takes US history, just a few take Physics. Can you really say that an 800 in Physics (92nd percentile) is easier to obtain than an 800 in US history (98th)? No. There are many more "average joes" taking US history and so raise the percentiles of high scores considerably.</p>
<p>HiWei- I currently take Honors Chemistry. My school does not offer AP Chemistry. I am really worried about SAT II Chem because I do not have a thorough understanding on several topics.</p>
<p>nah i think IIC is simply much easier than bio E.</p>
<p>syc511...last year I was in the same position as you are (honors chem, not such a great understanding of everything)...and i pulled a low 700's....not the greatest but I was happy. If you actually take the time to study hard (which I did not) you will definitely be fine.</p>
<p>dazedandconfused88- wow! you did really good. I hope I get in the 700s. Well I have three days left, so I will just study as much as possible. :0)</p>
<p>thanks....btw I used the princeton review book and I had no real complaints with it...</p>
<p>barrons does do a little overpreparation. overpreparation is good though. ensures youll be better prepared for the class ur skipping into (in terms of the AP tests).</p>
<p>SO IF I study barrons SAT II Chem with NO AP chem class and SAT II Bio barrons w/o an AP Bio class and study it all like a MADMAN...and I score 750+ on the practice tests...should I be able to hit 750+ on the real thing?</p>
<p>If you score 750+ on one of the Barron's or any other test prep companies Bio, maybe. I've been finding some of the test questions to be a little too obscure in the test prep books.</p>
<p>750+ on a PR Chem test, very likely 750+ on the actual (I scored 780,790 on the two PR tests I took, insanely close to my actual 780) </p>
<p>If you score 750+ on one of the REAL SAT II tests under timed circumstances, you are just as likely to get 750+ as if you were to take the actual tests, within normal variation of course.</p>
<p>man how do people finish the test? lol i took it and had to leave like last 15 blank lol. Pretty good score for leaving 15 blank though...but not good enough</p>
<p>definitely. barrons is usually curved harsher than the real thing. (although why settle for a 750. i usually study my weaknesses hardcore to the point where i wouldnt have a weakness going into the test)</p>