<p>Just out of curiosity, how would you rank Barrons, PR, Kaplan, sparknotes, and any other tests in terms of difficulty, in terms of scores? </p>
<p>personally, I would rank them as follows from easiest to hardest:</p>
<li>Kaplan</li>
<li>Barrons</li>
<li>Sparknotes</li>
</ol>
<p>and I haven’t yet taken PR</p>
<ol>
<li>Kaplan</li>
<li>Sparknotes</li>
<li>Barrons</li>
</ol>
<p>sparknotes was ok. PR was ridiculous, wasn’t like the CB one. </p>
<ol>
<li>PR</li>
<li>CB (the subject test book)</li>
<li>Sparknotes.</li>
</ol>
<p>Has anyone else done multiple tests?</p>
<p>I’ve taken
2 Barrons
2 Sparknotes (and will take the 3rd)
1 Kaplan
1 Collegeboard released test</p>
<p>In order of increasing difficulty</p>
<p>CB < Kaplan < Sparknotes < Barrons</p>
<p>I’ve taken pretty much every test there is for chem, except the latest college board released test. In order of decreasing difficulty:</p>
<ol>
<li>Barrons</li>
<li>Sparknotes / Kaplan (I think they’re about the same level of difficulty)</li>
<li>Released 1994 test</li>
<li>Princeton Review</li>
</ol>
<p>Basically, some people are saying that sparknotes is hardest, while other people are saying that barrons is the hardest. Everyone agrees that PR and Kaplan are the easiest, and Collegeboard ranks above them. </p>
<p>Sp far:</p>
<p>Hardest:
Barrons (2 people)
Sparknotes (2)</p>
<p>Easiest:
PR (2)
CB (1)
Kaplan (1)</p>
<ol>
<li>Kaplan</li>
<li>Sparknotes</li>
<li>Barrons </li>
</ol>
<p>I can’t remember, Kaplan was either the easiest or the hardest, but I might be getting mixed up with bio</p>
<p>I’ve gotten mid-500 on the Barron’s Chem tests. What do you think that would be on the real thing?</p>