<p>Now this might ...who I am kidding, this will sound ridiculous, but bear with me.</p>
<p>So basically I am taking SAT II in Physics and Math on 7th of December, which is roughly 25 days from now. The issue I am facing is that I've never done any physics whatsoever.</p>
<p>However, I've self studied math last year from scratch (I couldn't even expand (a+b)^2 correctly), and in about a month or so, I've learned the whole high school curriculum and I eventually graduated with A*. I've studied 8 hours a day (no kidding) and my only breaks were for food, sleep and toilet (okay, I maybe watched some House MD during lunch :p).</p>
<p>I am determined to pull out something similar this time as well with physics. As far as I am concerned, physics shouldn't be that much harder to study than math, just some more formulas to memorize and concepts to understand. And by looking at the practice tests, questions don't seem that challenging, just about the same difficulty as Math, which I find ridiculously easy. I am expecting to score 800 on Math level 2 without breaking a sweat.</p>
<p>Now to my question, is something ridiculous like this possible? Could I score 700+ with so little preparation? I will surely retake it in January, but I need a an early result for my application.</p>
<p>Get Barrons for Math II and Barrons (I find it better than PR) for Physics and do the problems at the end of the chapters. </p>
<p>Your approach of doing “little preparation” is wrong and hardly anyone can get a high score like that, of course, save for a select few. However, you can prepare a lot in a “short time”, which a completely different matter. If you put in the effort to learn the physics and spend every single ounce of effort you have and don’t EVER get distracted, then, yes, you can do it. </p>
<p>The thing is, I’m very confused as to why you are taking the SAT subject test for physics if you have “never done any physics whatsoever”. You’re better off trying to cancel it, but if you think you can do it, try it out.</p>
<p>@Tomato I am in the same boat as you and I am trying to do really well on Math 2 and Physics. It’s so hard to find time to prepare for physics with so many college applications, ECs, and school itself. I have been using Barron’s for Physics, but I feel like I am not learning it extremely well. Are there other resources beside spark notes if I don’t buy PR? And what scores on Barron’s practice tests will yield 700+ on the actual thing do you guys think?</p>
<p>If anyone’s wondering, I scored 780 on Physics. So yes, such crazy thing is possible to pull out. Obviously it’s the worst approach possible, but sometimes I lose the track of time :)</p>
<p>congrats tomatosauce (awesome name btw) how did you do it? I’m planning on taking it this January and would like that nice 800. Where did you stumble? What was a breeze? Any advice would help out a bunch. Once again congrats!</p>
<p>Yeah, its possible. We do this every year. Whole years syllabus in 2-3 days that we get in between 2 exams. But we have been doing this since 8th grade so kind of not a big deal.</p>
<p>PS - This is what happens in Indian Schools.</p>
<p>SAT Physics is basic of what is taught. SO if you pay even little attention in school, you can score a 760 (more due to the fact that scoring curve is very generous)</p>
<p>@tomatosauce Which books did you use, and how many chapters did you do per day? Just curious, because I did Bio in 4 days and it was exhausting.</p>