How accurate are the Spark Notes online tests?

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<p>I just took one in us history and got a 650 and I was wondering if this had any validity. Thanks!</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>I took two of them before taking the actual test for U.S. History and I got a 670 and 690.
On the real test, I got a 710.
So I’d say they’re just a little bit harder.
At least for history…</p>

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<p>Nice!!! I just got a 700 on one, so that feels really good to hear. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Anyone else have any experience with this?</p>

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<p>Chemistry (590 Sparknotes): (750+ real thing)</p>

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<p>what about math ii?</p>

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<p>^ Heard some pretty positive things about Sparknotes for Math II. I recall seeing a poster who got an 800 on that test attributing his success to Sparknotes.</p>

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<p>math II isn’t very hard.</p>

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<p>shut upppppp</p>

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<p>The sparknotes tests for biology are fairly close, chemistry a little bit more on the hard side.</p>

<p>(some of) the math II sparknotes tests are unnaturally harder than they should be. I would even say harder than Barron’s…i mean some of the questions i just dont understand how could possibly expect you to know how to solve, but that’s just me.</p>

<p>The only thing with sparknotes though is some of the tests are messed up and it will tell you you have a wrong answer when you have a right one, although all the explanations they give are correct.</p>

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<p>^ Good to know.</p>

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<p>I haven’t taken SAT subject tests yet (Going to take on Nov 9).
Sparknote’s tests are a bit buggy; most of the tests contain 4-8 mistakes. So it is not always possible to judge my performance.
I have got average 780 on Physics, and Average 750 in chemistry tests, but I haven’t taken the official test, so my comment might be inaccurate. However, I have taken the tests from official blue book, and it seems to me that Physics test is quite accurate but math and chemistry tests are a bit harder than the real one.</p>

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<p>Wow the chemistry has like 5 mistakes… you auto lose 50pts:</p>

<p>They say:
“In the diagram above … answer the question”
(There is no freaking diagram)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’ve only gotten a 630 on their practice tests for math II, which makes me nervous.</p>