Hello College Confidential community!
I am going to take SAT II Chemistry on June 4th and want to know what I should study. Would studying tables such as “Standard energies of formation of compounds at 1 arm and 298 K” be necessary? I found several tables in the appendixes of Barrons, and most of them contained lots of specific quantities (kj/mol, kcal/mol…). Please reply as soon as possible. Thanks!
Correction: I would like to know what to memorize. Also, is Barrons accurate to the actual SAT Chemistry exam?
When I took the SAT Chem test in May, I found Barron’s to have more difficult questions than the actual exam. I never really memorized any tables, but I suggest you know your solubility rules and some other basic constants (speed of light, specific heat capacity for water, particles in a mole, etc). If you can pick up the molar masses of some common elements (C, H, O, N, etc) it may speed calculations up a bit.
The SAT Chem test, if I recall correctly, gave me specific value when I needed them. A lot of the material is covered in AP Chem, so if you’ve taken that, it lightens the amount you have to study considerably. Feel free to ask me any more questions.
@Faultystart Thanks for the advice. I will take everything you said into account. Also, for the preparation of oxygen in “Gases and the Gas Laws”, would I have to memorize the equation that is given: 2KCLO3+MnO2–>2KCL+3O2+MnO2?
@1618dz I didn’t memorize anything like that.
Will I have to know specific pH values when indicators change color such as “at which pH would litmus paper turn pink-red?”
@1618dz Honestly, I wouldn’t really bother with memorizing that. Only really know like if litmus paper is red/yellow/pink/whatever it indicates something is acidic/basic/whatever
I’m taking SAT chem on June 4th too! What kind of questions can they ask based to the solubility rules?
Will we have to know about reduction methods of iron ore?
@seyll00 While I don’t remember there being any questions about solubility rules, the most likely question would be asking to perhaps identify a compound from a certain number of facts (not soluble, color, etc) or something involving general solubility rules (most nitrates are soluble expect these ones)
@1618dz I didn’t even study that. Most of what I studied was things covered in AP Chem plus some nuclear chemistry.
Oh no! I got a 640 on practice test #1 in Barrons. Am I SCREWED FOR THE SAT II CHEM?!?!?!?!?!?! 
:((
@1618dz Probably not. I found Barron’s to be harder than the actual test.
I got around 750 on Barron’s. 7 of my answers were wrong in the T/F/CE questions. Any tips for that?
I just seem to be running out of time a lot. I had the same problem when i was writing the SAT subject Math level 2 on May 7.
I was getting 660’s and 640’s in Kaplan. Isn’t Barron’s supposed to be harder? OOOH…i don’t know what’s going onnn!!
Barron’s curve is incorrect. I graded with actual test curve. I feel sad…
@seyll00 Well, why are you getting T/F/CE wrong? Is it mostly because of the CE? Or are you getting one of the two statements wrong?
@1618dz Where did you get the actual test curve from?
@Faultystart I’m getting all the TTCE, TT, FF right. I’m just missing out on those TF or FT questions.
I read one tip from a site that said to read all the statements in Column I first without looking at the ones in Column II. Then go back and read the Column II statements, while you decide if its’s the Correct Explanation of Statement I. But it took too much time to do all that. XD So I’m just sticking with going in order.
@1618dz How much are you aiming for? Most people here said that they got 70-100 more on the actual than on Barron’s. You’re doing pretty well AND you still have time. So chill. 
@seyll00 Really, looking at each statement one by one is the best way to solve it. If it takes too much time out of the test for you, you may want to skip over ones you have trouble with and just come back if you have time. Or you can just try to get faster at the rest of the test.