<p>I'm only taking physics this year and we have only covered physical motion so far and the subject test is in 2 weeks. If i get a bad score on this but an 800 in math 2, will it seriously affect my admission chances to UCLA engineering or Berkeley L&S?</p>
<p>@LOLBeast1 </p>
<p>I took the physics test just a couple weeks ago. I had taken physics for all of 1 quarter, and we had barely started kinematics. Basically what we learned was velocity and acceleration. </p>
<p>If you are looking for last minute study guides - I took a few hours reading through this paper
<a href=“http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/facts-and-formulas-3.pdf”>http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/facts-and-formulas-3.pdf</a></p>
<p>I think it really helped - a lot of what was on there appeared in some form on the test. My advice would be to read through it and be able to understand most of it, and even memorize some of the equations. Look at the CollegeBoard practice to see the statistical prevalence of topics, IIRC there is a lot of kinematics and motion. That, coupled with the CollegeBoard practice (seriously, do that one a couple times through with explanations), should really help if you are in a pinch. </p>
<p>There are a few things that I would recommend studying a bit more past that guide, a couple having to do with electricity (amps, coulombs, power and resistors and all that), the behavior of light, and some basic theoretical/conceptual physics. Unfortunately I haven’t looked for decent sources of info on those. </p>
<p>You <em>should</em> be given the opportunity in the test to switch subject tests if you prefer - meaning you can switch your test to Biology E/M, Chemistry, etc, basically any subject test, if you think any of those would be preferable. But someone should probably verify this who has taken more SATII’s than I have.</p>
<p>Don’t let the test stress you out too badly (but do take it seriously). It’s not terribly bad. I did have a really hilarious moment in the test room because I ended up answering a question based on the lyrics to a Weird Al Yankovic song. I seriously would not have known the answer without knowing the song =)) </p>
<p>Thanks that’s a really nice guide there. I’m not sure because I haven’t taken chemistry since Sophomore year and I’m sure I forgot A LOT.</p>
<p>So I took the Physics test and got a 710. Now i consider it a great score because I am in the canadian system, and I just started physics, and currently I have a 96-97 in the class. Please keep in mind that this is Canada, and this mark is VERY high. If you show that your marks in physics are good, and pull of 700+, it doesnt matter, i did get an 800 math 2, btw. I literally studied till the last minute, the day before the test, i jus memorized the formulas from the Barron’s book, which is the book i used to study. When you think about, thats all you need to do, while also knowing the fundamental concepts in each unit, dont stress out, be happy!</p>
<p>I’m debating on just not taking the physics subject test. Would it look bad on my UC app if I only took Math 2 and not physics?</p>
<p>I have no idea… none of the UCs are in my app list. I wish I could help more. Usually I’d suggest that if you are signed up for a test, take a test (regardless of what test you end up with, or what score you get).
I would say to just report the score if it is good, but reading the the UC website they might want you to send all scores…
<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/</a></p>
<p>So I’m gonna leave this up to you…
OTOH, I spent around 6-8 hours on that guide, and felt like I understood it pretty well. I’m pretty confident that I did well on the test, and it is graded on a curve which is helpful. I get my scores back on the 25th…</p>
<p>At least you are taking Math 2! I honestly took the Math 1 one even though I have taken trig, I honestly feel that I didn’t learn a lot of the concepts on the Level 2 test. Sure, I might have been able to do most of it, but reading the practice questions online, none of my teachers have ever MENTIONED recursive equations, much less standard deviation… sigh…</p>
<p>Maybe someone with more experience with UC could chime in?</p>
<p>@LOLBeast1 FWIW I got my scores back and I got a really good score - over 700!!! YMMV of course, but it was a pretty good study guide. </p>