<p>Hey, can you use Periodic table on Multiple section in chemistry exam?</p>
<p>YES OR NO</p>
<p>yes. you get a periodic table, but no formula sheet on the mc</p>
<p>Come on guys! Lets Consolidate the answers into simple form!</p>
<p>I’ll be taking the Chemistry SAT II in October. Which book will help me most for getting an 800? I definitely need to review everything because I took Chem honors last year and got a 650, so I’ve forgotten stuff now (I did not study nearly enough that time though and did not work hard in class).</p>
<p>What I’ve heard:
-Princeton is best
-Princeton misses some stuff (mainly math), which can be compromised by using Kaplan with Princeton
-Barrons is best
-Barrons is a bit excessive
-Barrons tests aren’t accurate
-Barrons practice questions help</p>
<p>A formula sheet would be useless. It’s a much more stoichiometry/concept based test than formula/equation based. Only “formulas” I really used the other day was MaVa = MbVb on 1 problem, and m/V = M for a few problems. Like I said, any other calculation based answers are simple mole conversions or stuff like that.</p>
<p>@Yamster I really liked Princeton review. It had some typos, but basic chemistry knowledge will prevent you from being mislead by them. It pretty much more than covered everything that I saw on the test, with the exception of Bohr’s model of the atom. You should also use the free Sparknotes practice tests and its review. I didn’t use Barron’s or Kaplan, so I can’t comment on those.</p>
<p>what would you guys reccomend to compliment an honors chemistry class? PR or barrons?</p>
<p>^ I’d go with PR, I thought Barron’s was just too in depth and had too much unnecessary information…</p>
<p>So I’m finally taking this and math II tomorrow. Yeah, the test was postponed 3 weeks because of stupid **** like thunderstorms. It looks like the tests you guys took weren’t too bad, but I’ve heard the make-ups are hard. I felt quite prepared on June 5th, but now that school is over I have lost most motivation. I have reviewed my books some, just to refresh my memory. Anyone got any tips or advice on what to expect?</p>
<p>I just received my score and I had a question. I know that the percentiles aren’t posted up yet by collegeboard, but would 780 be at least in the 90 something percentiles? D:
After hearing about how an 800 on Math II usually equating to ~89% is making me nervous about my chem score now…</p>
<p>If you took the AP chem exam, then I’d say that the test is a lot less detailed than the AP test. HOWEVER, in my opinion, the True or False section was a killer for me. It wasn’t necessarily the worst thing in the world, but the T/F part was excessively detailed compared to other practice tests that I have taken.</p>
<p>Also, brush up on lab techniques because although they say that usually ~8% of questions are lab-based, I felt like I had A LOT of lab-based questions that I wasn’t prepared for at all. Sneaky collegeboard exam makers…</p>
<p>@naeun9312<br>
Here’s a percentile chart for the SAT subject tests. This year should be pretty much the same.
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;
<p>Thanks for the heads-up guys.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, do you think I’ll have to wait 3 weeks for my scores?</p>
<p>Why are there so many people getting 800/790/780 even though this test has a terrible curve? =( I got 740 and I want to know how can I raise my score.</p>
<p>I think the curve was actually pretty decent this time.</p>
<p>What’s considered a pretty good score for Chem considering it’s harder than most of the other SAT tests?</p>
<p>@charizarrd I’m seconding this question because I’m confused as well… I personally thought anything above 750 would be considered to be great for any of the science tests… but if we’re viewing the percentiles (<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools) I guess for chem, the upper 700s would be considered “good”?
I honestly have no idea because I only know that Math II is the one you have to REALLY do well on if you don’t want your percentiles to drop.</p>
<p>Those percentiles are a few years old. <a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/SAT-Subject-Test-Percentile-Ranks-2009.pdf[/url]”>http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/SAT-Subject-Test-Percentile-Ranks-2009.pdf</a></p>
<p>@silverturtle Darn… Thanks for the updated link! So if I got a 780 this year, is it really worth it to retake it to aim for that 800?</p>
<p>Probably not.</p>