<p>It’s the curve that kills me for the chem subject test… -2 for an 800? out of 85 questions? Really College Board? Ugh.</p>
<p>This has probably been asked before, but does anyone know how the Sparknotes practice tests compare to the actual SAT II in terms of difficulty? Also, on the Sparknotes test there were questions like “What combines with copper to make brass?” (answer was Zinc). Are there going to be questions like that on the actual thing? Somehow I doubt it, but I’m not sure.</p>
<p>I’m wondering the same thing as afroswami. Because I just got a 670 on a Sparknotes test, but I made a lot of careless mistakes that could bump me to 750. Admittedly, I wasn’t paying much attention while taking the test because I have a crappy attention span.</p>
<p>Oh, and is hydration the process of dissolving an ionic compound in water? I thought that was called dissociation.</p>
<p>guys, its close. real close. in 24 hours we will be done with the SAT chemistry! im trying to take it easy today. gonna review a bit and chill.</p>
<p>I’m awful at Chem. To make things worse, I’m worse at concept questions than analytical questions, so I have a bad feeling about this exam.</p>
<p>lol its the opposite for me. im beastly at conceptual and ok in analytical. what are you guys going to study today and for how long?</p>
<p>Well you see, in Physics, We pretty much solely did application problems where you apply formulas and stuff like that to find numerical answers. Chemistry - we have some conceptual, but I’m don’t bother to understand what I’m learning - I memorize it, regurgitate it, and forget it after the test is over.</p>
<p>yea i can dig that. thankfully, chem is more problem solving than biology. i hated bio.</p>
<p>Is the curve really only -2 = 800? In my princeton review book it shows usually that a 79/85 can get you 800</p>
<p>you get get up to an 82/85 and get an 800 according to the blue book.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that its 82/85 Raw, which means you can miss 2 questions with 0 omits. </p>
<p>I’m not sure whether CB adjusts the curve from test-to-test (I hope so).</p>
<p>Both PR and Barron’s show very lenient curves, but I think that’s just to compensate for the increased difficulty of their questions.</p>
<p>heyy i got a 750 in the barrons practice SAT and then a 540 on sparknotes -____________- how is that possible? and what will i get on the real SAT II? O.o</p>
<p>Arent five omitts a 800? Thats what it was for the may test…</p>
<p>why is the barron’s curve so different from the other books + Sparknotes?
and IMO, i thought that the sparknotes tests were more difficult too.
Can anyone confirm how difficult the actual test is, relative to the books out there?</p>
<p>I’m only in Honors Chem this year, but I’m aiming for an 800(or something close to that). For my most recent practice test I got 76/85 raw on Barrons; Do you think I have a good shot at that 800? I’m planning on doing a CB test later today, but like you guys said the curve is rather harsh.</p>
<p>680 and 660 in sparknotes
780-800 in barron’s
770 on the released CB practice test </p>
<p>In barron’s and CB i got about the same number wrong 7-12 range… but on sparknotes i got like 20 wrong haha</p>
<p>REA tests are really difficult.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who’s gonna get like a 700 here? I’m really f-ed</p>
<p>Which solubility rules should we memorize?</p>