<p>This thread is for anyone who is taking Physics. Tips, problems, etc. are welcome. </p>
<p>I’m taking it in June as well. </p>
<p>I’m wondering how the material on the test compares to an honors course. Anyone have any idea how much or what kind of material will be covered on it that isn’t covered in an honors course? I’m going to have to try and teach myself that.</p>
<p>How many questions are there on modern physics and optics usually?</p>
<p>Anyone have any idea what are the best books on the market for preparing for the SAT Physics subject test?</p>
<p>I am curious as well. I took the practice questions on the College Board website and managed to get 35/36, but this is right after taking AP physics B, so that definitely helped. Does anyone know how the two tests compare as far as the MC difficulty goes? (I know the AP exam has difficult FRQs) I anyone is curious, I used Princeton Review for the AP Physics B class, and got a 65/69 on an actual proctored test and then did fairly well on the College board physics subject test practice questions so maybe it’s a good resource</p>
<p>Well signed up. Aiming for an 800.</p>
<p>About a few weeks ago I took a diagnostic in Kaplan and got a 750. I’m not in AP Physics, just a regular senior Physics class (I’m a Junior, and I’ll be in AP Physics 1 next year (So sad they’re getting rid of Physics B)). I’m starting my studying now since I am finally done with the APUSH exam, so do you think I can easily get to an 800 by June 7th? I didn’t have a bunch of knowledge covered on the exam, but I was able to work through some questions through inference on stuff I didn’t know. I got 53/75 raw score so I guess I have to get it to around 65/75 by June, but obviously I am aiming for closer to a 75/75, as Physics is my favorite. Alongside Kaplan I have Princeton Review, which I have heard is better for Physics.</p>
<p>I’m studying from the Princeton Review book and I looked at the table of contents and noticed that my physics teacher hasn’t taught me about half of the concepts (oscillations, electromagnetism, magnetism, and a couple others). I guess I’ll have to teach myself all that but will that be an issue?</p>
<p>@AnImpAffliction not really, I had to teach myself optics and modern physics. But you should start as soon as possible </p>
<p>@willisb, oh I’ve started. Gotta remember all these formulas. D:</p>
<p>How’s everybody doing?</p>
<p>I’m starting to get a bit worried. I’ve just been spending all my time on Math 2. Soon I’m going to have to go through PR and learn some of the modern Physics topics. I’m fine with Special Relativity and some Optics but the rest I don’t know a whole lot about.</p>
<p>Same here Cosmological. I have seen only 30% of the content at school, I’m self-studying all the rest with PR, and it’s honestly not easy. Hoping for 700+…</p>
<p>Who’s ready?!?</p>
<p>Uhhhh… I just did a PR and only got around 720, when I was getting 770 on Kaplan… But the thing is every single one was just a really stupid mistake. Maybe if I go over the whole test once more I can cut down on those. If I didn’t have really really stupid mistakes, I’d be somewhere around an 800. I just need to get a good night’s rest and a good breakfast.</p>
<p>I really wonder if I would have been allowed into AP Physics B this year instead of regular senior Physics (I’m a Junior) if I asked. No junior has ever taken Physics B before, though one was offered last year. Taking Physics B might have helped me a bit more.</p>
<p>Easier than PR practice tests.</p>
<p>What did people put for the question that gave two different graphs of the same wave at different times and asked for the speed of the wave? Wavelength was clearly 4 but I wasn’t sure about frequency. It gave 1/20 as the time for the wave to get to the second graph, but I don’t think 20 was the frequency. I used 10 as the frequency and got 40 as the answer.</p>
<p>What thing didn’t affect magnetic force?</p>
<p>@PlayerZero yeah I got 40 too. I think I just found it using v=d/t</p>
<p>@BassGuitar Pretty sure it was ©, distance from wire. I used the formula B = (μ•I)/(2πr)</p>
<p>Test was way easier than PR, and was closer to Barron’s in my opinion.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure distance from the wire affects magnetic force. As you get farther away magnetic force decreases.</p>