<p>I am going to take the Math level 2 and Physics test in October. I am quite confident about getting the 800 on the math . I am not sure if I should take the math first and get it it over with or take the Physics test first , while I am fresh with the formulae ? I am sure people who took the subject tests or re going to take it had/have the same question. What do you think will be a better strategy from your experience/future prediction ??</p>
<p>When I took mine I took what I thought to be the hardest one first Math 2 so I wouldn’t be tired by the end. If you are confident about your math skills then take physics first and math second so you can put more focus into physics.</p>
<p>@tola2015 Yeah that’s why I am currently inclined to take the physics first, but I am not sure if that would jeopardize the 800 I am sure of in math. How did you feel after the exam ? Did taking the harder one first work out with you ? :)</p>
<p>Have you taken any practice tests for physics? After the tests I felt great. I’m actually retaking the math level 2 though the other two were chem (780) and USH (790) so I’m leaving those alone. TBH I didn’t even start actively start researching colleges until summer started and northwestern required Subject tests for some of there programs so I was wait listed for the exams and tried to read through the whole Barron’s math level 2 book in 2 days (my brain hated me). So I was overall happy with Math level 2 because I thought I was going to score in the 600s for it and I didn’t.</p>
<p>@tola2015 yeah i took 2 barron’s tests and got 770 and 780 on them. However , it is said that that the physics test is unpredictable in terms of questions and stuff. So I might as well take the physics test first. Great scores you have there btw! 2 days filled with math? that’s some hardwork! I finished barron’s in week and then got chung’s. It’s a great book actually , my speed and approach to questions improved after going through chungs . You may want to consider getting it 
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<p>I only took 1 practice test in barron’s so once I reread through it and do the other 7 then I’ll probably move onto Chung’s if I’m not where I want to be. Thanks for the book recommendation :). Barron’s books are typically harder than the SAT subject tests. 780 that is really good for physics (inserts hand clapping emoji). </p>
<p>I took Physics first and Math 2 second, only because I was a bit worried about Physics, as I thought I needed to be more alert so I wouldn’t make so many mistakes. I felt like my Math 2 score would be the same whether it was first or second, and I ended up with an 800 on Physics and a 730 on Math 2 (Retaking). I’m not sure if I would have gotten that same 800 on Physics if I didn’t take it first.</p>
<p>@cosmological .Physics first it is! Few questions since you got the 800 . Did you find the questions on the test very different from barrons and PR as it is said? I am reviewing both books right now and did you find that any topic need a more extensive study than given in barrons and PR (like say relativity)? </p>
<p>@ETonly I didn’t use Barrons, but I used PR and Kaplan. I didn’t really try to learn anything from the books except for thermal Physics and some fission and fusion stuff, I just used them for practice.</p>
<p>@ETonly I found the difficulty of the questions on the actual test harder, but for some reason my actual test score was higher than my practice test scores.</p>
<p>Last October, I also took the Math 2 and the Physics tests (800 on both). I did the math first so I would be feeling more confident for the physics, since I was very well prepared for math. The confidence really helped to keep my mind clear for physics, which was, in my opinion, a much more difficult test.
To prepare for physics, I used Barron’s and PR. I would recommend only using Barron’s for the review part and not for its practice tests, since those were somewhat dissimilar from the actual test. I think PR has tests which are closer to the actual one.</p>