Physics SAT II Self-Study

<p>1-1/2 years after taking honors physics, I realized I wasn't taking an other physics course until senior year. I'm taking the subject test because many schools require it for applying into engineering schools. Is PR SAT II Physics enough to get a 750+ on the test, if I understand everything in the review? Any suggestions for other sources that helped you do well? Thanks!</p>

<p>I self-studied a lot of the material with PR and got an 800, so you should be able to break 750 if you put the time and effort in. Just make sure you learn it very thoroughly – I went through it twice. You can supplement PR with Barron’s or Sparknotes if you want. The practice tests from PR, Sparknotes, and CB are all useful.</p>

<p>Thanks for the reassurance. I needed it, considering this is the first thing I am going to self study!</p>

<p>Also, how difficult are the problems on the test?</p>

<p>Do they require you to apply multiple concepts in one problem? Or are the usually superficial, requiring you to only use one formula to get the answer? </p>

<p>Putting concepts together was never my forte</p>

<p>both, the multiple concept problems being hard ones and the single concept problems being the easy ones.</p>

<p>but obviously if you study well enough then they will blend (together) into a nice turkey bacon flatbread sandwich from dunkin donuts for only $3.50</p>

<p>Most of the questions are single-concept, but there will be a number of questions that require you to integrate multiple concepts. As crazybandit so eloquently put it, if you study enough hopefully you’ll come to understand how all the concepts work together to form one coherent whole, and integrating multiple concepts won’t even be an issue for you.</p>