<p>Think I can manage taking the physics sat II without taking a good physics class? (I barely learned anything in school due to terrible teachers). Is the material manageable? Studying from the review books.</p>
<p>Yes, it's manageable, but it depends on what score you want to get. A 700+ shouldn't be outrageously difficult to self-study, but an 800 is probably out of the question unless you're good at physics and put in the time.</p>
<p>Just for reference, I took 2 college physics courses (calc based) and 10 practice tests to make 100% sure I would get my 800.</p>
<p>I only took an honors physics class (non calc based) and plan to take the SATII. Looking at the review book, it doesn't seem like it should be a problem at all.</p>
<p>Are the practice tests very valuable compared to just memorizing/studying topics? Also does the calculus help or not on the test?</p>
<p>thank you</p>
<p>Knowing calculus will help a bit. Practice tests help a lot!</p>
<p>I was in a comparable situation to you rb3. I had a HORRIBLE ap phys teacher and he didn't teach me a god damn thing. I had to self study all of physics for my ap and satii. I got a 4 on the ap physics exam but only a 660 on the satii =/ I should've put more time and effort into studying for it (I only studied for like 5 days). If you really sit down with your prep books and memorize them and know how to do EVERY problem in them, you could get an 800.</p>
<p>But you said you did take the class. The point of high school physics, in my opinion, is not to learn /physics/, it's to learn how to /think/ physics. And if you sat in a classroom talking about physics all day, although you feel like you haven't learned any content (I don't think you're supposed to) but you learned to think physics. Does that make sense? Anyway, what I'm trying to tell you is that you'll be fine. Take it.</p>