Sat 2

Applying to College
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<p>i don't know which SAT 2's i want to take.... </p>

<p>are there any particular ones that are easy...lol</p>

<p>can you guys plz tell me about da SAT 2's for </p>

<p>BIO,
Chem,
MATH 2c
and 1C</p>

<p>just tell me anything you kno like how hard it was ... what you got on it... what books you used... how many times you took it.... etc..</p>

<p>thanks ^^</p>

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<p>I don't know anything about their general difficulties but my scores were:</p>

<p>Math II: 790 (after taking AP CalcAB)
Math I: 730 (after taking honors alg2/trig)
Chem: 750 (after taking honors chem)</p>

<p>And I didn't take Bio.</p>

<p>I have no idea how that'll help you, but there you go.</p>

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<p>those are some really good scores... :]</p>

<p>what books did you use?</p>

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<p>For my chem class we had to buy a book called something like "The Best Preparation Book for the SAT II Chemistry Exam," but I only used it for homework. I'd imagine that the ones with titles like that would work. Any kind of book that goes over all the basic concepts and gives practice problems would work. Schaum's maybe?</p>

<p>For my physics class, I had to buy a book called "Reviewing Physics: The Physical Setting" and the classwork we did with that helped a lot.</p>

<p>I don't think I would have bought the books if my teachers hadn't made me for their courses, but I can't say they didn't help.</p>

<p>And make sure you've covered all the required concepts if you plan on taking Math II.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>thnks terra ^.^</p>

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<p>Courses-</p>

<p>AP Chem in 10th
Math HL IB 12th</p>

<p>I took SAT II's w/o review, while sick and got</p>

<p>780 Math IIc
750 Chem
610 US Hist (Had to leave midway to Restroom =/ )</p>

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<p>Math IIC 800
Chem 720
US Hist 800
World Hist 720</p>

<p>AP chem right now</p>

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<p>"Math IIC 800
Chem 720
US Hist 800
World Hist 720"</p>

<p>You are a god.</p>

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<p>Math 1 has an unforgiving curve -- miss one, and you drop to 780 or 770. If you are reasonably strong in math, and have completed precalc, take Math 2 -- much more forgiving.</p>

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<p>I didn't know the 1 was that bad! Wow. <em>nottakingit</em></p>

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<p>my scores were
Math IIC - 800
Physics - 770
Chemistry - 770</p>

<p>My friend got 800 in all three!!</p>

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<p>yeah..mat IC is unforgiving</p>

<p>in fact Math IIC allowsupto 8 mistakes...and u still get 800!!</p>

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<p>i would definitely do both math 1 and 2 and take the highest score of one of them.</p>

<p>i did the exact thing. and did well.</p>

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<p>i would suggest literature, unless you have to have all math and science. it seems like the easiest to do w/out that much studying. it's just like a very slightly harder version of the cr section of sati.</p>

<p>princeton review books are very good (at least they were for the tests i took.) i got 720 lit, 720 us history, 680 world (this was b/c i hadn't had world history for about 2 years, and i the class i took was only modern world. so obviously, the princeton review book did a lot for me.) i'm guessing the books in other subjects would also be great.</p>

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<p>"i would definitely do both math 1 and 2 and take the highest score of one of them.</p>

<p>i did the exact thing. and did well."</p>

<p>Just wondering, which did you do better on? How many points difference was there?</p>

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<p>The Bio one is medium/easy diff. and overall I found the Barron's review books the most thorough and useful.</p>

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<p>thecomisar, i did better on math 1. i got a 750 and i got a 700 on math 2. which ever one the school thinks is better, they will look at so i would suggest taking both.</p>

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<p>I'm probably taking the math 2 at the end of this year, so I guess I'll see how I do on it. I'm only a soph now, so I've got some time to take the math 1 or whatever else...</p>