SAT II Physics

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<p>Hey guys, I plan to take the physics test in June. Our class is really slow and not that helpful so I'm pretty much going to have to study by myself. </p>

<p>Can someone please tell me what kinds of things i should focus on as i read through my textbook? also, does the test have a lot of problem solving questions or does it test you on factual information like definitions and equations?</p>

<p>Do i have to memorize equations for this test or are they provided?
Other info. and tips welcome!</p>

<p>Thanks for any help!</p>

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<p>Yes you must know the equations!!!</p>

<p>i suggest buying an SAT II Physics book from collegeboard and doing the practice problems</p>

<p>They test you mostly on concepts-- the math is simple enough to solve in your head.</p>

<p>The biggest sections were electricity and magnetism, mechanics, and waves and the SAT II book tells you how much each section will make up the test so you’ll know what to focus on.</p>

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<p>hey fizzix…thanks for the quick response
I do have a pr prep book and will hopefully get started on it soon</p>

<p>I see that the curve is quite generous for this test… is that true?
What strategy did you use when taking this test?
Any other tips?</p>

<p>As far as the equations go, there are so many. i am not being lazy, just don’t want to waste time memorizing equations i don’t need to so how should i know which ones to know?
thanks for the help!</p>

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<p>i took the test on october 1st and scored an 800 ; if you have any questions, feel free to ask</p>

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<p>i took honors physics my sophomore year and now i’m a senior, and to add to that my teacher didn’t teach very much… at all. </p>

<p>will one month of preparation be enough to score well (700+)</p>

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<p>For those of you that scored well on this test… how did you prepare for this test?</p>

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<p>The Physics SAT was surprisingly easy. I had been getting about 750’s on practice tests. I studied Barron’s mostly, and skipped school the friday before the test and read the whole sparknotes online book for about 7 hours. Then took a few more practice tests on the last day. Don’t recommend this plan though. Did already take Physics C last year(class sucked)</p>

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<p>i spent one month in summer preparing for it
i read through PR about 2-3 times and sparknotes once
before studying though , i had a strong foundation of kinematics and dynamics
i learned the following topics from scratch:
waves, oscillations, springs, thermal physics, modern physics, optics
so if you can spend about 1.5-2 hours a day reading PR or Sparknotes , you should be good</p>