<p>How hard is the physics SAT II? By that I mean what kind of curve does it have, and how hard is it to actually learn some of the material as opposed to reviewing it? </p>
<p>Basically, I love physics, and I'm pretty good at it, but our honors class at my school is pretty slowly paced, and not very rigorous, so I don't think we're even going to cover, much less adequately cover a lot of the material. I bought the PR book, but I really can't tell how much I know, because we have block scheduling (we're just got past vectors, and are now getting into Force). </p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Ask your teacher - they usually know what subject test material they won't cover, if they are iffy ask about the prior year and material not covered - I had to self study a few chapers and managed a 790 - very generous curve I believe. And, I wouldn't say I "studied" but I read the chapters and did the questions. The teacher that ran a study session at our hs said to aim for a score in the 600's which kinda bothered me, I got up and walked out - my sister claims that I staged a "nerd revolt" because a few other kids got up and followed me out - I had no idea they were doing so. However, I did have a great teacher (not the study session teacher). This was after accelerated physics(10th grade), I am now taking AP physics in my senior year. Your school should be able to tell you what past students have scored so you'll know just how prepared kids are that have taken the same class you are now taking. Go for it and good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah, that's the problem.... We really don't have a physics teacher - our physics teacher was fired last year for an "inappropriate remark" (it was really stupid to fire him over it), and so one of the chemistry teachers had to teach physics this year... and I don't think there is anybody who has taken the SAT II physics since then....</p>