SAT physics subject test-should i take or not?

<p>okay so I'm going to take the SAT in october and the Physics subject test in november. The thing is, I've never taken any prior classes in physics. My question is is it possibile to score 800 with only a PR prep book. I'm planning to go into engineering which some colleges requires a science subject test. </p>

<p>What are your thoughts?</p>

<p>No physics? It will be tough, very tough. You should have some background knowledge in your mind with something like physics, which is very concept-oriented. You might want to try Bio or something more memorization oriented, which you can get an 800 with just a PR prep book. Physics? I’m not so sure.</p>

<p>Yeah, that could really be a problem…but I know a lot of engineering schools want a physics or chem subject test. Could you do chem instead?</p>

<p>well i took chemistry last year but i 'm pretty sure i forgot everything and I’m just not good at chemistry. i suppose i could give chemistry a shot but studying for something i really hate is going to be tough for me.</p>

<p>Go for physics, not chem or bio if you don’t like them.</p>

<p>If you study a lot, that plus what you learn in school should be enough. If you’re taking it in November, there’s 6 months left of material. I think you can study all of that for 2 months. </p>

<p>Honestly, if you don’t like chem, you just won’t end up studying it. You’ll slack off. Everyone does… A lot of the physics is fun and it’ll complement what you learn in class (a lot of the concepts come up again and again).</p>

<p>go for chem. it’s way easier to study for whether you forgot or not. the physics stuff is pretty hard, and the explanations of a pr book are pretty bad, especially because they assume you already knew most of the stuff. they don’t even define the variable in most of the equations and then derive other equations but use some of the intermediary equations in their answers. it’s really not something you can take a glance at and expect to do well.</p>