<p>Is it doable in 2 months? Around 2-3 hours a day? I have rarely any background in physics and am trying to get 760+ by October. I bought the PR SAT II physics and it seems pretty good. Does anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>get the giancoli textbook (newest edition i think its 6th) used off ebay or amazon for cheap</p>
<p>Forget Princeton. Buy Barron's.
Giancoli is probably your best bet, but it's still really long. There's no "quick" method to learn physics, per se, but Barron's is pretty good. I suggest reading Barron's and picking up as much as you can. Giancoli will help you learn topics you still don't understand.</p>
<p>why not princeton? it's divided into 17 chapters and the stuff is well explained and it covers the content.</p>
<p>Barron's is AWFUL. I used it.</p>
<p>If you are really dedicated, you can self-study, but it will be hard. Perhaps get a science teacher from your HS to help coach/guide you?</p>
<p>use PR/sparknotes, barron's sucks </p>
<p>and giancoli helps you learn the concepts first, then you review it</p>
<p>inconnu has no idea what hes talking about, don't listen to him</p>
<p>I'm currently in honors physics and I had a terrible idea that I could somehow learn all the SAT II physics course material in a little under 3 weeks! I asked one of my school's physics teachers if it was possible for me to get a decent score by doing this and he told me to wait until the fall and he'd help me out (he's also helping me do self-study for AP Physics next year too). 2 months could work though. I used the PR book and it seemed pretty helpful if you have enough time to look over it and maybe try a second book just in case.</p>
<p>Umm... PhysicsGirlNY... that's exactly what I did (self-studied from honors physics in 3 weeks.) I think I did pretty well on the test.</p>
<p>ah ok. yeah im using the pr and putting in 2-3 hours a day for 2 months...trying to get that 780+ eh.</p>
<p>um, can someone tell me how different the 5th edition and the 6th edition of the giancoli textbook is? There is like a 80 dollar difference in each textbook.</p>
<p>I did a lab-intensive course in physics, ended the year with very little theoretical knowledge and self-studied in about 2 weeks. Have not received results yet (3 days haha), but felt I did decently, so it's certainly possible.</p>
<p>Also, I used Barron's, and in contrast to the other posters, I felt it did a very good job of preparing me for the actual test. Admittedly, there were a few (at least one, at most two) questions it did not cover, or possibly I just did not read the chapters well, since I skipped around. Still, I felt it was an excellent prep tool and decreased my number wrong/omitted in 2 weeks from about 12 to 3, which is massive. I have not used PR or any other prep books so I can't say much about them, but Barron's definitely helped me a lot.</p>
<p>Use the PR review book. and if you really put in lots of time, read Serway's Physics for Scientists and Engineers. i found the mech section to be pretty good. I advise you to avoid Giancoli. well, giancoli does cover some of the more random stuff that appears on the subject test, but those peripheral topics you can essentially wiki/study in a prep book anyway. got a 780</p>
<p>I took an intro. Physics class 2 years ago.</p>
<p>I decided to self-study it...</p>
<p>I studied Princeton Review book for 3 weeks, 1.5 hours a day.</p>
<p>Got an 800.</p>
<p>If you are willing to put more than 40Hours for it, self study it. EASY 800.</p>
<p>curve on physics test rocks. you can miss about 10 questions and still get a perfect score.</p>
<p>i have princeton's and im gonna take it this october too. i think it's good, it explain stuff u need to know and the practice tests, ppl say, r pretty accurate. but i had a bit of knowledge in physics before started reading this prep book tho. </p>
<p>i study this princeton book 1 chapter per day (17 chapters in total would make it 17 days obviously). this way u can finish studying it before summer ends, and u also have time to read it for the second time. =) but u dont need to go that fast tho. it takes some time to understand those concepts in the book. u still have almost 3 months until the real test in october. u also need to get used to the type of questions. i understand all the stuff i read but always get fooled by the way they ask questions lol.</p>