<p>hey so this is my first one. I am prepping for the SAT chem for June 7th. I took 1 practice test without time just to see how well i do to set it as a benchmark. I am only using the Princeton Review book for now. It offers 3 tests so i used one. I got a 670 on and i think thats okay. I am aiming for 750+ on the real thing so lets see how it goes. On my first test, i answered 74 of them. Had 56 correct, 18 incorrect, raw score = 51.5 = 52 = 670. I got almost all of the Because problems so i gotta work on those. I made flash cards for every fact i didnt know. I made about 35 so far. Probably gona be 40 by the time im done. Wish me good luck. Practice test 2 might be tomorrow. Anyone is welcome to join this journal for prep purposes.</p>
<p>hrmm. should I only mark cards for the questions I get wrong on the tests or even my freaking review questions?</p>
<p>depends, if you dont know some of the important equations by heart, then you should. But you should know them by heart if you took AP chemistry. Did you? I know equations but i forget some really annoying little nitpicky facts like iodine is gray-ish purple when subliming. So i put them onto the flashcards. Facts that you must commit to knowledge because on questions like them, u cant really eliminate, u either know it or not. Some things like gasses, you can sometimes eliminate some choices by simply knowing that R=.082 when P= atm.. suppose that they put pv=nRt, and they say P=.7atm, and R=8.31... u can eliminate that.. well ya, you get the idea, so i put "you either know it or not" facts on flashcards. But something else might work for you.</p>
<p>oh and i get those facts from the review questions.. as in, the questions i messed up on that involved those facts...</p>
<p>Put everything you don't know 100% by memory on your flash cards. But I only had like 25 flashcards total because I cram a lot. If you like to separate most stuff out make as many as you want! :P</p>
<p>I was wondering how much organic chemistry needs to be known? In Barron's, there are 20 pages dedicated to this, but on practice tests from PR and Kaplans, I get around 1-2 questions max for organic.</p>
<p>ya, organic chem isnt big. I remembered the basic stuff like alkanes, alkenes, keytones, etc before the AP exam. Just look over them</p>
<p>lawl. well I didn't take AP chem...............</p>
<p>There was like NO organic chem on my test. </p>
<p>It's good to know the nomenclature and the basic compounds. Know that organic = Carbon and Hydrogen for the most part. Know basic groups like alcohols, etc. SparkNotes has a nice section that is more than enough coverage of it, but not overwhelming.</p>
<p>OMG i did it! okay so i just took the practice test 2 in the PR book. heres how i did. i answered 79. Got 72 correct, 7 incorrect. raw score = 70.25 = 70 = 750!!! yesss.</p>
<p>Awesome. You're scoring just like I did on PR - just below 700 on test one, and much better on the 2nd one :)</p>
<p>hehe hopefully my score on the real thing will be just as good as ures. So, i ll probably take test 3 in PR book in a coupla days.</p>
<p>okay, so i ll start making more flashcards soon from practice test 2.. and for pt3, i ll shoot for an 800.</p>
<p>Also, reading through the book a 2nd time (at least a week or two afterwards) is helpful, as you usually pick up on things you missed the first time.</p>
<p>Kind of like when you read a novel twice...the second time you notice stuff that you didn't the first :)</p>
<p>hey. are those flashcard things really helping? what do you write down, can yo ugive a photo example of the problem and your index card thing</p>
<p>the flashcards helped somewhat. The 2 flashcards from practice test 1 that helped me the most for test 2 were as following(no scanner, sorry):
Side 1 = What does a small Ka indicate?
Side 2 = A weak Acid
This one helped me get about 3 or 4 right on the test 2
and heres another
Side 1 : How are Volume, Temperature, and Pressure similar?
Side 2 : Volume is proportionate to temp, Volume is inversely proportionate to Pressure.
This helped me get a couple right. Other than these 2, there were a couple that helped me a bit.</p>
<p>should I save all my practice tests for the end? or Should I take one now to see where I am after reviewing half the book?</p>
<p>Take them constantly and spread them out. I'll try to scan in a couple of my flashcards.</p>
<p>ya i took the first one to set as a benchmark and i got a 670. I didnt really study or read the book after that first one. I just went over the problems i didnt know how to do on that first practice test and made flashcards. Then took another and bam 750. So i hope after making more flashcards and review, ill get an 800 on the last PR. I have a question, should i be answering all the questions??</p>
<p>You definitely should aim for that. Only skip it if you can't eliminate a single choice.</p>