<p>I want to apply ED to Cornell CALS, which recommends you take 2 subjects tests in math and science.</p>
<p>I was planning on taking French and US History, my two best subjects. I already bought the study books and everything. But now that I see this recommendation, I figure I should probably listen.</p>
<p>Math is my worst subject. Is the Math 1 test like the math on the SAT? For some weird reason, I always get the best scores on the math section on the SAT and I hate math, while my CR/writing scores are lower even though I love reading/writing. I haven't taken precalc yet and I just suck at math in general. So basically I just want to know if the math is like the math on the SAT.</p>
<p>I just finished Chemistry this year. Is the SAT II test designed for AP students? I haven't taken AP Chem and I'm not planning on it (taking AP Environmental next year). I LOVE chemistry and I'm pretty good at it. Do they go more in depth like the AP test, or should I be fine with what I know from the regular honors chem class?</p>
<p>The Math I is like the math on the SAT Reasoning test but it has a very harsh curve (almost none at all), Math II is much more advanced but curved nicely. And on the topic of chemistry, I took the SAT II Chem in June and found it to be a little bit challenging and I took (and did extremely well in) AP Chem, however I didn't study anything to prepare me for the SAT II. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>The SAT Chem test is really, really easy after you've taken AP. It's not as in depth as AP (hence why it's easier), but it helps to have it under your belt. From my experience, though, I would not have scored as well as I did (750) had I not taken AP Chem because my honors chem class was horrible. We sat around and sewed "moles." Extreme waste of time.</p>
<p>sry this isnt very relevant...(i took a science sat b/c the school i want to apply to requires subject tests from different subject areas)</p>
<p>but i took the sat bio e. i think ap environmental will be a lot like it. i guess it was hard, i got 800 on the actual test but i did pretty badly on all practice tests. i studied from sat subject test prep books at first, but i wasnt making any progress so i bought ap prep books (cliffs ap, barrons) & they helped a lot. ap environ will be a little too detailed for the ecology section, i think.</p>
<p>Get a Math prep book and start by taking a practice test in I and II. See which one you do better on (surprisingly it may be II because of the curve). Work from there to review and learn what you don't know.</p>
<p>whatever you do, avoid physics... even my AP physics friends agreed that it was hard as crap. chem's decent if you've had AP chem, i think i got high 700s, but i've taken 2 years of chem (non AP, the second year was advanced chem and forensics), and most of the topics on there i didn't cover until that second year...</p>
<p>You know how a mole is a unit in chemistry? Well, our teacher decided as some sort of "instructional" tool and for a project (which at my school = test points) that we should make toy moles (as in the animal.) So, she gave us instructions on how to sew one up and stuff it and whatnot and we had to make one and come up with a stupid pun for it (e.g. guaca-MOLE-e.) </p>
<p>Yes, that's seriously something we did. How pointless, no? Need I remind you this was the HONORS class.</p>
<p>Lol, the sewed moles story is both hilarious and depressing.</p>
<p>I have been looking at the chem questions, and they don't seem TOO bad. My honor chem classes was really good, my teacher was really into chemistry so I learned a lot, but I'm afraid I might forget everything over the summer. I'm thinking maybe I'll just take the math test and submit that.</p>