Read Online Cracking the SAT Subject Test in Chemistry 16th Edition Everything You Need to Help Score a Perfect 800 College Test Preparation The Princeton Review Books

Product details Series College Test Preparation Paperback 384 pages Publisher Princeton Review; 16 edition (December 12, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 1524710768

Cracking the SAT Subject Test in Chemistry 16th Edition Everything You Need to Help Score a Perfect 800 College Test Preparation The Princeton Review Books Reviews

• Please by Barron's instead.
  1) This book DOES NOT cover everything you need to know. For example, you should know Graham's Law of Effusion (that showed up on like every single practice test I took as well as the real test), which this book doesn't cover.
  2) The practice tests (minus the last one) were WAY TOO EASY. The actual test was like 10x harder. I finished the practice tests with like 15-20 min to spare but on the actual test I basically ran out of time
  3) Barron's does over prepare you, but you can tell what info you need and you don't need to know on Barron's. Tbh, you should probably know everything on Princeton and then some, so I think purchasing both will be a good idea.
  
  Some other things you should know if you're planning on taking SAT Chemistry with just this book
  How to read a manometer
  How to find the molar mass of a gas
  How to predict products with only reactants given
  How to detect the presence of different gases/solids - i.e., the splint test for oxygen
  Colors of the transition metals in solution
  
  (There's probably more that you need to know, but these are the only ones I can think of off of the top of my head)
• PROS
  1. The section by section explanations are clear and well done.
  2. Besides a small caveat (mentioned below) I think that the practice tests are probably the best/ most on-the-ball in terms of what's actually on the SAT II chemistry test itself.
  
  CONS
  1. Only has three full-length practice tests (compared to say, the Barron's, which has four, and is of similar quality)
  2. Sometimes veers heavily into trivia (a whole section of the practice test was on biology stuff like nucleic acids, proteins etc which is very rare for the actual test itself... what is the third most abundant gas in the atmosphere when I can see them *maybe* asking the first or second on the actual SAT II)
  3. This is minor, but if you go through the whole book, the explanations will start to get irritating as the number of times they say "divide and conquer" to explain the true/false/correct explanation thing will get tiresome
  
  In terms of the SAT II Chemistry options out there
  a) Kaplan is WAY too easy in terms of the test bank/practice tests and, in my opinion, good for foundations review and/or confidence boosting
  b) the Official College Board one is, of course, great, but only gives you ONE practice test for Chemistry and really no subject review
  c) It's a toss up between Princeton and Barron's in terms of which is the best. I feel like the Barron's has questions that are almost a little too hard (or emphasize memorizing things that aren't as commonly tested, like heat of fusion constants that aren't provided), but Barron's gives you four practice tests whereas Princeton gives you three. They both have diagnostic tests and decent topic by topic review... so it comes down to whether you'd rather have one extra practice test (Barron's) or are used to the Princeton method (if you've bought other ones).
  
  ** You can find additional review questions online for free via sparknotes, but they have some errors, and there are also like 20 free questions provided by College Board online...
• Really good textbook. All the topics on the actual test are well explained. The book is very organized and easy to understand. However, there are not many practice tests in this textbook, so I would recommend buying this alongside Barron's books as well, as they provide many practice tests in their textbooks. Nonetheless, Barron's is definitely the textbook I would recommend to you if you are looking to prepare for the SAT Chemistry Test. I have yet to get my test results back, but I can assure you that this textbook helped me to feel more confident and prepared for the actual test.
• This was such a helpful tool in learning all of the material that I needed to learn. I took a preliminary test before studying anything and scored a 540. After I went through this book and studied all of the material I took the actual test I scored a 740. Not a perfect score I know but I was learning all the content that my high school course left out- which was a lot. Very pleased, would recommend. Practice tests seemed to represent the actual test very well.
• This book really annoyed me. The explanations in it are well organized and very comprehensive and that's great. But it lacks some of the material. As an international student who had to make up for some holes because our education systems teach different things in biology, I relied on this book, only to later find out I missed some vital concepts that weren't in it. I got a 740, but part of it was because of my previous knowledge. Bottom line you can do well enough with this book; I definitely find the Barron's more boring and harder to read; but if you want to be as ready as you can for the test, either ditch this one or combine it with learning from the Barron's.
• Book represents the actual test very well. Taught me the right things and asked the questions in the right way.
  
  I bought Barron’s too and it had some of the same information but lacked focus or depth in the right spots.
• I used this book in combination with Barron’s Chemistry. The two books complement each other very well. Sometimes Barron’s gives “whats” and the Princeton gives “whys” , and vice versa. If both books are conscientiously covered and integrated , you will have a very strong framework bound for high 700s-800 on the actual exam.
• I love this product, so worth it , for the price you paid you will be satisfied and i highly recommend this to anyone