Book : The Best Preparation for the Sat II: Subject Test Chemistry

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Average Rating: Rating: - six good practice tests; terse review One of the best ways to learn is to take frequent tests and review the answers. This book was designed for exactly that process. The title promises to be the "best test preparation" for the SAT II cheistry. I think it is for a certain market. It has six pratice tests with explanations which put it right up with Barron's which also has six. The review is very terse which is best unless you don't happen to understand something in which case look at the demonstration problems in a general chemistry textbook. The coverage is stronger on general principles relative to its coverage on particular labratory reactions such as T/F: does HCl(g) gas react with NH3(g) to produce a white smoke? This is in a Barron's test. Whether or not this book is valuable to me is beyond any debate. It is because it has six original practice tests which take about an hour each and supplies the answers with explainations. Rating: - How wrong I was Don't get me wrong. REA is an excellent AP History preparation book. But, when it comes to the SAT II Subject Tests, the REA books are nothing in comparison to Barrons and Kaplan. REA does not go into depth. The organization of the book is poorly put together. Unlike REA, Barrons starts off their book with the simple subject of matter. REA jumps to to top of the pyramid at the start of the book without even establishing a foundation. The discussion on matter and the periodic table is almost the last area reviewed. In general, the REA Chemistry book is vague. It lists out equations and then expects you to understand them without explanations. After taking the Chemistry SATs twice, I strongly suggest Barrons. The Barrons book definitely reflected my 790 score. If you buy Barrons, don't just think that you will automatically do great on the Chemistry SAT test. You're going to have to read. Rating: - A great preparation book I am very strong in chemistry but the SAT II test was still much more than I could have handled without this book. When I took the first practice test I got a 500 score and was very upset, but I reviewed the questions I got wrong and got better and better. I received a 750 on the actual test and know that it is because of this book.

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