<p>My physics class was a piece of cake. I got a 5 on the AP Physics Mechanics C test easily.</p>
<p>But… I got a 630 on the SAT test!</p>
<p>I have all the mechanics parts down pretty well, but waves, electricity, magnetism-it’s all foreign to me. </p>
<p>Which prep book TEACHERS you these topics from zero?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>and yes: i did use the search button first.</p>
<p>The PR is probably the best for the SAT. If you need to actually learn EM, waves, modern, etc. then it might be best to just ask your school if you could borrow a physics textbook, since those typically are way better at teaching material. If you’re good at mechanics though, you’ll see a lot of parallel between that and electricity, which will make it a lot easier. Waves, optics, and modern physics aren’t too hard to learn. Especially if you’re already good at mechanics. You’d probably do fine with just the PR.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
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<p>I would recommend barrons because it’s more in depth. It should actually be good for you since you have not been exposed to the material before. You don’t want some superficial overview that just makes you memorize stuff. By teaching, I assume you mean you want the processes explained in a detailed manner that logically shows have each assumption follows from an already known fact. That’s barrons for you.
To vouch for barrons, I’m almost the same as you except I also took E&M. I never took anything with waves, optics, thermo, or modern physics, but I learned from Barrons and felt sufficiently prepared for the SATII.</p>