Difficulty of Barrons SATII Chem!!

jaah
Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:49:39 +0000

Barron’s Math books are always good, but the Chem and Physics books are too wordy. However I think we have no other choice since working with Kaplan prep books and Barron’s ones brings a lot of difference. Kaplan’s Chem and Physics, IMO, de-evaluate the real test, exercises are easy and do not evoke level of knowledge tested on the SAT.
I read the Kaplan’s Physics thoroughly and find it easy to capture things, but then I used Barron’s and have to do draft work before getting the answers. That’s the difference from my own experience.
Questions regarding labs in Barron’s, again, are too hard to overcome. I took the SAT II chem last year and actually the “questions peraining to chem labs” are alot easier.
So I said, use Barron’s for working and use Kaplan, PR for reading.