SAT II Question - Help Simba!

ldmom06
Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:55:31 +0000

Questions about ‘our district’ again! :-)

D is trying to determine which SAT IIs to take in June. She plans to definitely take Math Level 2 SAT II. But she was informed that she should not attempt the Physics SAT II this June, but should wait until the end of her senior year when she will have completed H-AP Physics II. (She is a junior completing H-Physics I with an A average.) Is it true our kids are not prepared for the Physics SAT II at the end of their junior year? Did your son take this test and if so did he self study? Chemistry or Biology is probably more pertinent to her intended degree, but she took H-Chem I her sophomore year and will not take H-AP Chem II until she a senior. So Chem is not really fresh in her mind right now. (Without saying too much, most kids stay away from the AP Bio II class at our school.) Most likely, if she will have to self study, she might as well take the Chem SAT II rather than the Physics SAT II. I find this situation frustrating. Taking SAT IIs at the end of the senior year does not help kids applying ed/ea or even id.

Also, Rice requires a Writing SAT II. Does anyone know if this will change with the new SAT?