When should I take SAT II: Chem?

admanrich
Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:49:48 +0000

It depends on how good your school’s regular chem program is. Get the Princeton Review book-- it’s very concise and covers ALL the material necessary. If you are confused about a decent amount of the stuff in the book, then wait to take it after AP Chem (in my case, we didn’t cover equilibrium, kinetics, and an in depth look at acids and bases until AP Chem, so I would have done poorly if I took it after regular chem), but if you covered most of the material, then you don’t really need to wait. I would say use PR and do the practice tests, use Sparknotes free tests, and any other practice tests you can get your hands on-- they are your best friends. Especially with the relationship analysis questions. I got a 750 doing all of the above.