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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
While not flawless, an excellent book to use,
By Andrew Hu (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cracking the SAT Physics Subject Test, 2005-2006 (Paperback)
I started reviewing with this book for the SAT Physics Subject Test only three days before I had to take it. While I had taken one year of regular physics in school, we never had to memorize the equations for our tests. This book did an excellent job of condensing all the information needed, and its explanations were clear and concise. The review problems were challenging but ensured a thorough understanding of the concepts, and the provided solutions to the practice tests were easy to understand.
I rate this book a four instead of a five only because of its practice tests. There are only two of them, and I found them to be harder than the actual test (althougth that's better than being easier). To give a sense of the score distortion, I made a 740 on the first practice test, and I made a 790 on the real thing. So although this book's tests aren't great indicators of how well you will perform on the real SAT Physics Subject Test, its review of the material is very good, and I would highly recommend it to anyone.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent book to learn physics, not for the SAT II,
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This review is from: Cracking the SAT Physics Subject Test, 2005-2006 (Paperback)
This book is an excellent source to learn about almost every aspect of physics. It touches base on things that are not taught in the high school curriculum. I took a year of regents physics and am taking IB physics this year and the book helped a lot. However, the practice problems and in depth information in this book is NOT ON THE PHYSICS SAT II. I took the test a few months ago and the test is nothing compared to the book. Yes it will overprepare you for the test, but if you don't have time to read and study all of those pages, theres no reason to. I'm sure there are other books out that will teach you all you need to know. Again, excellent book, but for the person who just wants to ace the test and nothing more, its a waste of time and energy trying to understand it all. It is not an easy read for an average student. I got a 780 on the test and most of the questions are all on concepts, maybe about 8 percent of the test had actual math problems where you had to work stuff out, and you really don't need to know that many formulas. All in all its a great book to impress your physics teacher and grasp many concepts but not the best for the test.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good review,
By M. Dora (Amherst, Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cracking the SAT Physics Subject Test, 2005-2006 (Paperback)
This book presents an excellent review, the only issue is that it shoudl have had more practice tests.
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