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SAT Subject Tests: Physics 2005-2006 (Kaplan SAT Subject Tests: Physics)

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Great book for people interested in taking the SAT 2 subject test in physics. Good overview of the material and any practice questions.

There are tons of typos in this book. In one particularly stupid question, they ask what happens when you decrease the volume of a gas but keep the temperature constant. One of the options is "the volume decreases"! Worse, it's the wrong answer! (My guess is they meant to write pressure)
The questions that don't have typos are pretty lousy, and clearly not the kind they'll have on the SAT. One question asked what what the angle above which complete reflection occurs is called. A semantics question! The SAT writers aren't stupid enough to test what a specific term is called - they're testing actual physics. Kaplan, however, is that stupid.
Lastly, it's remarkably easy. The review book I intend to use hasn't arrived yet, I haven't studied physics since last June, yet I got an 800 on the first practice test I tried. Don't waste your money.

This book does not prepare you for SAT II Physics, instead it just wastes your money and time. This book does not include any hard questions at all. This book may be helpful for those who want to score 700, but for those who want to score 800 in test, this book is not useful. According to my experience so far, I would say that it is better to pay more attention in class room and you can still score 700.

This book is the best out there if you don't know anthing about physics. It explains concepts very clearly so that everyone can understand them. However, if you want to score 750+, just use this book as a last day review, because you can only score 700 even if you know all the material in this book. Use barron's though it is hard to study from that book. (Also practice tests and scale don't reflect the actual test in this book. It says that you get 10 wrong and a still 800. If you are able to get 10 wrong from kaplan, in the actual exam, you can only get 700).