

Series: College Test Preparation
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Princeton Review; 15 edition (December 9, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804125686
ISBN-13: 978-0804125680
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.8 x 10.9 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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PROS:1. The section by section explanations are clear and well done.2. Besides a small caveat (mentioned below) I think that the practice tests are probably the best/ most on-the-ball in terms of what's actually on the SAT II chemistry test itself.CONS:1. Only has three full-length practice tests (compared to say, the Barron's, which has four, and is of similar quality)2. Sometimes veers heavily into trivia (a whole section of the practice test was on biology stuff like nucleic acids, proteins etc which is very rare for the actual test itself... what is the third most abundant gas in the atmosphere when I can see them *maybe* asking the first or second on the actual SAT II)3. This is minor, but if you go through the whole book, the explanations will start to get irritating as the number of times they say "divide and conquer" to explain the true/false/correct explanation thing will get tiresomeIn terms of the SAT II Chemistry options out there:a) Kaplan is WAY too easy in terms of the test bank/practice tests and, in my opinion, good for foundations review and/or confidence boostingb) the Official College Board one is, of course, great, but only gives you ONE practice test for Chemistry and really no subject reviewc) It's a toss up between Princeton and Barron's in terms of which is the best. I feel like the Barron's has questions that are almost a little too hard (or emphasize memorizing things that aren't as commonly tested, like heat of fusion constants that aren't provided), but Barron's gives you four practice tests whereas Princeton gives you three. They both have diagnostic tests and decent topic by topic review...
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