Rating: Summary: Physics students beware, this book is bogus Review: Princeton Review's book is riddled with errors, some subtle, some almost humorous in their absurdity. This book is guaranteed to mislead the budding physics student into a false sense of security. It is also likely to fill their heads with half-baked notions and incorrect thinking, some so agregious as to be patently incorrect. The real test is likely to be a real shocker, particularly when the grades come back.Avoid this book, except as a last resort, look instead at the many other fine books from other authors/publishers.
Rating: Summary: Cutting corners Review: Really, if you want to buy this book I'd suggest you buy the AP Physics Review published by Princeton Review instead. Why? Because its the SAME thing! The only difference is that they took out the Physics C-level stuff and scarped out all the free response questions. All the multiple choice are the same, and so are the review material (from the diagrams to the explaination).
Rating: Summary: Excellent preparation for the SAT II: Physics Exam Review: Study this book and you will do fairly well on the SAT II Physics Exam. You will want to keep in mind, however, that the material presented in this book is slightly easier than the actual exam. This really isn't a problem though.
Rating: Summary: Could be better, but not too bad. Review: The review book is clearly organized and cover many of the topics which are presented on the exam. The practice tests aren't an eact model of what you'll see on the real exam, but many of the questions and similar and I found the practice tests useful. The only real disadvantage to this book is that it is a bit too simplistic. The SAT II covers topics into greater detail as well as some more difficult topics not discussed thoroughly in the book. However, physics is a difficult subject to review because of its magnititude. All in all, the book isn't bad. I would recommend that you use this as your review book, but even better yet, use it in conjunction from a review book by a different company.
Rating: Summary: NOT SO GOOD.... Review: This book contains so many unuseful things. When I took the exam, it had totally different things I never found from this book. And there were some print out mistakes with in the book. And it's got confusing way of organizing topics.
Rating: Summary: This book is embarrasing Review: This book is not what you want for reveiwing for the SAT II Physics test. It attempts to make the subject material seem easy and ends up over simplifying most of it. Many of the practice test's questions are flawed and have conflicting answers in the answer keys. The second practice test has almost nothing to do with the material discussed in the book. I got a 760 on the first test and a 610 on the second. Do not buy this book.
Rating: Summary: False Hopes Review: When I bought this book, I thought it was really going to help me prepare for the test. It covered most of the topics I was learning in my AP class, and it provides a couple of practice tests. The feature that I liked best about the book was that it was very easy to read, and takes very little time to cover each topic. The book gives very general reviews for each topic. You might think: "Wow, I have reviewed the entire book (doesn't take a very long time) I must be ready to take the test." At least for me, I thought I was ready to get at least a 700 on the test since I thoroughly reviewed everything from the book; however, when I got the test, I was stunned by how detailed and complicated the actual test questions were. I could rarely use the info from the book since I didn't know when to apply the formula or concepts stated in the book. After struggling for an hour, I recieved a score below 600. If you have time and patience, I would recommend Barron's prep book, which I think is much more detailed and accurate.
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