Kaplan SAT II: Chemistry 2003-2004

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Summary: Fabulous
Review: This book was a lifesaver to me in preparing for the SAT II Chemistry test. The book is straightforward and well-organized and focuses only on the material essential to good performance on the test.
I found that the questions on the practice test actually matched those found on the SAT very well, and the result of my last practice test (taken the day before the real one) was exactly the same as my score on the official test.
In addition to good practice for the SAT II, the book actually EXPLAINS the concepts clearly and efficiently in each chapter. I would highly reccomend this to anyone planning to take the test.

Rating:
Summary: superb!!
Review: This is overally is excellent. Every chapter covers the concepts which you need on the SAT II examination. The depth is actually much deeper, compared with the Baron's and Princeton Review. If one wants a in depth review on the chemistry, this book is for him. After finishing this book(I mean really really understand every conception shown on the book), one is not only well prepared for the SATII chemistry test, but also well equiped for a undergraduate chemistry study. However, I recommend everyone who is using this book also use the baron's because this book is hard enough to confuse anyone by its simple appearance and lack of calculation practice.

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Summary: Doesn't cover all the material
Review: While this book provides a good overall synopsis of the SAT II it is missing a crucial component- an overview of Descriptive chemistry- this makes up about 30% of teh actual test. some questions in this book are too simple, the questions on the real test are somewhat harder than this but much simpler than those practice questions provided in Barrons' review book.