Total Page : 504
Publisher : Barron s Educational Series
Publication Date : 2008 09 01
>> Great Help
This book was so helpful to me when I was studying for the SAT chemistry subject test It is a very detailed book that covers every aspect that could be on the test Although I noticed that not everything that was in the book was on the actual test I felt like I had a very thorough understanding of the subject matter through doing practice questions and reading through the explanations The book also contains full practice tests which really helped me get acquainted with pacing and time for the real test Overall this book was a great success to me when I took the chemistry subject test
>> Good review for basics watch out at the end
I took the chem SAT after using this book and got a 740 which isn t bad This book has a great review of the simple things however the end of the book goes waaaaaay too far into detail The electrochem and nucleonics chapters are in so much detail that you could spend hours and hours studying every tiny thing when almost nothing show up on the test in those chapters After learning Ox Redox and Organic you should spend the vast majority of your time in the first 8 9 chapters Pay particular attention to the areas on solutions acids and bases and molarity/molality concentrations Just be careful where you spend your time with this book
>> Too much Information Need to rewrite the book
My son just took the SAT II chemistry He had been using this book for reviewing He found that this book provides too much unimportant information This could distract you from reviewing what is necessary In his opinion this book did not help much It also seems to me they have not updated the material in this book much I have a 2003 Barron s chemistry the easy way There is very little difference between the two books If you are taking AP chemistry already a simplier book to remind you some easy stuff may be more helpful In addition you should try to practic a real test so that you know how fast you need to work to finish all the questions in a pace that you feel comfortable I read some of the chapters in book some are very good I would hope Barron will rewrite this book to reflect the real test
