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Need help for SAT Physics and Maths

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Hello all, i have started preparing for the Sat subject test in physics and Maths which will be held in the first week of May.

This is actually a retake of my previous SAT Physics score in January which was a 690 and Maths in December which was 570 (pretty bad i know).

I need some tips for preparing for these subject tests, The last time i studied for Physics i used barrons, Although i was well prepared but i still don't know why i scored such low on the actual tests.

View this thread here 800 on Physics with these scores? to see the practice tests scores i was getting in Barrons and all the other books. I was quite sure i would be getting a 750+ atleast.

So this time i really need to score a 750+, how should i do that? Should i prepare from barrons again or use any other book? And how should i be preparing most important of all?

And now comes Maths, i have started preparing for it from Barrons aswell, last time i used princeton review for it and scored so low
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, Barrons is actually quite hard but i think it should be good enough, after i'm done with going through all the topics, i'll go through sparknotes once aswell and then just practice practice practice!
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Any additional tips for Maths would be appreciated aswell.

Thank You.
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Hello all, i have started preparing for the Sat subject test in physics and Maths which will be held in the first week of May.

This is actually a retake of my previous SAT Physics score in January which was a 690 and Maths in December which was 570 (pretty bad i know).

I need some tips for preparing for these subject tests, The last time i studied for Physics i used barrons, Although i was well prepared but i still don't know why i scored such low on the actual tests.

View this thread here 800 on Physics with these scores? to see the practice tests scores i was getting in Barrons and all the other books. I was quite sure i would be getting a 750+ atleast.

So this time i really need to score a 750+, how should i do that? Should i prepare from barrons again or use any other book? And how should i be preparing most important of all?

And now comes Maths, i have started preparing for it from Barrons aswell, last time i used princeton review for it and scored so low
tongue.gif;wa2ba51e2e34cfbdec
, Barrons is actually quite hard but i think it should be good enough, after i'm done with going through all the topics, i'll go through sparknotes once aswell and then just practice practice practice!
smile.gif;wa0f599d63a8dcebe8


Any additional tips for Maths would be appreciated aswell.

Thank You.
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I might not be much of ur help but i can tell u that if u prepare maths from barrons book u will be a lot more confident coz its difficult. I need to ask u one question that do we need a graphing calculator for a perfect score in maths?
 
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I might not be much of ur help but i can tell u that if u prepare maths from barrons book u will be a lot more confident coz its difficult. I need to ask u one question that do we need a graphing calculator for a perfect score in maths?
Not necessarily, if your good at maths you should be fine without a graphing calculator too, It is good if you are looking to save time.
 
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Not necessarily, if your good at maths you should be fine without a graphing calculator too, It is good if you are looking to save time.

I doubt it will save you a lot of time. And if you're not familiar with using a graphing calculator, you might end up wasting more time. I know Barrons emphasizes the importance of using a g. calculator a lot, but I never really felt the need to use one on the real test (albeit I didn't get an 800, but a friend of mine did and he didn't use one either).
 
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can someone help me with a link to download barron's sat maths 1,2 or physics please. we can trade.
 
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People. Barrons is the worst book u could possibly use. Princeton is way better. I got 3200 in my SAT subject tests.
 
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^ You sure are right about that for the Maths II that is. I finished with reviewing the content of Barrons just yesterday of Maths level II and now when i did the practice test i couldn't solve more then half of the questions.

So please now guide me what should i do? I need effective studying since i have very less days left (Test on May 5th). BILALrox01 how much time did you spend on PR and what score did you get in it?
 
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^ You sure are right about that for the Maths II that is. I finished with reviewing the content of Barrons just yesterday of Maths level II and now when i did the practice test i couldn't solve more then half of the questions.

So please now guide me what should i do? I need effective studying since i have very less days left (Test on May 5th). BILALrox01 how much time did you spend on PR and what score did you get in it?
I was taking my Bio test with maths so i spent around 2 weeks on both of them. Take my advice. Princeton beats Barron's any day. It contains all that you need to score great. I got 800 MA. One of my friends got 780 and he too studied only from Princeton. It should be enough. Barron's contain a lot of unnecessary information.
 
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