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Summary: full of mistakes and not worthwhile
Review: As a student who has already taken AP Calculus, I bought this book to review stuff that I had forgotten or may have never been taught. This book has many examples, but often never actually tells you the information, which I find to be annoying. The practice tests are far more difficult than the actual test, and the answer keys contain many mistakes. When looking over the explantions/answers to questions I got wrong, I discovered that I had the right answer, but the letter answer that was listed was wrong. I can't say this book is a complete waste of time, because it did actually help me a little, but probably not enough to be worthwhile.
I got an 800 on the test, but I don't think this book can be attributed with my sucess.
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Summary: VERY BAD
Review: I bought this book 2 months before I took the exam and took a couple tests from it and by the scale they gave me, it looked to me like i was going to be scoring in the 500s or below. The questions in this book are SO MUCH HARDER than the actual test. They try to over-prep you by giving you super hard questions so that the ones on the actual test seem easier and you feel more confident. This was definately NOT the type of preparation I needed, and thanks to them, I scored a 650. A score I am ashamed of and now i have to take it again. I heard from a friend that the Sparknotes book is MUCH BETTER. I'm warning you, stay away from Barron.
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Summary: It wasn't hard people...
Review: I don't know why some people think this book is hard. The practice tests were harder than the actual test, but the test is incredibly easy. I finished in just over half an hour and I got 800. If you just think about the questions they are simple. If you think this book is hard...think twice before taking the actual test.
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Summary: Harder is better
Review: It is true, this book is much harder than the actual test, but that is good and bad. This book is not good if you have only a short time before the test, because it has a lot of information that may not be on the actual test. However, if you have a month or more, than this book is great for understanding the concepts that you will need to know. Preparing for harder questions will make it easier to anwswer the questions on the test. Because this book is challenging, I would suggest using the Real SAT II book along with it so you can compare the two. The only mistake I made with this book, was using it with only a few days before the test.
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Summary: Harder is NOT better!
Review: Last three editions of this book are all the same, buy an older version, or better, don't buy at all. Unreasonably hard, a lot of errors, not corrected in newer versions and incomplete. No mister, harder is NOT better.
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Summary: Waste of time and money, too hard, not beneficial.
Review: This book has nothing newer than the sixth edition. The cover has changed only and it is still incomplete. Some questions in the test surprised me a lot although I wasted too much time on the questions in this book. I absolutely do not recommend it!
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Summary: Barron's has made better
Review: Usually, people have always said that Barron's is the best in standardized test preparations and I used to agree. However, for the SAT II MATH IIC, the book was absolutely absurd - after doing their diagnostics, reading their review lessons and, taking the practice tests, I was scared to death: this is going to be so tough and one of my most difficult tests by far, even with a 4.0 GPA, 1590 SAT, and AP calculus under my belt. When test day came, I was shocked - it was hilariously easy, so much so that I almost felt cheated for being made to worry. When it comes to test prepartions, being accurate is the most important - the same level materials and practice tests are essential to success. Barron's book is overly-difficult and not worth the money or worry.
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