How to Prepare for the SAT II: Math Level IC

Rating:
Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: This title was very helpful for me in preparing for the Math IC exam. I took the test in October 2000 and scored a 750. Seeking to improve my score, I began using this book and took the Math IC exam again today (Novermber 2000). After taking this test, I feel very good. My friend Alexander Chao, who also reviewed this title, also retook the exam today. Each of us answered all of the questions on the test and hopes to get 800. While I'm not sure if I'm going to get 800, I am sure that I gained many points from having used this book. The diagnostic test allowed me to pinpoint my weaknesses and cut to the chase. In the mere 5~6 hours during which I pored over this book, I learned how to solve two or three problems on the actual exam I took, problems I would not have been able to solve otherwise. And on Math IC, two or three problems can convert into 20 or 30 points and make all the difference between a 770 and an 800. I strongly recommend this book because its diagnostic and practice tests are useful, and its review of the subject matter is amazingly comprehensive, complete with diagrams and example problems. I agree with Alex's comment in a prior review that the practice tests are harder than the actual exam. This makes the actual test seem quite easy, thereby boosting your confidence and performance. If I do get a 790 or an 800, I owe my score to this title.

Rating:
Summary: The Right Choice.
Review: With the Princeton Review, Kaplan, and all the other known brands to choose from, I chose Barron's "How to Prepare for the SAT II: Math Level IC." It proved itself to be the "Students' #1 Choice." The dianogstic and practice tests were thirty times harder than the actual test. (I took the test June 2000.) I finished the test in the first thirty minutes, leaving me half an hour to check my work. There were some errors in the answers; however, I still recommend this book for students that are preparing for the Math IC.

Rating:
Summary: The Right Choice.
Review: With the Princeton Review, Kaplan, and all the other known brands to choose from, I chose Barron's "How to Prepare for the SAT II: Math Level IC." It proved itself to be the "Students' #1 Choice." The dianogstic and practice tests were thirty times harder than the actual test. (I took the test June 2000.) I finished the test in the first thirty minutes, leaving me half an hour to check my work. There were some errors in the answers; however, I still recommend this book for students that are preparing for the Math IC.