SAT II Math IIC

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Summary: SAT II Math IIC by Sparknotes
Review: I was tutoring my daughter to get a better SAT II score. I did not like Baron's review much, because it was not detailed enough. Also the tests were much more complex than the real test. I think Kaplan's is better than Baron's; tests had more adequite complexity level. My daughter got 650 on the test after going through Kaplan's and I think it was a fair score for her. However as we wanted a better score we bought the Sparknotes review.
Main disadvantage of Sparknotes is a lot of errors. Quite a few of them can be very misleading if a student tries to study by himself and is not very in his math knowledge. Some of the errors made me doubt, that whoever put review together had a solid math background. In our situation errors were not a problem as I know math well enough to correct them. I feel that the authors did a very good job finding information needed for the SAT II and this makes this book a good resource for the teachers/tutors (better than the other 2 guides.) However I doubt that it is a very good resource a student studing by himself.
I wish whoever put this book together hires some qualified editor to clean up the errors. Then this book will be really helpful. I gave this book 4 * just because I was not able to find a better SAT II book on the market.

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Summary: Good review book
Review: This SparkNotes book teaches you every concept you need to know, from arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statistic to trigonometry and miscellaneous (PreCalculus concepts). Although the lecture is quite boring, it contains every detail that can possibly appear on the test (even weird stuff such as "relatively prime numbers"). This book is especially useful if you skip classes or need to review concepts you've learned. It only offers 3 practice tests, so if you know most of the concepts and just want to practice, the Barrons How to prepare for the SAT II Math IIC maybe a better options.