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Summary: Tough - Master This and Master the Test!!
Review: As is the Barron's tendency to make their preparation courses harder than the actual test, this one follows suit.For strong math students and/or studious ones, read this book, have a hard time with the difficult sample tests and then REST ASSURED THAT NOTHING ON THE DAY OF THE TEST WILL SURPRISE YOU. The sample questions you'll go through are much harder than the ones you'll face on the actual test. If you can do quite well on the practice tests, you'll ace the exam. Take my word for it. But this book shouldn't be used as your very first step into the world of SAT II Math IIC. Only when you've become strong enough (and most students who take Math IIC instead of Math IC do so because they believe they're strong enough), take on this book. There's a 7th Edition of this book available. If you buy that, don't take the graphing calculator tutorial in there seriously - you're much better off reading your graphical calculator's manual.
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Summary: Over-prep is always better than under-prep.
Review: Barron's is notorious for its overkill with practice tests in its prep books, and this one is no exception. Some would say that this is an evil spellbook that conjures horrible academic nightmares, in which the dean of admissions of the college of your choice laughs at you for missing 7+ on your Math IIc. But fear not! Like everyone else says, the real thing is nowhere as hard as what is found in this book. Don't be daunted by the endless formulas that it recommeneds you to memorize; the Math IIc is a conceptual test, NOT a memory based one. A lot of the content in here is a waste of time; stuff like cis and the binomial theorem for coefficients never appear on the actual test. But hey, it's always good to feel over-prepared than feel like you're missing out. What's so great about this book though is the number of practice tests included - a whopping 9. Kaplan's version, the only alternative that I really recommend, only has 4 tests, two of them for Math Ic (although its tests simulate the real deal much, MUCH more accurately... a good strat is to buy both books and take Kaplan's practice tests after you're done with the Barron's. It'll give you a pretty good idea of where you stand with the actual test). Since Collegeboard doesn't have a "10 Real SAT II Math IIC," your only source for a good workout is this book. My only complaint is with the solution sets... EVERY SINGLE one of them has a freakin mistake. Like, it says it's B when the real answer's D and the numerical answer in its OWN explanations correspond to D... it annoys and scares the hell out of you when you're checking your answers. Grr. Other than that, there is no other book you can turn to if you want to be 99% (absolutes are always dangerous) prepared for the Math IIC.
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Summary: Taking the Initiative
Review: Honestly, anyone who takes the initiative to take IIc over Ic and then spends time looking over this book is already a hard worker and would have scored really high without the book. I would say that this book makes you feel bad about yourself at first, but after a while, you realize that you have forgotten a lot of material and are learning a lot of new material, as well as tricks to tackle what seem like impossible questions. I looked at this book somewhat, scored a 770, and that was it. I'm not chasing an 800 like some people. I don't think my worth is based on what I score on some test, although I am glad that I didn't bomb. Thanks Mr. Dodge!
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Summary: Very good book
Review: I received a 730 on the SAT IIC Mathematics test after using this book. I took 2-3 of the practice tests and one from the book real sat II subject tests. I think it is the best book out on the math test. It reviews all the problems that will be on the test along with very difficult practice problems. The key to this test and all other sat II and AP tests is to start preparing early so that you have enough time to cover the material. Make sure you study all of the topics, even the ones that seem insignificant because although I studied the section on polar coordinates, I missed a very easy question on the test because I didn't study it well enough. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Great but not realistic
Review: I've taken the SAT II math IIC twice. The first time, I used a kaplan book to prepare, and quite frankly, it didn't do a very good job. I scored a 740, but decided to take the test one more time. This time, I prepared with Barron's, and scored an 800. You do the math ;) The Barron's tests were by far harder than the actual test. I was overly prepared for it (which is a good thing). Get this book. I also suggest Barron's SAT II writing prep book. I used it as well and scored an 800.
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Summary: A Very Good Book...With a Few Errors
Review: Of the many math books available I'm sure that most have much better grammar and also less spelling mistakes, but if you overlook these few shortcomings then this is definately a book you want. You should, however, be willing to put in some time as this book IS NOT FOR CRAMMING. If that's what you're after then stay clear of this one. I recieved a 790 on the real thing, that's a pretty good testament to the power of this book to help you prepare. I would recomend taking about a month to prepare using this book, studying every night for an hour or so, and then taking as many practice tests as possible as I was only able to complete about 4 of the 8 tests. This book is very good, however, I can only give it 4 stars due to the lack of quality and polish in the book. Some of the questions are marked wrong, giving to the wrong answer to the question, and there are some other little things that could be fixed. I hope the next edition is better.
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Summary: Great prep book for people who have enough time and effort
Review: The barron book is very difficult for most students. Nevertheless its is a very good book for preparing for SAT Math2C. The way to use it is to treat its vast collection of test problems as merely practice problems, where you solve a few on your leisure. Only about 20-30% of the stuff is like the real test. But the vast collection of the test problems cover just about everything they can throw at you from the Real Test. Don't time yourself on the practice test because its often too difficult to do and you're ending up discouraging yourself with a mediocre score. I'm a top math student in my school and I could barely do 1/2 problem in one test session. Some are way too difficult you're just have to disregard them because the real test is not nearly like that. My recommendation is to use the test problems for practice only while you're taking the class. Do not try to score yourself because its very hard to get a good score. Switch to Kaplan, Princeton review book or the Real Sat 2 to gear up for the real test 2 weeks before the real test, because the real test is much easier. In summary, this book can be a corner stone of the collection of prep books for the SAT2C. It's no good using the other book because there's aren't enough practice problem for you to hone your skills. Using this strategy, I've got a 800 on the first try. I skipped 3 problem and miss 1 problem.
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Summary: Great prep but be prepared to be depressed
Review: The main advantage this book has is that its problems are a lot harder than the problems on the real test and their explainations are sometimes very weird. Doing problems in this book made me extremely depressed and I was prepared to take the test again, the night before I took the real SAT II I scored a 650 on one of the practice tests in Barron's and that didn't set me in a good emotional mood for the test the next day. But yesterday I received my score and to my surprise I scored a 800! So if you are around the high 600's in the practice tests in this book, you'll have no problem acing the real test. Good luck!
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Summary: Decent Preperation Not for cramming.
Review: This book is an excellent guide to the SAT II Math level IIC. It thoroughly reviews everything that could possibly appear on the actual test. However the practice tests (9!) included do NOT in anyway represent the difficulty of the actual test. They are far harder. Rather than face the frustration of taking them in an hour like I did, I suggest you simply work through them as quickly as possible which should take u approx 1 1/2 hours if you want to finish the real test. I studied this way and although i didnt finish the test (left 7 problems out), got a 770. I'm going to retake the test in June and hope to get an 800. This book will help me and anyone who wants to achieve that goal.
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Summary: good book once u adapt
Review: This book is an excellent in terms of preparing you for the SAT II math. The only thing is that you must know going into taking the practice tests that they are MUCH harder than the real thing. I took most of the practice tests and my scores ranged from 650-740. When I took the real test, however, i found it much easier and got an 800. This book helps because you become so used to the harder tests that the real thing is simple. If you don't realize that going in though, you will be very frustrated.
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