<p>I'm planning on using
Physics: Barrons and Sparknotes
US History: Barrons and Kaplan
Math IIC: Barron's</p>
<p>Are these books sufficient? I want to make sure before I buy them. Thanks.</p>
<p>Barron's is definitely sufficient..a little TOO sufficient, in my opinion. But if you're willing to REALLY put the hours in studying your butt off, you'll definitely do well working with Barron's.</p>
<p>For Math IIC, you might consider using Barron's along with Sparknotes for balance. Sparknotes is a bit easier than the real thing; Barron's is quite a bit harder.</p>
<p>How good is PR for math IIC and USH?</p>
<p>The bad thing about PR is that they only have one book that combines the IC and IIC. That's what stopped me from buying it.</p>
<p>yeah, I think that might be kind of weird...but not suree</p>
<p>I used PR for math IIC, I thought it was pretty good.</p>
<p>Thanks. Any more suggestions? Am I good to go with these books?</p>
<p>For Math IIC I would mostly rely on Princeton Review & Spark Notes -- only use Barrons as an extra 'aid' if you finish the other ones early. Some of the Barrons questions are bizarre and pretty far from the actual test!</p>
<p>I'm getting Barrons for reviewing and Meylani for the tests</p>
<p>..for math 2c.</p>
<p>Barrons for physics too.</p>
<p>wait wait, i meant PR for physics, barrons has 21 bad reviews with an avg review of 2.</p>
<p>whats the best for us history?</p>
<p>If you use Barron's, you have to recognize that a lot of the stuff won't be on the real test. Like if you take a test, miss a bunch (which is inevitable), and then are reviewing the sections it says to, a lot of it will NEVER be on the actual test. Like you don't need to know cis type stuff.</p>
<p>i used sparknotes for history and the review was good.</p>
<p>Physics: PR (if you had a course that covered all of it and use this book in conjunction you should be very well prepared)</p>
<p>USH: Kaplan (Even though it's an AP book, Amsco would be the best)</p>
<p>I am quite sure i got a 760+ on USH. Well my advice: Read as much as possible. I honestly read through my class text (American Journey), REA's AP book, Barrons SAT II history, and Kaplans SAT II history, and took the practice tests. IF you do this you are guranteed a 750+ on the test because you have read the material so many times, it all in your head.</p>
<p>For IIc, USE Meylani. Barron's style of overprepping sucks because you don't need to know De Moivre's theorem or the directrix of a hyperbola. Meylani's style of overprepping is good because it covers the hardest imaginable questions that can come out on the test, and only a little bit more than that. The real test looks like a cakewalk because most (~45) of the questions are on the same level as the easiest questions Meylani gives. A typical Meylani test may have half a dozen very very hard questions, but the real test will have at the most one such question, so you can just skip it if you didn't study.</p>
<p>Meylani? I've never heard of this. Where can I find it?</p>
<p>Don't use Barron's for physics. Get PR. Barron's explainations are bad and their tests are full of errors.</p>
<p>It's a very underrated book, IMO. It and Barron's were the only prep books I used. One problem with Meylani is that his explanations SUCK (although those questions are usually the ones that will almost certainly not come out on the test). Still, that's what CC is for. :p The questions are really good, nevertheless.</p>
<p>I've seen Meylani books at Barnes & Noble.</p>