<p>I'm sure this has been posted before but I guess I just suck as searching because I typed in "Barrons Math II Real", thinking that those words would lead me to a thread comparing Barron's to the real SAT II for Math II but they didn't.</p>
<p>So, can anyone who has used Barron's give a rough estimate of how much higher they scored on the real one? (Basically, how many points higher would a regular test be v. Barron's practice tests?)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I scored in the low 700’s on Barron’s (720-740) and the real thing was a pathetically easy 800.</p>
<p>Scores in the high 600s and low 700s on Barrons are reported to correspond to an 800 on the real exam. So… about a hundred points more or less? I’m sure there are exceptions, but generally if you can break at least 700 on Barrons you’re guaranteed an 800 on the real exam.</p>
<p>Yeah I got in the low-mid 700s on two Barron’s tests and an 800 on the real thing.</p>
<p>780 (Barrons) -> 800IIC</p>
<p>I got 690 on the diagnostic. I prepped for a couple of weeks. I wrote Test 1 today and got 600. </p>
<p>When I went over the questions when reviewing I was stunned. They were so straightforward and I had all the tools to solve them. I just don;t understand why I didn’t.</p>
<p>Did anyone else have this problem? If so, how did you get over it? More practice tests? I only have a week until my math ii sat so, not much time, but when reviewing all the way up to 45 was basically, “How did I not get all of these right”.</p>
<p>^ I’m having time problems for some reason. I really think this test schould be 1 hr and 30 mins lol.</p>
<p>I just got the book and got 10 wrong (740) on the Diagnostic Test. I guess I’ll go with the program and see how I do on the January Test.</p>
<p>Viggy:
I’m having trouble with the matrices, ellipse and hyperbola questions. Also the circle ones. I can’t seem to wrap my mind around these topics, so can you help me please</p>
<p>^For conic section questions watch Khan Academy videos. I don’t know if Khan Academy (youtube it) has videos for matrices but you can try. </p>
<p>And can anyone describe how and if they have the same problem as me? (Realizing that the q’s are easy after I review the test but for some reason don’t get them during the test). And does more practice solve this problem?</p>
<p>More practice definitely will help. Also, I think that relying on your calculator much more than usual will work to your benefit on this particular test.</p>
<p>I think everyone realizes that the test is easy after they’ve seen the answers and how to do them. Those questions just require more practice so that you become more familiar with how to approach certain problems and such. Just keep practicing, and keep reviewing your answers (the review part is KEY, make sure you can solve every problem you missed if you went back to it in the future,) and your score will continue to rise. </p>
<p>If you need any help, the Youtube user “patrickJMT” has many helpful videos that cover many topics on the Math 2 test (as well as many Calculus and other math concepts, if you’re interested.) It just helps sometimes to have someone teach it to you and explain your mistakes rather than just looking at the answer explanation.</p>
<p>For school I only use my calculator (TI-36Solar) for calculations, never for graphing, etc. My curriculum is such that it relies more on algebraic solutions that take longer than using calculators. Very few people at my school even have grapging calculators (I can’t even think of anyone that has one in my grade). That’s how rarely we need them.</p>
<p>So, I’m just starting to realize that I need to use the calculator (a TI-83Plus that I am borrowing) much more often. I had the mindset throughout my high school career that ‘using a calculator is bad’.</p>
<p>My Math II test is next weekend so I don’t have much time. I guess I’ll write another practice test tomorrow and see what I get.</p>
<p>Does the Math II test use degrees or radians? (or a bit of both)</p>
<p>EDIT: Also, does the test have all the formulas for prisms or do we need to memorize them? Are there some that aren’t on the test and, if so, which ones are those?</p>
<p>Math II uses both degrees and radians, and requires you to know when to use them. </p>
<p>Aren’t prisms usually just base x height? I just saved some formulas in my calculator</p>
<p>^ Sup Vig!</p>
<p>^lol n2m, stressing because of this Math II test.</p>
<p>What kind of things are we allowed to have saved onto our calculators? What kind of programs are we allowed and what are some of the programs that you had saved that helped you a lot?</p>
<p>Now, I don’t mean to brag but I scored an 800 on the real thing without any prep, but from my recollection Barron generally has harder tests in comparison to the actual thing. </p>
<p>If you score within the 680~720+ range on the Barron tests then I think you have a great shot at scoring an 800. With the curve you could even miss up to 5 questions and get an 800 on the real exam if you weren’t aware of that.</p>
<p>If i remember correctly, i got like a 660 or 680 on barrons and got a 300 on the actual thing. haha just kidding i got an 800 as well.</p>
<p>I got high 600s on Barron’s practice tests and only got 640 on the real thing. I’m verifying my scores at the moment (Nov 2010 for reference)</p>