<p>What topics should I avoid in the Barron's book? Which subjects are not going to be present on the actual test?</p>
<p>pretty much everything on that book can be on the actual test</p>
<p>except maybe.. you know the section that teaches you how to use calculator</p>
<p>barrons is a hard test prep book</p>
<p>I did the barrons ACT prep and i averaged about a 22 on composite score. Next day i took the actual ACT and got a solid 35</p>
<p>Avoid the vectors and logic (as long as you have the basic needed knowledge) and the higher degree polynomials. You only have to know some parts of the conic sections part, parameters and polor cordinates, if they are to be on the tests, will be quite easy and parameters can be done mainly by graphing (demoirve or whoever's therom is RIDICULOUS). Other than that, know it but don't be afraid to skip something if it seems to hard (barron's is ridiculously hard).</p>
<p>Barrons goes way too in depth, I doubt college students can do some of that stuff. If you find something way farfetched just skip it. Even if it comes up on the test, it will be like 1-2 questions.</p>
<p>just make sure you understand permutations and combinations...
in may i took iic without knowing those concepts and dang there were 2 problems of that stuff... arg.. i got 740 ( which kinda sucks cuz it's 71%)
also practice timing, i didn't have enough time (use calculator efficently to shorten the time, and don't check your answer unless you're ALL done)</p>
<p>the barron's method is to practice everything much harder than the actual test, so that the real thing seems easy. but i think that's just a waste of time.</p>
<p>i liked the Kaplan book.</p>
<p>^ dats true. Kaplan is basically on the money with the SAT IIC</p>
<p>topics to avoid on barron's
i used it, but my carelessness landed me 780 (but i was alright with it, didn't bother to retake, b/c i am poor)
anyway
topics to avoid:
matrices, dot product, cross product(i think it was on there), ignore vectors(if they are there).
KNOW YOUR MULTIPLICATION TABLE!!!</p>
<p>I Agree...barron Makes Me Nervous....got 780...some Stupid Mistakes..........</p>
<p>SPARKNOTES ALL THE WAY!!! INSTANT 800s!!!!! Just think precalc without the physics and the imaginary stuff.</p>
<p>FAKEOUT</p>
<p>i dont think barrons really prepares you for SATIIs.
they stuff you with too much info that you dont need to know
and you get confused because of them.
also, the practice tests are not accurate at ALL.
i got above 780 on all of them and did horribly on the actual test.</p>
<p>Oh yeah ignore all those cis or sis stuffs...before I did Barron's, I didn't know that cis existed also as a trigonometric function -_-</p>
<p>I used only Barrons and got an 800. Barron's was better than Sparknotes IMO.</p>
<p>Some of these people are saying not to study something because its wasnt on their test-dont listen to them, because it may come up on yours.
You should know two logical principles, contrapositive, and indirect assumption. Know matrices, or at least how to multiply them (it came up on the IIC 1st time I took it). Definitely know standard deviation, not how to calculate it but understand the concept. It came up both times I took the IIC.
Dont need to know in barrons:
Higher polynomial functions.
Possibly the xyz coordinates stuff like xy trace, though you should know the distance formula for 3 dimensions. A problem regarding 3d shapes came up on the 1st IIC I took, but I doubt studying barrons would have helped.</p>
<p>Just read College Board's outline of the test.
Demoivre's theorem is easy: when you raise a cis theta to the power of x, the r is to the x power, and the angle is (x)(theta), so
(r(cis theta))^3=r^3(cis 3theta).</p>
<p>err...the problem is that my school sucks, I took already took grade 11 math ahead of time, and still didn't understand half of the stuff on barron's book</p>
<p>i have no idea what cis means, neither have i been introduced to xyz coordinates(although i know how to dealwith them..)</p>
<p>cis x= cos x +i sin x
i dont know if that's correct...</p>
<p>As long as you get an 800 who cares, right?</p>
<p>FAKEOUT</p>
<p>If you have trouble studying from Barron's, just use barrons as a source of topics and learn the material from textbooks. Princeton Review does a better job of explaining and is about as thorough.</p>