<p>Been study for my AP USH test and will continue to do so for the rest for the week. So that leaves me with about 3 weeks to study, what do you guys think I should take? I'm currently in Pre-Calculus so that fits one of the requirements of the SAT II :o</p>
<p>definitely math 2, much more generous curve. You can get about 4 or 5 wrong and still get 800, whereas you’d be in the high 600s for Math 1 by then.</p>
<p>I don’t necessarily agree, but I do need to point out that you need to remember which schools you’re applying to, also.</p>
<p>Many schools aren’t too supportive of Math I (unofficially) because they feel it is far too similar to the math section on the regular SAT.</p>
<p>I would argue that the curve is similar if not worse on the Math I SAT, which immortalix points out.</p>
<p>However, depending on your grade in pre-calc, you might or might not want to take Math II. It’s probably more beneficial to crack down on regular, simpler, math concepts and get consistent with them than it is to say, learn or review, a whopping mouthful of new concepts in 3 weeks.</p>
<p>If you do take Math II, don’t underestimate the number of hard probability questions they might toss at you. Unless you’ve taken Stat, which isn’t really part of a simple honors track math curriculum, you’d have to master all of that yourself.</p>
<p>Hmm, right now I have about a 97 avg in Pre-Cal (A+), you think I could cram the necessary information for statistics in two weeks?</p>
<p>There isn’t much on statistics. I only recall a couple of problems on statistics from the May '09 SAT II Math 2. There was a stem-leaf plot and a question about averages. The main things you need to know for statistics is how to read graphs, stem-leaf plot, whisker plot (not sure if this is on it), and find mean, median, mode, and maybe standard deviation. All of these can be done on the calculator, and the Barron’s book teaches you how to use the calculator for statistics. The short chapter that Barron’s has on probability should suffice.</p>
<p>Is this honors?</p>
<p>But yes you could, if you do remember everything. Also, become a master of the calculator?</p>
<p>Yep, Honors. Main thing I’m worried about is the tricks, if questions are direct, I can answer them easily. I bought a PR M1/M2 subject test book a month ago, would that suffice?</p>
<p>I think PR over-simplifies the material. It doesn’t teach you math the way Barron’s does…meaning PR uses POE and plug-in in their answer explanations while Barron’s shows you how to do the problem itself. Barron’s is also more in-depth, but more unorganized. I would say the PR practice tests are somewhat accurate, but the review is inadequate. Barron’s practice tests are HARD, but the review is thorough.</p>
<p>Hmm so you think I need to pick up another book in addition to this PR? Can’t return the PR now :(</p>
<p>It’s not that necessary. Just practice hard. :)</p>
<p>Do lots of practice tests? There’s nothing that prepares you more like that.</p>
<p>It’s definitely doable; I just did it for the May test. You should also be in a better position than I was considering I finished pre-calc last year and Algebra II and Geometry 2 years ago. As long as you keep up with it a little each night and just try to take a practice test once every couple days over the next 3 weeks you’ll be perfectly fine.</p>
<p>YOU SHOULD TAKE MATH II DUDE
the curve is ridiculous in math 2 seriously. in math 1 u can’t leave any blank and 3 wrong on top of that and don’t bother counting above 780 for your score. however on math 2, you can skip 6 blanks or get 5 wrong and still get 800. up to you, dude, most of it’s calculator stuff anyway</p>