<p>Hi just wondering how i study without buying those big study books. Is it even necessary to study if I have been getting A's all through high school and I am in BC calc right now?</p>
<p>I got 5's on AP Calc AB and AP Stats and I found math2 difficult.</p>
<p>The questions on MathII aren't something that needs to be studied for, but the speed is. If you aren't a fast test taker, I'd work on that. It's something I've had trouble with a little bit, even though I took Calc BC last year.</p>
<p>Lol, Math II has nothing to do with Calculus.
It's all algebra, geometry, algebra II, and pre-calculus.</p>
<p>got 800 on math II, I just checked an old review book out of the library (FREE) and skimmed it. No need to purchase, but if you haven't taken lower level math classes in a while (algebra/Geometry) it'd be a good idea to review.</p>
<p>try Barron's prep book
it's ridiculously hard, but if you can get like 700 on it, your 800 on the actual test is guaranteed :D</p>
<p>if you want accurate test, try Princeton review or Sparknotes</p>
<p>Son bought the Barron's Math II and it was so full of errors that B&N took it back even thought we'd already torn it all apart.</p>
<p>He's been using the PR book for review. His scores improved almost 100 points after just a couple of weeks.</p>
<p>The first time I took it, I did it without any prep or studying. I went in with the mindset of just seeing how it would be.</p>
<p>I received not-so-great score...</p>
<p>So, I bought the Barron's book. Read it all and did the problems and thought I was ready to take the test.</p>
<p>I took it and my score dropped.</p>
<p>I blame half of it on the book being too hard and half of me being too anxious.</p>
<p>The Math II test isn't that hard, in my opinion. You just have to be able to work quickly and not let yourself over complicate questions (especially since you're taking calculus which isn't needed on the test).</p>
<p>I recommend getting Barron's (it will overprepare you) and reading over to review the simpler stuff, then you should be okay.</p>
<p>If everyone else loves Barrons, maybe I got part of a bad batch! Here are examples of errors:</p>
<p>1) Five answer choices, A-E. All answer sheets only had four bubbles, A-D</p>
<p>2) In the explanation of answers, the correct answer was listed as D) 3/4. Fine, except D)'s corresponding answer wasn't 3/4. That was answer C. So which is it, D) or 3/4?</p>
<p>3) Son also found other typos.</p>
<p>This was all found the first day he opened the book. Made me think you couldn't believe much of anything in there, so we took it back. I didn't think the store would take it because we'd already ripped out sections and son already had done one, but the guy behind the counter laughed when I showed him the bubble sheet issue and said they'd send it back as defective.</p>
<p>^I'd say your experience is not unusual: I dislike Barron's for both math and physics not just for typos but also because many problems are poorly worded and/or unclear. The difficulty level is also clearly higher than typical actual tests, which some (many?) CC people like but I find stress-inducing.</p>
<p>Kaplan's Math II practice tests are VERY accurate. Mine were 40 points lower than my actual score. And I found some of the questions to be similar to the ones on the test.</p>
<p>I like Barron's personally in general:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Overpreparing may be stressful, especially if done only a week or two before the actual test, but if you truly get to the point where you understand everything then it pays off in the end.</p></li>
<li><p>The errors are frustrating, I agree. That said, the information itself is usually sound, and the errors themselves aren't impossible to work through. It's more of the signature blemish of the series, rather than a crippling impediment to their usefulness.</p></li>
<li><p>I don't think anyone argues that they aren't at the very least comprehensive.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>That all said, if you're starting your review only a week or two before the test, I would strongly NOT recommend Barron's to, well, anyone. They're more of a 2-months-before kind of thing, if not more.</p>