<p>From what I have heard Barron's is way harder but so far I've been averaging 750 on my tests and feel pretty confident with most of the problems in Barron's. Is this a good sign of getting an 800 or am I most likely going to get approximately what I received on my Barron's tests?</p>
<p>I think that's a good sign of getting an 800 as far as I can tell. I've heard stories of people never getting above 700 and getting 790-800 on the real thing. However, I am using the same book as you to study as well, and I'm getting about the same scores, so I want to know if anyone can corroborate what I've said!</p>
<p>yeah, I'm one of those people. lol
My practice test scores were 560, 620, 600, 650, 620, and 680.
I scored a 790 in the June 2008 administration.</p>
<p>Also how many hard question are on it, like hard geometry problems and problems that take like 6 steps?</p>
<p>The only thing I can think of is when you have to figure out the proportions of the volume of a cube to the volume of a cube.</p>
<p>ditto with anhtimmy </p>
<p>the real sat ii book...800 first time
i crack open barrons. BAM 550</p>
<p>but eventually i got used to their style and ended around 750</p>
<p>BEASTED sat ii and got 800...and got really good at math...and owned my math final...BAM 99</p>
<p>sadly...i think i care more about the 99...cuz my math teacher can be more evil than the evil testing serpent xD</p>
<p>ehhhhhhh anyway getting back to the point you're basically guaranteed an 800 if you can score that high on Barron's without cheating :)</p>
<p>the evil testing serpent xD</p>
<p>haha underground guide to the SAT.</p>
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The only thing I can think of is when you have to figure out the proportions of the volume of a cube to the volume of a sphere.
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didn't notice the typo.</p>
<p>i have the SAT II, 7th edition. It does not have score conversion, but rather "below average", "average", "above avg", "very good", and "excellent"</p>
<p>Conversion any1? Thanks.</p>
<p>(44 - Your raw score)X10</p>
<p>Subtract that from 800. If you get 44 or above, then you got an 800.</p>
<p>ew. gross. for real?</p>
<p>Yea, the Barron's is super hard. I scored around 700s on the practice tests and made 800 on the real one. Although, I didn't deserve the 800; I ran out of time and guessed C on the last couple.</p>
<p>sooo... is it kkinda safe to say that u can just add 100 to your barrons score?</p>
<p>To Post #13, Yes. I averaged 700-740 on Barrons, and got an 800 in June. Barrons likes to overprep, and I think it has some merit, as I didn't lose it when I saw the test (supposedly, according to others on college confidential, it was a very hard version with a better curve)</p>
<p>I was in the low 600s on most of my barrons tests....that would've been very discouraging if not for CC. I ended up with a 770, not up to par to the frequent 800 here, but certainly good enough.</p>
<p>adding 100 points to the barrons score might even be a little conservative, imo.</p>
<p>for real? wow ok. how about 150? lol</p>
<p>thanks for ur comment btw, it gives me a little bit more motivation and hope.</p>
<p>A lot of people seem to like the Barron's for Math 2 here -- but on Amazon, I was reading about printing errors and the like. Is the fact that it really, strenuously prepares you for the test good enough to offset that? And are there any other similar tests? I want to aim for an 800, but while I'm pretty good at math, I think I need something strenuous (and with good explanations and practice problems) to get myself up there. I'm taking AB Calc right now, and took Precalc last year.</p>
<p>I think at first by using Barron's you tell yourself that this will overprepare you and it'll be good in the long run. After taking the test, it doesn't seem like much of the harder stuff tested in Barron's practice tests are tested at all in the real exam. What's the point of doing these overly difficult questions while being pressured by time if most aren't tested? You can learn a lot from Barron's review but I'm sure PR or Kaplan are good substitutes without giving you the despondent feeling after each practice test.</p>