<p>and I'm sobbing. Well not really, but I don't know any of this. I realize that its "much more difficult" than the actual test. Then what's the point of the book, and how do I begin studying? I get a headache just looking through the Barron's book. I plan on taking it in the fall, I took precal last year.</p>
<p>Barron’s will do that to you. I used it sort of in conjunction with PR. My PR was secondhand, so I couldn’t use the tests, but it was an effective “re-introduction”. Then I got Barron’s… the tests are insane, I usually scored low 700s and I ended up with an 800 on the actual test. </p>
<p>You have a lot of time before the fall, so don’t stress out yet. Take a few tests, focus on things that you really don’t get and if possible, cross-reference with other review books to get a more accurate picture of the real test. Don’t throw Barron’s out though. If you really dig your head into it, it makes for a golden test day.</p>
<p>Okay. Thanks alot. By PR, do you mean the Cracking the SAT: Math I & II together?</p>
<p>Barron’s is tough, however, you’ll want to be scoring over 700 on theirs if you expect an 800…maybe it’s about a 100 point difference.</p>
<p>Whatever you didn’t understand on the diagnostic, review it; they’re not afraid to put some pretty obscure stuff on the real test. But none of it is insanely hard (like some Barron’s questions).</p>
<p>Barrons is a waste of time. Just get Princeton Review.</p>
<p>Barron’s is much harder than the actual math II test. But trust me, if you master all of the material in each of the practice tests, and make it almost around the 60 minute time limit, you will get an 800 on the actual test. I found Barron’s extremely difficult, but on test day, I found the problems to be much easier, and finished with 15 minutes to spare to check answers.</p>
<p>@ theReach: Yes, that’s the one. Mine was a few years old, but I’m sure it’s pretty much the same.</p>
<p>i got a 580 once on Barrons and still a 800 on the real test</p>