<p>Seriously, I took the diagnostic, couldn't even make it through the entire test without giving up. Then I attempted to go through the first five chapters- marginally understood the topics that I hadn't known. Today I took the first Model Test and tried 34, got 4 of those wrong, left all the others blank.</p>
<p>My God... This is harder than my Calc BC class!</p>
<p>And I know there's been discussions on how good this book is, but is this much butt-kicking typical? I'm trying to aim for an 800 so...</p>
<p>Also - does is the curve of 3 or 4 questions missed = 800 actually stay like that on real SAT scores? Like, can you really miss three or four problems and still get an 800? I heard the curve was more like the SAT Math section where if you miss one your score goes down by 20 pts??</p>
<p>Yes. Barron's is supposed to frustrate you and make it seem like you need to prepare a WHOLE LOT MORE than you already have. Personally, I don't think Barron's is that hard but it is harder than my precal class. I got a 46 on the Diagnostic test and I think the practice tests are going to be harder than the diagnostic one. If you miss about 4-5, you WILL get a 800 because I think a raw score of 44 = 800 and below that 43 = 790 and so on until 40 where there is a 30 pt drop to like 720 or something similar. Trust me, just prep REALLY HARD with Barron's and get your score in Barron's around 43/44 and you are almost guaranteed 800 on the real one.</p>
<p>barron's is a great book to use for math. I used barrons and PR. PR I did around 770-780ish, and Barrons I got lower (high 600s, low 700s). Took the real thing and got an 800. Barron's is a great book because it tells you stuff that other's dont. PR for example has good practice tests, but not really a good explanation section. Use Barron's. Get Frustrated. Get a perfect score. Haha that sounds like an ad...</p>
<p>Haha okay. If you say so. Do you think it's worth the time of trying to learn the material of Barron's (using the occasionally quite abstruse review) or should I just do practice tests?</p>
<p>If you have the patience to run through the whole book, more power to you. I don't think I finished a single diagnostic or practice test - they were hard! Ha. What I did was run through all the formulas given at the end of each chapter. If I was unsure of how to use a formula, I went to look at a sample problem and made sure I could solve it. If you do choose to go through the entire book section by section, I'm sure you'll discover you'll know a good chunk of the material. Depends on how much time + patience you have. If you're taking it in May and your review is not going well, just spend the last week studying the formulas - the entire test is plug and chug, not much outside-the-box thinking required. That strategy earned me an 800. Best of luck.</p>
<p>MissBarbara-- do NOT waste your time learning allll the crap in the Barron's chapters. It goes way too in-depth-- like all that stuff about finding all the roots of a polynomial. I would just take the practice tests and read through the solutions, then if you feel like there's a big area you need to review, look it over.</p>
<p>ya... that book had like 7 practice test i remember? i did like 3 of them -__-</p>
<p>all those probability stuff... to be frank i dont really recall seeing them on the real sat... : ( idk... or maybe they did show up but were just easy ^^</p>
<p>i got an 800... IIC is supposed to be easy because of the generous curve and the easy concept. I ran out of time on the last 2 so i left them blank and still got an 800~~ so i guess one could miss a few?</p>
<p>although im pretty sure i didnt miss more than 3 on the part i finished.. cause usually if i dont know how to do a problem or is slightly unsure... i skip it... - -</p>
<p>omg please don't study with barrons math IIC
it's waste of time. It does overprepare you but it's just waste of time. It's useless in the real test.
Use TPR.</p>
<p>I used barrons math IIC and got raw scores like 20~30
but in real SAT in this May, I think I got 800
As long as you can use a calculator, you can just find the answer by plugging in the numbers.</p>
<p>Do all of Barron's (i mean, the tests). My reason? WHY NOT! If you have the book, it will give you great practice so the real thing is not stressful at all. I got an 800. My advice-do all the practice you can!</p>