<p>I've heard from some people that Sparknotes is too easy..is this true? If so, in what way is it too easy? What should I brush up on that Sparknotes does not prepare me for? Thanks :)</p>
<p>I thought the Online/In Book Tests were fairly accurate. So in that sense I think it simulates the actual test very well and has good explanations.</p>
<p>Hm..okay. Because some peopel were telling me that it is byfar below the actual standard. Also, do you know if Barron's is any good?</p>
<p>In my experience if you are a good Math Student ( Not like ohh I got an A in precalc etc. but a high SAT I math score and a good but not perfect knowledge of precalc/alg2 concepts you'll 800 it. For any good math student the test is an absolute joke. On the other hand - if math doesn't come naturally etc. I wouldnt go with barrons. Too much of it is useless and what it does explain can probably be read in about 30 minutes (from it's teaching sections). The tests are unrealistic (duh) and I think it's a waste of prep time - b/c Barrons in a way is useless prep (wayy too much).</p>
<p>In my opinion, Sparknotes is not quite enough, but almost. I did five practice tests before taking the IIC last Saturday, and I felt like the real thing was noticeably harder than the Sparknotes tests, although not a lot. It's hard to describe what made it easier... just toward the end of a Sparknotes test, the questions are quite a bit easier than the ones at the end of the real thing.</p>
<p>If you have the time, you might want to try using another book too-- I used a combination of Barron's and Sparknotes.</p>
<p>Here's a new one: McGraw-Hill's.</p>
<p>I actually did the same as thecomisar. I prepped with Barron's (although I didn't actually read the thing, far too boring) and did all the practice tests, which I daresay were extraordinarily difficult. But then I took three practice Sparknotes test last week and whizzed through each one, and getting an 800 each time. The actual test started out like the Sparknotes ones but the hard questions were harder than the hard Sparknotes questions, but still feasible. So I guess the Barron's paid off?</p>
<p>i got 800 on all sparknotes test and ended up with 750 on real test..i panicked and skipped 7 questions</p>
<p>Hmm..okay. I will get Barron's even if it overpreps, at least that way I'll have everything covered?</p>
<p>Dk-blue_Falcon, how good is McGraw-Hill's in comparison with the others?</p>
<p>Well, the book I have (by McGraw-Hill) has 15 subject tests in it: 2 for world hist, 2 for us, 1 for math1c, 2 for math2c, 2 for chem, 2 for bio e/m, 2 for french, 2 for spanish. From what I can see, the math problems are pretty accurate in terms of problem types compared to the problems in the real SATII Math, but it lacks the usual "tricky" types of questions you would usually see in the SATII Math. Strangely, i found the SATII Math easier than this one by McGraw-hill, however, I'm not sure if they have a book especially made for the SATII Math.</p>
<p>No, not Barron's for IIc! That's the kind of overprepping you don't want - material that's not on the syllabus. You want overprepping which covers the syllabus (and perhaps only a little more), but twists the material into really hard questions. I recommend Rusen Meylani's 15 practice tests book for this, although the explanations for complicated questions really suck. The test questions are very realistic, but make the test look like a breeze by comparison. I don't regret using Meylani's book at all, but I do regret using Barron's. (Even if there were some nifty calculator programs and a handy sheet of formulae for last minute cramming, it turns out I didn't need either.)</p>
<p>how many wrong can you get on Math IIC and still get an 800???</p>
<p>Quite a lot...I think about 6 or 7, max.</p>
<p>I think you can get at least five incorrect, skip none, and still win. I also think you can answer 43 right and skip seven.</p>
<p>I didn't skip any... I wonder how many errors I made. XD</p>
<p>FWIW, both of my kids scored an 800 using Barrons; both were A-/B+ honors students.</p>