<p>I know there are posts on the Barrons book already, but are you guys talking about the same "How to prepare for the MATH IIC Barrons 7th edition?"</p>
<p>mine might be outdated, i borrowed it from the library..but so far i took the diagnostic (i want to spend more time preping for physics) and i got a raw score of 30, now it says above average...but according to spark notes a 30 gets me a 680?? is that how much there is?? honestly i got 7 wrong in total....answered a certain amount, and omitted a ***** load. I didnt know polar coords and some stuff were in there, though i took CAL AB, never learned that.</p>
<p>and i never took a geometry course so i dont know about the "z" graph.</p>
<p>so anyone have any comments or suggestions as to what i should expect this saturday? and what are some last minute preparations i can take to maximize my score?</p>
<p>In general, the Barron's books, especially the older ones, tend to be way harder than the actual tests. I never scored above an above average on the Barron;s test and did fine on the math IIC. I suggest not fretting over minor topics, especially those you haven't seen before. The Barron's books include a bit of extra information. Vectors and other calculus topics aren't on the IIC. polar co-ordinates and geometry definitely are though. You probably won't have enough time to study all of geometry, but memorize all the triangle stuff, sine/cosine laws, and do every practice problem you can involving shapes. Be sure to read the explanations for any you get wrong, because most of the geometry problems are generic models with random numbers stuffed in. Polar co-ordinates are fairly simple. Don't worry about the z-axis.</p>
<p>ok well, i have basic knowledge of geometry, i mean just about whats offered on the SAT I. The only thing i cant do is probably questions dealing with arc's and all that though i just saw the formulas a few mins ago. </p>
<p>Thanks jaimeastronga but i have no questions at the moment.</p>
<p>mc7139, yeah i realize that it is pretty hard compared to what others have said. And i think mine is a pretty old edition, again its borrowed. Basically im just trying to brush up on my trig because im a senior and i took calculus last year, no math this year, and i did trig and sine/cosine law way back in the 9th grade. Basically, for the diagnostic i didnt want to guess answer anything, so i answered every question i was capable. I got 7 wrong, the rest correct so yeah. I have this college board official sat subject test book also (pretty thick) that i borrowed from the library so i think the day before or thursday im going to take a practice math. Again i dont want to study for math that much, im more in need of the physics review.</p>
<p>any other suggestions? or any links to basic basic lessons that i can understand the topics in a short amount of time? thanks guys!</p>
<p>hey, dude!!! can you scan me just a test from CB's book? I'm also using Barron's book and think we are in the same boat. I need to build my confidence with CB's real test. Can you help me?</p>
<p>The Barrons, while comprehensive is a little too much. It will over prepare you largley because they tests are hard, and the some of the stuff isn't even on the test. If you have alot of time it might be good ( i used it over the summer) but my best suggestion is to use the official SAT II guide for Math II. Some of the questions on the October test were the same if not strangely similar to the ones from the book!</p>
<p>Well...I thought the Barrons tests were insanely hard. I don't think I even bothered to try to finish a whole test. I mainly used Barrons to see what topics I should study, and then I used my Pre-Calc book.
I ended up practicing with the online Sparknotes test, but I still found myself scoring low <700...maybe I wasn't concentrating?</p>
<p>Anyways, I thought the majority of the MathIIC was pretty easy except for a few towards the end. I know there was one matrix question which was totally random so I didn't know how to do it.</p>
<p>I omitted around 5 and ended up getting a 770.</p>
