<p>couple of questions here:</p>
<p>-Is the TI 89 definitely worth picking up for this test ($150)?
-Will the TI 89 be valuable beyond the test (i.e. for honors calculus)?
-Hypothetically, let's say by some miracle i get an 800. Does this significantly boost my paltry 670 on the SAT I math? (I mean, will admissions officers see that i can obviously do college-level math and tend to give less weight to the SAT I and more to the SAT II.)</p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>BigE1508 - I am on the same exact boat that you're on. Please see my thread titled "TI-89 vs. TI-83" and you'll get a sense of what you should or should not get! :)</p>
<p>Of course an 800 would look good, but I think that is around 90th percentile, while and 800 SAT I math is 99th.</p>
<p>Yeah but the percentiles are misleading. Everyone takes the SAT I and this pulls down the average math score by a lot. Only math whizzes (for the most part) take the IIC so of course many more people (percent-wise) score 800.</p>
<p>SAT II = high school level math.
AP = college leve math.</p>
<p>Don't get a new calculator just for the test. You have to be familiar with your calculator in order to use it effectively. People get 800's with other graphing calculators such as the TI-83+.</p>
<p>So just for this test, the TI 83 is just as effective?</p>
<p>JUST FOR THE SAT II (and we'll pretend for a moment that money does not matter), is there any advantage to buying a TI 89 over a TI 83. And is there any advantage to buying a TI 83+ over a regular TI 83.</p>
<p>I do not care about calculus next year. Just for this test (the IIC) which calculator will do what i need it to do for this particular test?</p>
<p>i used 83+ on the test and got 800.....in my humble opinion, 83+ is easy to use</p>
<p>Apparently the 89 helps with speed and making less mistakes, but you have to be comfortable with it in order for it to help you.</p>
<p>whats the difference between 83 and 83+?</p>
<p>Will the 83 be able to do everything covered on the IIC?</p>
<p>That's my concern too, BigE1508.</p>
<p>of course 83 will.....IIC is only precalc level math...
i dont see any difference between 83 and 83+....maybe 83+ is a little bit faster</p>
<p>Yeah, there really is no significant difference between 83 and 83+. If there was, they would've made it a new calculator. I bet it's the speed and memory, not function capabilities.</p>
<p>I agree with theoneo; I am a 89 user, but it took a while to master all of its functions. Heck, I probably don't know all of it right now. It's better to have a calc that you're comfortable with, but if you can get your hands on an 89, are willing to spend the money, and can learn quickly...then yes, by all means go for it. It will probably help you in calculus; seeing how it does basically everything for you.</p>
<p>The guy at Best Buy just talked me into the TI 84+. Hope that will do.</p>
<p>84 and 83 are pretty much the same.....</p>
<p>You should check out some of the downloads for graphing calculators.
The person from Texas Instruments told me to look at this website:</p>
<p><a href="ftp://ftp.ti.com/pub/graph-ti/calc-apps/%5B/url%5D">ftp://ftp.ti.com/pub/graph-ti/calc-apps/</a></p>
<p>P.S. don't waste all your calculator's memory on games.</p>
<p>As for the SAT II overridding your SAT I grade, they are two separate tests; one's a proficiency (SAT II), and one's a reasoning (SAT;) the two tests are not comparable. If you scored well on the SAT II, it definitly will add some weight to your application. If your that dissatisfied with your math score, retake it.</p>