<p>I started studying something like two weeks before the test (bad idea, I know), but I still feel that the book was inadequate in certain areas and overly detailed in ALOT of other areas. </p>
<p>Soo...I'm re-taking in October working for probably 750+, and I'd like some suggestions for review books. It seems it would be in my best interest to get the CB book since it models the actual tests the most closely. However, maybe there are better choices and perhaps the new Barron's...</p>
<p>Definitely get the Official Collegeboard Study Guide. When I studied for the Math II, I got the Barron's Math II book and did the whole thing. It's pretty good. It reviews individual concepts like conics, matrices, etc. and then there are exercises, along with practice tests at the end. The only drawback is that the reviews can be kinda confusing. </p>
<p>After you do Barron's, you should get more SAT II Math II books from the library, and just do the practice tests in the back. Don't go through each and every book as it will be repetitive. Just do the practice to familiarize yourself with the test more and to recognize the types of recurring questions. </p>
<p>I believe you can miss around 4 questions and still get an 800, which would be around 5 omitted questions too.</p>
<p>imo don't use barrons unless if you're strictly aiming for an 800, because the material in it is harder than that of the test and there are quite a bit of extraneous material you wont need to know. i used princeton review and thought it was great. i scored low 600s on barrons, low 700s on princeton review but on the real test i scored a 780 (not perfect, but meh). so i think that the test is much easier than barrons and lil easier than princeton review.</p>
<p>What about Kaplan's SAT II Math 2 study book? I've looked through it and it seems a little bit easy... Anybody else have opinions on this? And how good is the official collegeboard math 2 book for reviewing? I took Honors Alg 2 (included trig, alg 2, and precalc) when I was a freshman and did Calc AB sophomore and Calc BC junior year (last school year), so I'm going to need a lot of review (but I noticed that matrices and vectors you can use calc on). Which book do you guys think is best for review? Official Collegeboard study guide hands down? or do you think princeton review and kaplan are also good?</p>
<p>angryasianman, you're definitely right. Kaplan's books are too easy to prep you for anything. I went through their SAT I math workbook, and it did nothing. I would get 99/100 questions correct, yet only 80/100 questions in the blue book. :( Best book (imo) is Barron's. They test harder than the real thing, so if you're able to go through the whole book, and get the hang of the type of math, you just might pull through with a fabulous score.</p>
<p>The Official Collegeboard Guide only really has practice tests I think. I don't remember it actually going through the material in detail like Barron's does. I still think Barron's is the best prep book.</p>
<p>I mostly used the Arco/Thomson Peterson's book for this one and felt that the difficulty level matched that of the actual test quite well (don't know about their other books). The Barron's and Princeton Review in my experience were harder than the actual test; I got 800s with the Arco book, 750 with the Princeton Review, and 800 on the real test.</p>
<p>I recommend the official book and the Barron's for math. The Princeton Review prep book for Math I and IIC is just ridiculously easy. Don't get me wrong. I would strongly recommend PR's prep books for chemistry, biology, and physics, just not math.</p>
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<li>From a 800er who used PR, Barron's, Official College Board book for Math I and II, and Kaplan</li>
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<p>hey i definitely recommend the princeton review. take a practice test first (i got like a 650) and then make sure and look through all the amazing strategies it offers. then take a test again and your score should improve (mine went up to a 750). The book only has like 2 practice tests, so the day before, I took one more practice test ( from barons) just at barnes and noble so i didn't have to buy a useless one. I was averaging around 750 and took the real thing. I left 6 blank and got an 800, so I guess I got most of the others right. Just PM me if you want any specific help or any more questions on study methods or somethign like that.</p>
<p>The tittle still calls it "Math level IIC" instead of "Math level II", which means that the book is pretty old, right? Is there a significant difference between this and the newer version of the Barron's Math II?</p>