<p>Okay, so I took math through "honors precalculus" at my school so I'd thought that I was prepared for the math level 2 test. It seems, however, that my knowledge base is akin to swiss cheese since our teacher skips over so much/goes very slowly. </p>
<p>What books should I get in order to study everything I need to get an 800 on the test?</p>
<p>Barron's IIC study guide... it's really thorough, although it's more hard than the actual test.</p>
<p>I took honors pre-cal last year..yet I hadn't heard of the subject tests, so (darnit) i didn't take math 2. I'm trying to relearn pre-cal in like 2 weeks from the princeton review book, so I'm basically gunna be studying out of that.</p>
<p>I'd recommend Barron's too. From my experience, the Princeton Review and other test prep books are easier than the actual test, while Barron's goes the other direction. It's better to be overprepared than underprepared, as long as you don't freak out because of your practice test scores.</p>
<p>That, and review your geometry concepts. A few questions from my test had to do with geometric properties related to circles, angles, etc.</p>
<p>So Barron's covers all the material I need?</p>
<p>I didn't personally use Barron's for Math IIC, but I imagine it'll cover almost -- if not all -- of the material you'll need to know.</p>
<p>Save the formulas onto your calculator and make sure you know what the variables stand for.</p>
<p>I used Kaplan, Barron's, and Princeton Review.</p>
<p>The PR practice tests were definitely the closest to the actual May test; Barron's was challenging, and Kaplan was just right.</p>
<p>i used the barron's book to prepare and took practice tests from PR and barron's.. and i thought both of their practice tests were harder than the actual test
i would also suggest using barron's.. but don't be discouraged it cuz the actual test was a lot easier</p>
<p>I'm going to use Barron's for the June test, hopefully the book will help me out for the final too, that'd be sweet. :)</p>
<p>i'm using the princeton review book for the june test. i would recommend it. i've had the most horrible teachers and the book does a good job of explaining the material that some of my teachers missed. it also shows ways to really beat the tricks made by ETS...</p>
<p>princeton-decent..i think, never used it
kaplan-simple, bad, full of errors
barron-75% redundant bs, practice tests are horrible and irrelevant, but the practice is decent</p>
<p>how's mcgraw hill?</p>
<p>Barron's - It covers everything on the test and then some. Terribly inefficient.</p>
<p>Kaplan - This book has the best structure. Diagnostic, then follow-up tests. However, it lacks instructional pages. Also, it ignores some important concepts on the test (i.e. even vs odd functions, inverse functions, matrices, polar coordinates, permutations with repetition, etc.). Practice tests are solid.</p>
<p>PR - Offers helpful strategies and concise explanations. It gives students more of a game plan going into the test. Practice tests are solid.</p>
<p>It's important to realize that the PR and Kaplan books prioritize and focus on what is tested most often. As a result, the books ignore some concepts that are periodically tested on the Math 2. In contrast, Barron's covers everything that could be tested. Unless you're studying for a pre calc final and the Math 2, I think this approach is terribly inefficient.</p>
<p>i would go with barron's if you want a 800, all my friends (me included) who went through the barron's book got 800
i wrote a guide for amazon, you might want to look at it
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/1N5UM5XTP04MG/ref=cm_sylt_byauthor_title_full_1%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/1N5UM5XTP04MG/ref=cm_sylt_byauthor_title_full_1</a>
its just how i studied
and you can't go without the graphing calculator's Solve function on TI-89s saves you time and less chances of stupid mistakes!</p>