<p>hey guys,
I'm taking the sat in june, and I'm preparing with Barron's right now, which is ridiculusly hard. Do u really have to kno conic formulas for the actual sat? And do u have any advice for the test? Is the test in order of difficulty?? Wut kind of questions r most often encountered on the level II test? and how many mistakes can u make to still get an 800? How was april's curve?</p>
<p>best wishes</p>
<p>Yes, the test is definitely in order of difficulty.</p>
<p>As for what's on the test, check this out: <a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/math2c/chapter2section1.rhtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/math2c/chapter2section1.rhtml</a></p>
<p>^ Look at the second table.</p>
<p>In general, I think you can miss 7 or 8 or something to still get an 800, but of course it varies.</p>
<p>did u have to solve anything involving conic sections?</p>
<p>Yeah, you do, I think.</p>
<p>on average, you can miss 8 max to get an 800. good luck!</p>
<p>yes conics are on there but i didn't have one on my test. which is good b/c i HATE conics.</p>
<p>I asked this already, but how MUCH harder is barrons....I don't get how it can get easier. I'm missing like 20...but I mean I don't get how it can be "harder"</p>
<p>i never used this book but from what i heard, my best friend who's a math genius missed 20 or so and ended up getting 800 on the exam. i think that if you feel that you know you're stuff, you'll do well on the exam whether you've had similar exams or not.</p>
<p><em>gosh</em> lol</p>
<p>It's bothering me that they don't make it like the test. I mean I know that harder prepares you more, but also you dont know what the real thing is like.</p>
<p>Yeah... I'm trying my hardest to master Barron's material, but if I score as well as I'm hoping to on the real thing, I'll probably feel like I wasted a bunch of time studying unnecessary things...</p>
<p>But I guess there's really no way around that if you want to be truly over-prepared. It's just a question of how much time you want to put into it. I think that Barron's should acknowledge that their tests are so hard, and explain that you can probably expect to get 5-10 (or whatever) more questions right on the actual test.</p>
<p>Around what number on the barron's test would the hardest question on the real one come from?</p>
<p>Good question. I'd love to know that myself.</p>
<p>I took it in October of last year(wasn't even in pre-calc). I recieved a 750 . But I LOVE math so maybe thats why. The curve is generous and I found it VERY easy. Oh and I am pretty sure i missed 8 or 9.</p>
<p>Also I didn't see a single conic (maybe except for parabolas and not even with focus or directrix). Ya but missing 8 or 9 gives about a 750 for me.</p>
<p>Hm... some ppl say u can probably miss 8 and still get an 800, some ppl say that missing 8 will get u 750... <em>confused</em>
Do u guys kno where I can get official practice material except from the official sat II book? do they have a free version on collegeboard.com?
I just took a barron's test today and scored a 28, which is ridiculous cos I'm in calc II and have an A...</p>
<p>^ Calculus does not gurantee a high score on the 2C, nor the AMC/AIME, for that matter.</p>
<p>I finished Calculus BC last year (soph) and I qualified for AIME for 2 years in a row. Yet I still cannot score 800 on the 2C.</p>
<p>how good are sparknote tests for iic</p>
<p>guys usually the maximum you can miss is 4 for an 800 because thats basically 5 off. I missed 8 or 9 and got a 750. The curve for this test I think isn't that bad.. just don't fret. I wanted to take it again actually :p because i wanted the 800.</p>
<p>I think you can miss like 5 questions. [(50-43)/1.25] = 5</p>
<p>But since the curve is usually static at 43/50 for 800, you can omit 7 and ace the rest.</p>
<p>I consistently get ~41-46 (out of 50) on Barrons practice tests; I hope that translates into an 800 on the real thing.</p>
<p>Guys it's not ALWAYs going to be miss 7 at most... not for my test....</p>
<p>How can you know for sure? Maybe you got one wrong that you had not accounted for.</p>