@ypmagic No idea. I don’t have a copy of that book on hand.
@Synonyms and @ypmagic : Lol I actually have no idea what book that test is from, I just found it online by googling “SAT Math level 2 practice tests”. I only got halfway through that test before just quitting because it was too hard and was definitely dissimilar from an actual SAT math level 2 test. I just took the Barrons Diagnostic Test and also scored an 800 (missed 3) with around 15 minutes to spare, so that test is WAY harder than anything you would find on an actual exam.
@JuicyMango Agree wholeheartedly. Let’s just stick to Barron’s and the official tests.
So does anyone have any other tips/study plans on sat ii math other than just going through the Barron’s book?
How do you guys think about McGraw book? Is easier than actual test or not?
@zoannguyen Yea i feel like it is quite easier as well.
@dopefresh me either! And I found 2 practice tests in here! It’s hard! 
https://www.varsitytutors.com/sat_ii_math_ii-diagnostic-tests
Is anyone else getting wrecked by the Barron’s practice tests? I especially hate the problems that require you to use a calculator because I’m the type of person who tries to algebraically solve everything.
loll barrons practice is killing me. i also forgot everything about conics, its going to be so fun to relearn that…
I can relate. Taking Calc BC now, should have taken this test in middle school or something. Lateral area of a pyramid, when did I learn this? 
Are the official College Board practice tests available online anywhere?
^As far as I know, no. You can go to a Barnes and Nobles near you and just take the tests there, that’s what I did. You save money as well :).
Haven’t started studying yet and I’m taking it in June, I’m definitely screwed.
Okay now that I’m into the actual tests it’s pretty hard. I got a 620 on Barron’s Model Test 4. I did not have enough time to do about a quarter of the problems.
^Its OK I also only got a 710 on that test so I was pretty bummed, but I took the collegeboard offical test and got an 800 so Barron’s is way harder.
Hi!
I’m taking the subject test in India. I went through the Barron’s book but I averaged like a 760 - 800 on each test. Was it some anomaly or are the tests not as hard as everyone think it to be.
I’ll be using a scientific calculator (graphing ones are too expensive). So any tips that can help me save time on the test and also tackle a few graphing questions? This will also be the first time I use a calculator on a test. Never used calculators for math ever before
Also, are we allowed to program certain functions into the calculator beforehand?
Finally, any good source on the internet for conics section? This is the one section that I struggle with sometimes. Particularly with ellipses.
Thanks!
@mumbai98 If you did well on the practice tests, good for you! Perhaps they are not as hard to you as they are to others, but at the very least you can be assured that you’ll do well on the real test.
You can program anything you want onto your calculator/write anything into your calculator.
@mumbai98 Well, I think the first thing you should do is to familiarize yourself with your calculator. Really familiarized. Since it’s kind of like, you third hand and second brain rolled into one. It’s no use having a calculator if you don’t know how to effectively use one.
I use a scientific calculator instead of a graphing one too because I can’t handle parting ways with my baby after 5 fruitful years of our love. For the graphing questions, I usually either roughly graph the line by estimation when it’s a only a line or use derivative when they ask you to graph a more complex shapes. Deriative, with its wide applications, is a VERY powerful tool to have in your arsenal even though I think that it’s a bit overkill for the SAT. Oh well, it’s not like you won’t meet it again once you get to college, so I really recommend that you learn it if you still have time.
Baron’s is definitely harder than the actual thing, as proven by the complaints of generations of students. I don’t know about the Indian education system, but if it’s anything like my country’s, it would have been unusual to NOT get at least 750 in the subject tests. Seriously, compared to the math test of the university entrance exam, this test, from the few practice tests I’ve done, is so heavenly it’s kind of suspicious. Hence why, to most international students, the deciding factor is not the SAT 2 but the SAT.
Although, as my teacher used to say, don’t oversleep over the hill of victory. Be extra careful when you do the actual test because for an Asian student, the optimal score is not 750 or 760. It’s 800.
Huh, I find that the conic section in the Baron’s is pretty comprehensive already. Maybe you just need to get used to the type of questions?
@Synonyms Oh I’m actually done with most of the calculus part (I know PDEs to some point and the derivative/integrations as much as a high schooler in India should). I actually use them for the graphs, to find the maxima and the minima and even on a few algebra questions. It is surely a very powerful tool! I think that olympiad prep also had a huge hand in making this stuff easy for me.
I think that my performance on the practice tests has been good because like you, even I have studied quite a lot of math for my country’s entrance exam.
I did go through the conics section material in both Barron’s as well as PR today. Don’t find it difficult anymore 
I’m trying to get used to the calculator in such a short timespan but it is turning out to be a challenge. As noted earlier, this will be the first time I use a calculator for academic math purposes, let alone an examination
Anyway, best of luck to you (and @Kyuutoryuu too) for the math subject test
@mumbai98 Good luck to you, too! Hope you’ll get acquaintance with your calculator in time for the test.