<p>I've just bought Barron's Math IIC, and I found it to be pretty insane. I am a junior in AP Calc AB, and Math IIC even had a couple Calc BC topics such as integration. (although no derivatives, etc).</p>
<p>Do these really appear on the Math 2, or is the Barron's book way took overprepping the reader?</p>
<p>Although I've never taken the Math IIC, most people on these boards say Barron's is way harder than the real thing.</p>
<p>Definitely no integration or derivatives. In fact, when I studied for that test I had to "lose" some of my calculus thoughts and think like a precalc student. Barrons is ridiculous; if you are a good math student, you shouldn't need to study too much; I recommend you buy the CB Offical SAT Subject Test Book for Math (or for all of them, if you plan on taking several), and just do the practice test. It is pretty comprehensive and will show you where you stand.</p>
<p>I just got my Barrons today and its a joke. I expected more from them :(</p>
<p>I took precal honors last year and made a high B and got an 800 on IIC. Trust me, it's easier than ANY review book out there.</p>
<p>thnx for clearing stuff out! I opened Barrons and I was like... cr*p!</p>
<p>I barely hit a 600's on Barron's, but got a 770 on the real thing. Well, I could have gotten a 800 if I did not make silly mistakes. I hope it makes sense to you!</p>
<p>For the record, integration is a Calc B topic, so you'll be hitting that up this semester.</p>
<p>Barron's books generally overprepare. The fair game topics for the SAT Subject Test Math Level 2 test are all precalculus topics. A thorough knowledge of precalculus math is enough to score an 800.</p>
<p>Everyone agrees that Barron's over prepares. I think the "5 more practice tests for Math IIC" from Sparknotes is the most accurate. Sparknotes isn't really good with any other test except for IC ad IIC for some reason.</p>
<p>I did all the tests in Barrons, and got raw scores around 27-33.
Then recently I went ahead and took the official two tests in the college board book.
760 and 780 were the results, and the i finished the 780 8 mins early. So yea, barrons definitely helps. Dont study the book, rather study the online sparknotes book (if you havent bought it). And use barrons for its test.
Thats the way to go, in my opinion.</p>
<p>I heard it is very easy</p>
<p>i got an 800 with 0 prep freshman yr - it's pretty much a joke if you're good at math; if you're not, however, it will be a challenge I guess</p>
<p>The Jan test is pretty easy. Unlike the December one .. which was CRAZY.</p>
<p>Yea, i agree^</p>
<p>I did my Math Level 2 test (Jan) today and it was hard...many of my friends thought it was quite hard too. Yes, the december test was hard too, but it didn't vary that much in comparison with the Jan test. (I took it both times)</p>
<p>who else took the test? can we discuss answers after 1pm today?</p>
<p>My D just took it today, too. She said it was fairly easy as comparing to Barron's book.</p>
<p>umm. so i thought todays test was hard. compared to the practice college board tests i took at home, a few of the problems today were hard.</p>
<p>i heard from someone that college board changed the scoring? and that you could only miss 2 or 3 to get an 800 instead of 4 or 5? is this true?</p>
<p>^WHAT ?? You've got to be kidding me. That's so unfair ! :S</p>