<p>Okay, so I've heard a lot of different things about this. On the one hand, colleges want you to take the IIc since it's the highest level, yadda yadda yadda. Yet, I've also heard from someone with a college consuelor that taking the Ic is better because even if you get like a 740 on the IIc, you'll be around 57th percentile (these are just random numbers) so it's better to just take the easier one.</p>
<p>I've been studying (aka i bought a book and haven't opened it yet) for the IIc but you basically choose which one to take when you get to the test. So which is better, IIc and or Ic? And, what's on the Ic anyway?</p>
<p>I know a lot of people that have taken both and almost all did better on the IIc. You can leave somewhere around 5-10 blank and STILL get near an 800. I'd say go with the IIc. You've learned the material for it, you might as well just do it (and most likely get a better score).</p>
<p>well, i'm not. i'm actually not bad at math, in terms of comprehension, but i'm bad at math tests, under time limits. then again, the IIc stuff is basically what we were doing in precalc last year, so in a sense, i'm more familiar with it.</p>
<p>The contents of IIC is more difficult, but getting 750+ is easier.
Because to IIC, You can leave 7 blanks and still get an 800; while to IC, you will get a 790 due to writing only ONE wrong answer.</p>
<p>just think about it. Do you know the IC information (up to about algebra II ish) perfectly or do you know about 80% of the IIC (about algebra 2 and precalculus).</p>
<p>hate to disagree with the college counselor, but, IMO, adcoms really don't care about the percentiles.....750 is 750. Morever, Math 1 is not necessarily "easier"....since it only covers basic algebra and Geom at teh college prep level, the questions need to be somewhat ambiguous for CB to get a curve. As a result, the farther you are away from Geom, the more you are likely to forget....search the threads and you'll find posts from kids last year who were taking Calc but barely scored a 700 on Math 1.</p>
<p>fwiw: if you are contemplating an engineering school, then Math 2 is a de facto requirement. Also, the UC's will no longer accept Math 1, just in case you were planning on applying OOS.</p>
<p>I've posted this a bunch of times, but here it is again. S is a strong math student but it isn't his particular passion. He finished a good pre-calc course at a prep school, did not prep for the IIC and got a 680. He thought it was really hard. He got a 740 on IC which is 95 percentile. He did not prep for it either. My niece took calculus at Ursinus in sophomore year and got a 4 on the AP test. She bombed IIC (very little prep) with a 570.<br>
If you are not a strong math student and/or are not going to prep a lot, stay away from IIC.</p>
<p>I signed up for 3 SAT II's and I'm feeling less confident about the french. Would it be reasonable to take both Ic and IIc? I've taken Calc, but I don't remember all of it.</p>
<p>soccerfantastic...i've heard of a lot of colleges only accepting the higher level math. If you only take Ic, they only count Ic. If you take Ic and IIc, they only count IIc. I've heard from OTHER places that they just look at the top 2 or 3 scores. How less confident on French are you is the question.</p>