<p>I need an 800 (or close to 800) on the Math level 2. I am taking it this year either May or June. </p>
<p>My pre-calc class hasn't reviewed many of the material on the test yet, and by the time we have i'm worried that there will be very limited time to study. As a result, I have decided to attempt to teach myself the material.</p>
<p>I currently have Dr. John Chung's SAT Math II book. However, I am willing to buy any other book to help.</p>
<p>Do I have enough time to prepare? I am fairly advanced at math (at least by my school's standards) and I am willing to commit myself to intense studying. How should I plan out my stuying for this test that I will take in 2 or 3 months? And is there anything i absolutely NEED if I am going for a perfect score?</p>
<p>2 to 3 months is more than enough time! I would suggest buying the Barron’s book. It is much more challenging than anything you will come across in the exam (in fact some stuff like matrices I didn’t even come across in my exam), and by doing such, you will find the actual exam easy. I would say look through both books, and do lots of practice! If you get an answer wrong, figure out why it’s wrong and try to do problems like it to get rid of mistakes. If you come across a concept you do not know/understand and the book isn’t of any help, either try these forums or ask your math teacher (he/she would love to see you taking an interest in advanced math)!</p>
<p>I can attest to Barron’s being a big help. I got a 670 in October, then bought Barron’s and worked through quite a bit of it (although not all of it) and got a 790 in December.</p>
<p>Echoing everyone else, but it sounds like you have plenty of time. I reviewed for all of twenty minutes a couple days before with a Barron’s book, took the test while sick, and got a 790. If you think you’re fairly advanced at math, you should do fine on this.</p>
<p>I will say that the review books are not always that helpful - I took the January test and basically none of the “more advanced topics” were even covered (conics, etc) and the Barron’s did not do a very good job of reminding me about more basic topics that turned out to be pretty important…</p>