<p>The Barron's SAT II for Math IC misleads you.
It SPECIFICALLY pointed out some probability topics that wouldn't be covered on the IC. And guess what, the day I took the exam (last month) that topic came up and boom I had no clue how to do it. Thank god I only got that wrong and 1-2 others for a 760.</p>
<p>The Barron's SAT II for Physics book is the most boring piece of crap you've ever read. It's so damn textbookish that you'd want to fall asleep. They explain the SIMPLEST topics (such as refraction and indexes of refraction) in such a convoluted, lengthy, and boring way that the tougher topics are a pain to even grasp. </p>
<p>Conclusion: go for the princeton review or sparknotes SAT II review books, they're simpler, more to the point, and more colloquial. They actually give you real life and examples and talk to you as if you were a teenager, not some adult from the 40's.</p>
<p>dhy322, I hate Barron too. Just curious, why would you take SATII Match IC?</p>
<p>oneday, Barron's IIC is okay if you are an overachiever. It tells you stuff that you don't need to know and the practice tests are somewhat difficult. But if you score within the range of 750-800 on Barron, you are almost guaranteed a 800.</p>
<p>Even if you are on overachiever I still wouldn't recommend the 2C book. I remember using that book to study. I couldn't even finish the tests. On the real thing, I finished no sweat. That book had me worried sick for the Math 2C.</p>
<p>I would have to agree that Barrons is not the most encouraging series and probably not the most readable, but if you study it hard you do well. 800 on Math 2 was easy after Barrons prac tests. So was 780 on Physics after Barrons prep.</p>
<p>I guess its just a different style of studying - harder (and maybe more boring) to get on top of, but good for high scores if you master it.</p>
<p>for those of you taking math IIc,a word of advice, I absolutely hate barrons - I used it because people were "swearing" it got them higher score, but it's not true. I am satisified with my math score and i think it's because I knew how to do them already. first of all, the problems given by barrons is way too hard -the real questions are easier and pretty straight forward. I advise using sparknotes or pr so you get the flow of the questions rather than agonizing over parametric and vector things that rarely come up on real tests. also the practice problems really, really discourages you when you know how to do about 2/3 of the questions</p>