<p>Hey everyone I'm going to starting studying for the Chem SAT II and the Math SAT II.</p>
<p>For Math II i have Barrons and sparknotes. And for Chem i have barrons and PR. </p>
<p>My question is what don't i need to know from these books, especially Barrons. I heard for math and chem they overprepare you. Which concepts should i not waste my time on??</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Barron's sat ii chemistry doesnt overprepare you that much, but I perfectly agree that Barron's sat ii math lvl 2 overprepares you big time (have used both). You don't have to memorize formulas they tell you to memorize. Some questions are ridiculous, so just skip them. I wish I had the book to tell you exactly which sections are worthless (o well). I got 800 without going through all. (I think I covered first 5 chapters or so)</p>
<p>Do
not
use
Barron's
Math
Level
2
at
all.</p>
<p>It doesn't overprepare; it misleads you. And the sections that are relevant are shrouded by convoluted language. I recommend PR. As for Chem, I recommend Barron's and PR.</p>
<p>for barron's chem.....don't worry too much over the lab problems. know the basics, but there are some real nitpicky details in the barron's book that really confused me. i only got through about a third of the book before taking the test last june and still did fine. </p>
<p>the only question i skipped was about balancing an equation...i thought it was redox and therefore skipped it because i figured it would take too long. unfortunately, when i came home and told my mom about it, we realized it was a plain and simple normal equation that would have taken me no more than twenty seconds to figure out if i wasn't so nervous.</p>
<p>so the most important thing to do is relax. also, i'm planning on taking math 2c this year...how is barron's going for you on that?</p>