<p>I've searched through previous boards and most people recommend Barrons (which, unfortunately, is not available at my nearby bookstore. Neither is Princeton's). As such, I've ended up with Kaplan's and Mcgraw-hill's prep. books for Math II. </p>
<p>Amazon.com has some horrible reviews regarding Mcgraw-hill's, and nothing for Kaplan's. Since not much has been mentioned about these two prep. books, does anyone know if they'll be helpful at all? </p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>I only used Kaplan for Math II. Got an 800. I have a history with Kaplan, as they have been my book of SAT success since 7th grade. I really didn't go over any chapters because I had taken a course in trig. The biggerst thing you have to learn is to process the information quickly, because its the time, rather than the difficulty of the problems. Its good to see the 3d planes explained, because I had never seen that before, but its not too bad. I'd say the curve is about right on. There seems to be a large Kaplan bias for whatever reason on these boards. I do not feel it prepared me as well as it could have for the SAT II in physics, but then again I really hadn't had or tried much in physics.</p>
<p>Thanks..I'll go with Kaplan then. Mcgraw-hill's seems to have a lot of stuff that may not be needed..not sure. Does anyone know much about that one?</p>
<p>I have Mcgraw's, but I didn't really get to use it much before the test, so I'm retesting. It looks like a fine book to me, I took like one practice test, and the actual test reflected a lot of the same types of questions.</p>
<p>I've just finished the review section for Algebra in Mcgraw-hill's..very basic stuff and some good pointers that I'd long forgotten. It seems to be more comprehensive than Kaplan's..I think I'll probably go with Mcgraw-hill's, especially since Kaplan's doesn't even have the Binomial theorem under Algebra..perhaps it has it elsewhere, but I couldn't find it. So that was one comparison I noted between the two..Kaplan is much more simplified..probably under-prepares.</p>