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i've always been good at math...and i get consistent 800's on SAT:math but i'm in Ap cal right now as sophomore...so I feel i should prolly get the SAT2:IIC out of the way...but,

i looked at some practice problems on Collegeboard site (which are generally the hardest ones) and they were all material that I forget...!!!! I mean i somewhat remember howing to compound interest continuously or monthly..but i forget the formulas, i'm not yet in physics, and i forget vectors from geometry...The IIC seems kinda hard from what i got from the Practice problems (especially the annoying geometry)...

Does anybody have advice as to what i should do? Should I buy a book or just study for about an hour(i bet all this •••• will come back real fast)....

Basically, anybody who has scored 700+, can you tell me what your story is like and what gave u success on the SAT II: Math iic---ALSO

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO DO SEQUENCES ON THE TI-89??Thanks... all sort, geometric, algebraic, and arithmetic.

By Nocalguy (Nocalguy) on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 12:24 am: Edit

I got a 800 SAT II (only 760 on SAT I math, but that was abnormal for me). The curve is pretty huge so you can miss a fair amount of problems and still get a 800. About 9% of the takers get 800. I would just buy a practice book and memorize all of the formulas you need to know and do some practice problems and get into practice using a calculator again. I don't know about you, but I havn't been allowed to use a calculator on any of my Calc. tests this year.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 01:09 am: Edit

The test is basically PreCalclus, Algebra, and Misc (statistics, combinations, sequeces, etc). And I have no idea what vectors are (never learned it). So pickup a

By Dferraro (Dferraro) on Thursday, March 20, 2003 - 11:45 am: Edit

you start using Calculators in calculus when you get to the volume and 3d ••••--but even then some teachers make it bitchy.

By Lobi (Lobi) on Friday, March 21, 2003 - 07:01 am: Edit

Hiya,

Did you cram the Identities? Nocalguy, how did you prep for the IIc. What other subjects did you take?

By Cornellian07 (Cornellian07) on Friday, March 21, 2003 - 01:19 pm: Edit

I can tell you the math 2C was hard, but not THAT hard. I got the Barrons book. When I took the first test, I got somewhere around 650. After looking over each problem I got wrong, and taking every test in the book, I got an 800 on the real thing. So I recommend the Barrons book, because it has like 8 practice tests in it.

By Dferraro (Dferraro) on Friday, March 21, 2003 - 03:58 pm: Edit

I got the Kaplan book only because I heard tht the bArron's didnt simulate the actual test and there were tons of errors.

I'm sure the Kaplan will do just fine.

By Nocalguy (Nocalguy) on Friday, March 21, 2003 - 04:26 pm: Edit

I had the Barron's book as well. I did a few 2-3 practice tests and mostly read about what you needed to know. Since I was talking Precalc. at the time, most the stuff in Math 2C I had just learned at school which was a plus for me. I also took Writing and Chemistry SAT II's.