Ugh. so it's summer and my mom is bothering me about elevating my math skills, cause apparently i got no asian math genes. So which SAT math prep books did you guys use? (for either SAT I or SAT IIs) which ones are better?
thanks in advance. >.< i'm so screwed. procrastination is evil!!! (but it's so funnnn =] )
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Help! SAT math books? which one is good?
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 06:39 PM
REA book for math level II.
i got an 800 on the subject test.
i got an 800 on the subject test.
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Posted 13 July 2006 - 11:17 PM
SAT Math
- the blue book (official collegeboard one)
- Gruber's: its math portion is good, harder than the real test
SAT Math Level 2
- Kaplan's: pretty good.
- Barron's: MUCH too hard, it's like overpreparation, but if you do well on this you're guaranteed to do well on the real thing. even if you get 38+ out of 50 right on the practice tests you probably have a 800
- the blue book (official collegeboard one)
- Gruber's: its math portion is good, harder than the real test
SAT Math Level 2
- Kaplan's: pretty good.
- Barron's: MUCH too hard, it's like overpreparation, but if you do well on this you're guaranteed to do well on the real thing. even if you get 38+ out of 50 right on the practice tests you probably have a 800
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 09:44 AM
sparknotes. all of my friends who used it got 800's. i did too
but u should get another one too. dont use kaplan! it's way too easy...
but u should get another one too. dont use kaplan! it's way too easy...
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 11:51 AM
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 12:45 PM
QUOTE(mango.baby @ Jul 11 2006, 07:39 PM) 
REA book for math level II.
i got an 800 on the subject test.
what's REA?
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 05:52 PM
QUOTE(animeluverX @ Jul 14 2006, 04:45 PM)
what's REA?
(sorry for invading your thread, jvchou1316)
haha. no prob. i didn't know either but googled it. www.rea.com .... took me a while to find out that it stands for Research & Education Association, if that's what you're asking for. otherwise. isn't it just another test prep company?
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 05:58 PM
It's weird that the REA, Kaplan and Sparknotes Math 2 books mentioned here got extremely bad reviews :/
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Posted 14 July 2006 - 10:06 PM
^many people will agree with me in that sparknotes' tests are EXTREMELY similar to the real sat2. just my 2 cents
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Posted 15 July 2006 - 07:04 AM
Crap, I think I have a Kaplan's book for my Math II... I bought it a few months ago although I'm not talking the test until October.. GAR..
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Posted 15 July 2006 - 03:09 PM
AHEM
if anyone wants, i am selling my old sat math books...i have barron's, kaplan's, princeton's
see for yourself which one u like--im not selling my sparknotes cuz i gave it to a friend cuz she's taking 2c as well
so yeah, i basically bought all the books out there xD
if anyone wants, i am selling my old sat math books...i have barron's, kaplan's, princeton's
see for yourself which one u like--im not selling my sparknotes cuz i gave it to a friend cuz she's taking 2c as well
so yeah, i basically bought all the books out there xD
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 05:27 PM
oo. also :: is it better to take 2c or 1c? or take both?? >.<
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Posted 16 July 2006 - 05:42 PM
^2c, it looks better. i dont think uc's even accept 1c...
also 2c has a much higher curve. u can miss 8 raw points and get 800
1c, u miss one problem and there goes the 800
but of course 2c covers more advanced topics
personally i thot 1c was harder (i looked at the practice tests) cuz i suck at geometry 0--
also 2c has a much higher curve. u can miss 8 raw points and get 800
1c, u miss one problem and there goes the 800
but of course 2c covers more advanced topics
personally i thot 1c was harder (i looked at the practice tests) cuz i suck at geometry 0--
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