<p>Hi,
I’m practicing w/5 Steps. Is it just me or…are there really a lot of typos in the answer explanations?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I’m in AP Chemistry and I’m easily one of the worst students in the class, but Princeton Review is the way to go for that class. If not that, Barron’s.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’m using those but I’m running out of practice problems. My friend recommended me 5 Steps b/c his friend used it & got a 5. I don’t know. It’s best to know the info but some prep books confuse me. 5 Steps was good for bio tho.</p>
<p>PS: Best of luck. I’m also doing pretty badly in my AP Chem class.</p>
<p>I love PR for AP Chem. </p>
<p>I need to check out Barrons though.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Never used it, but heard 5-to-5 has a lot of typos. </p>
<p>Barrons has way too much information. Like they went so deep into nuclear chemistry when the AP test usually only has one or two questions on it. </p>
<p>PR is the best.</p>
<p>Thanks. I came across a question that asks for the colors of ionic compounds (based on cation)</p>
<p>& another question asks for the colors of solutions of cations</p>
<p>& the colors are different for cations in compounds & cations in solutions…</p>
<p>my chemistry teacher has pretty good credentials (she graded AP Exams back in the day and i’m sure she failed people left and right) and she says 5 steps to a 5 is really lousy</p>
<p>Kiefer, sometimes colors are different for the same cation, depends on the compound.
Like copper compounds/solutions can be blue or green.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Ok, I guess 5 Steps is lousy. There are some random questions, too, that probably won’t appear on the AP Exam. </p>
<p>Another question:/</p>
<p>Anyone else used Cliffs AP Chemistry? I’m using it but no one else seems to be…</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>bump plz???</p>
<p>5 steps to a 5 sucks for me, too</p>
<p>bump anyone?</p>
<p>some love 5 steps, some hate it…</p>
<p>According to my chem teacher, Cliff isn’t that good. But I personally have never read it. </p>
<p>I used 5 to 5 for physics, and it actually was helpful. Never used it for chem, though.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’m going a little crazy & doing a lot of practice problems. It seems like a lot of these prep materials aren’t really like the actual exam. I’m using Barron’s & Princeton Review, too, which are OK. Barron’s is not really like the actual exam, though.</p>
<p>I got so frustrated this morning with Cliffs that I threw it away. Literally.</p>
<p>i agree with paved and most others… my teacher and most people i’ve talked to recommend pr. i just bought the book and love it - simple, to the point, but has everything you need to know. good luck!</p>