APES: Smartypants-WAY SHORT

SwaGGeReR
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:31:24 +0000

You can literally read through the Smartypants book in a matter of hours. Contrasted against my Barron’s review books on other subjects, Smartypants is really condensed and doesn’t feel like it covers everything you need to know for the exam (although I’m not sure because I haven’t take the exam yet). Although CCers have praised Smartypants as the best ES review book, I’m wondering if it alone will be sufficient preparation in order to receive a 5 on the APES exam. I’ve taken Earth Science HN and Bio HN in school, but have yet to take AP Bio (will be taking it next year).

So is the Smartypants book alone sufficient to receive a 5 on the exam or must some other form of prep also be included?