Books for my ap courses next year?

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<p>Can anyone please post the school textbook [not review book] that they or their school used in this AP Course [if there are more than one books for each course, please give me the best one]?</p>

<p>I will be taking:</p>

<p>AP World History
AP Statistics
AP Physics B
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetics
AP Environmental Science
AP Chemistry
AP Biology</p>

<p>definitely those…
as you can see, I want to go into pre-med…but</p>

<p>I am really really good at Geometry, Pre-Calculus, and Algebra.
I’ve noticed many sophomores and juniors are taking it, and since I have a strong background in math, Is it possible to self study Calculus AB? </p>

<p>Also, once you cancel an ap exam score before it is released, in my case psychology because I didn’t study at all, can you take the exam next year?</p>

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<p>Hmm… let’s see…</p>

<p>AP World History - World Civilizations: The Global Experience by Peter Stearns (curriculum is supposedly based upon this; nice in comparisons and overall analysis, but I personally felt it was a bit light on the history. Whatever, it worked wonders for this year’s test.)</p>

<p>AP Statistics - The Practice of Statistics by Yates, Moore, and Starnes (it’s problems are extremely useful for practice)</p>

<p>AP Environmental Science - Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions by G. Tyler Miller, Jr. (diagrams are really useful, recommended to me by the AP teacher at my school, since I self-studied this course this year)</p>

<p>AP Chemistry - Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown, Lemay, and Bursten. (problems that came with textbook are very useful, as is workbook that comes along with textbook. overall good book.)</p>

<p>AP Biology - *Biology *by Campbell and Reece. (very good textbook, but is long-winded and hard to study from initially. You need to get used to the writing before you really begin to learn from it. However, the book is wonderful for the APs.)</p>

<p>Can’t help you for the others; haven’t taken them yet. I take AP Physics next year. Oh, and yes, you should be able to take the course next year, even if you cancel the exam. The only consequence is that you wasted $83.</p>

<p>Time to hijack this thread for my own purposes. :P</p>

<p>Does anyone have textbooks for:</p>

<p>AP Comparative Government
AP US Government
AP European History
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Psychology
AP Art History</p>

<p>Wow… I’m taking 5 AP courses next year, and want to self-study 7 more. Someone tell me I’m crazy.</p>

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<p>hey, I took AP European History and the book is
A History of Western Society: Since 1300 [McKay, Hill, and Buckler]</p>

<p>and I took AP Euro this year, and my biggest piece of advice is study from the BOOK. Many people use review books and short summary guides like many of my friends did, and they all told me that they’ll be lucky if they get 2’s because all of the questions were from that book. I studied that book inside out and I am really confident I got a 5. </p>

<p>for AP Psychology –> Psychology in Modules: 7th edition. [David Myers]
Just like you, I will be taking it again next year, lol I totally failed the exam. But Barron’s is def. the best prep book.</p>

<p>So, can anyone please tell me the books, materials, and any advice needed for the remaining AP exams I plan to take next year…including my question about Calculus AB?</p>

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<p>AP Physics B - Physics by Giancoli </p>

<p>AP Physics C: Mechanics - Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetics - same as above</p>

<p>AP Chemistry - Although I like Brown a lot, I think Chemistry by Zumdahl is better</p>

<p>Calculus - The Calculus 7 by Leithold OR Calculus of a Single Variable by Larson</p>

<p>Honestly, if you’re good at algebraic manipulation, calculus will not be very hard to pick up. It may be easier if you used a prep book + a textbook…just a thought. I know Leithold can be a little overwhelming on certain topics – that’s when you use Larson. If both books fail to explain problem solving in depth, just use a prep book.</p>

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<p>You will need to have mathematical and scientific aptitude and dedicate the VAST majority of your time to studying to succeed with this.
Self-studying Calc AB would be easy for someone successful in math, especially if you had a parent who was an engineer or math major or anything similar.
Material from the end of Calc AB is required for Physics C.
AP Chem without any previous chemistry is going to be brutal.</p>

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<p>US GOVERNMENT: American Government by Wilson and Dilulio. The author is a little bit on the conservative side but overall I thought it was a really good book, not overly simplistic, very comprehensive.</p>

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<p>For Eurohistory ap:</p>

<p>definetly read a text book for a 5 (unless you’re very lucky or great at history?). The studyguides will cover everything but for example this year, the DBQ wasn’t covered in any of my 4 studyguides i used… luckily i happened to have read that chapter in our textbook this year. My class used the History of Western Civilization by McKay.</p>

<p>from my experience:
Cliffsap: easiest to read but not sufficient enough to read alone. i did very well on Cliff’s practice tests but found the actualy exam to be a little more difficult.
Princeton: good. harder questions than cliffs.
Modern European History by Birdsall Viault?: excellent book. a plethora of information, too much for the exam. but if you read it over time and finish it, you’ll know ALOT. it’s great to look up things and get quick, condensed information. heavy reading though.
Sparknotes powerpacks: it was alright. the flashcards were nice to play studygames with others studying for ehap.</p>

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<p>AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Art History
AP Comparative Government</p>

<p>books for these?..please give best one</p>

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<p>“AP Chemistry - Chemistry: The Central Science by Brown, Lemay, and Bursten. (problems that came with textbook are very useful, as is workbook that comes along with textbook. overall good book.)” - woah, I use that textbook in my Honors Chem class, lol. The AP Chem at my school uses Chemistry by Chang.</p>

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<p>Leithold’s The Calculus 7 is a pretty tough book; nonetheless, i like how it derives like everything so you can see the logic behind everything. tough problems though.</p>

<p>Campbell’s Biology is defintely recommended. its probably one of the best bio books out there. </p>

<p>and for physics, my school uses a giancolli book; however, i believe Raymond Serway’s physics is a much better alternative</p>

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<p>my bio class used campbell’s</p>

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<p>AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics
AP Art History
AP Comparative Government</p>

<p>books for these subjects [textbooks/good review books]???</p>