<p>Salve: I haven’t used it personally, but I’ve heard from many people that:</p>
<p>a) Kaplan isn’t very good (esp. b/c it has errors), and
b) Books that combine Physics B & C tend to have a disproportionate amount of material for B.</p>
<p>ok, thanks knowah! I’m going to get seperate books for Physics C because I realize that a lot favor more of B than C.</p>
<p>@ Knowah- I used Barrons’ for Psych and absolutely loved it; easy 5. A friend of mine used 5 steps, loved it, and 5’ed the test. We had a joke of a class with raggedy old textbooks and just taught ourselves from our prep books. Easy stuff.</p>
<p>Thanks. It seems like a really easy test; just memorization of people, the brain, conducting studies, etc.</p>
<p>I took AP Psych and used the Barron’s book. It was missing some stuff, but it was very good. Try more than one book especially if you are self-studying. What one book may not pick up on another might. It is not a hard test, you would do fine. It is all memorization and knowing terms.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about getting the Barron’s… I found the 5 steps book at Half Price Books for a few bucks and couldn’t resist… Also, when should I start studying? I’m thinking about reading the book around the new year and then reviewing before the test. Is reading the book twice adequate?</p>
<p>Get the Barron’s just in case, it will be nice to have both. Also, start studying right away. With Psychology it’s not that hard to do well, so if you start studying earlier but for less time a day you will be in great shape. Here’s what I suggest: Get Barron’s and go through the book about 2 times before April. Maybe take notes, do all the practice problems and assess yourself with the tests in the back. If you want maybe you should take one of the tests before you are even done getting through the book just to see how you are doing so far. Then, during April or even March and April, go through the 5 Steps to a 5 book. This will give you a good refresher and maybe fill you in on stuff you may not have seen in Barron’s. Then take those practice tests maybe during the two weeks before the test. Also during those two weeks go on collegeboard and get all of the FRQs on there and do one a day. You will be extremely prepared and if you do this I assure you that you are guaranteed a 5 on the test. So because of Barron’s depth that will almost be like your textbook during the year and 5 steps will give you the quick review before the test. GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>Thanks a ton. It’s great being able to talk to people who actually self-study and know what to do. Almost no one at my school self-studies.</p>
<p>I think we have the Annotated Mona Lisa for art history already, but I’d like to add the Annotated Arch, which is (as you may be able to deduce) basically the same thing but for architecture. I know my teacher didn’t cover much architecture, and it is a fairly sizable portion of the test, so don’t neglect it!</p>
<p>Making sure the book list is right for next year.</p>
<p>I’m taking two AP classes and partially self-studying 2 from IB Classes (Physics SL and HOA HL) and AP Euro from AP World last year. I also my take Economics and Government at my local community college and self study the rest of the info. And IB English doesn’t cover the AP English info, but I might take it anyway.</p>
<p>AP Statistics - Barrons
AP Computer Science A - Be Prepared for the AP Computer Science Exam in Java; Barrons
AP Physics B (Partial Self-Study) - Princeton Review
AP US History (Partial Self-Study) - Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination (AMSCO)
AP European History (Partial Self-Study) - Modern European History; Princeton Review
AP Macroeconomics (Community College) - Princeton Review
AP Microeconomics (Community College) - Princeton Review
AP Government (Community College) - Princeton Review
AP English Lang - CliffsAP</p>
<p>Just checking to see if every book is the best for the test. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>It seems that nobody can settle on a good review book for Physics B. What are your recommendations, CC? This is not for self-study; I’m taking the class.</p>
<p>I heard Princeton Review is pretty good.</p>
<p>Amazon begs to differ. In fact, there seems to be no really good review book for AP Physics B. I’d prefer a book that covered only B, but I’d be willing to look at a combined B/C book if necessary.</p>
<p>I think the best reviewed Physics B (and C) book on Amazon is 5 Steps to a 5. It is supposed to be very good for B, but not good at all for C. So it might work if you are planning on taking the B test.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for Environmental Science?</p>
<p>I’m having a hard time picking out a textbook/prep book…</p>
<p>These were very helpful for me:</p>
<p>Physics C: Barron’s (along with class)
Chem: Barron’s (a year after taking intro chem course)
Psych: Barron’s and David G. Myers’ Psychology as a more comprehensive textbook
Environmental Science: Barron’s (read it the night before, got a 4)
Comparative Government: Ethel Wood’s prep book (same as above)</p>
<p>Comp Sci, Calc, Bio: trusted my teachers :p</p>
<p>Barron’s Econ book was too full of acronyms that weren’t at all necessary and though it may be a good review book, was not very helpful for self-teaching. Barron’s APUSH book doesn’t actually review history, just testing strategies.</p>
<p>I’m self-studying World History for the SAT Subject test in Oct. and then from there to the AP. I was thinking for now I’d get</p>
<p>Barron’s for SAT
PR for AP</p>
<p>…so as to diversify, but have enough detail for an 800 on the Subject Test and set up well for AP study. Haven’t studied for WH before though, are these decent choices?</p>
<p>I am taking AP Biology next year, so I ordered the Cliffs prep book. When I got the book, I noticed it was the 2nd Edition. Is it different enough to buy the current 3rd Edition?</p>
<p>someone-else - I used Barron’s for both. I got a 5 on the AP exam and a 690 on the SAT (there were some ridiculous questions in there). However, I think that PR does a better job of presenting things like changes/continuities, comparisons, etc.</p>
<p>jaredririe - you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>hmm here’s my recommendations</p>
<p>CHEM-PR (i thought this was amazing! got me through the class and a 5! and i’m definitely not a science genius. haha farrr away from it)
Barrons is ok but I just didn’t like the format. And PR is easier to read</p>
<p>EURO-CliffsAP worked just fine with me. But then again, my teacher gave us a review test each day the week before. </p>
<p>ENG LANG-CliffsAP I guess. Didn’t really prepare for this..hah. It had a good section of literary terms though and lots of practice tests (which I thought were SO much harder than the real one)</p>
<p>ECON-PR works just fine for both macro and micro. We didnt have 5steps to a 5 at barnes n nobles when i went but i checked it out the other day when i was there and it looks pretty good too. I was completely clueless about econ but PR got me through the test!</p>
<p>HUMAN GEOGRAPHY-Barrons. Good info..</p>