<p>Has anyone tried the Cliffnotes verison of AP Government and Politics? Is it worth getting (the reviews on Amazon seem kinda promising..)</p>
<p>I tried Cliffsnotes for Gov. It was really really good. If you know everything it goes over you are at least guaranteed a 4. I got a 4 on the test with a horrible teacher. So a good class+Cliffs Gov=Epic Win! Get it, it’s a good one.</p>
<p>is PR enough for complete self study of Gov US politics?</p>
<p>^^ Thanks!</p>
<p>Okay, I read through this entire thread and have narrowed my choices down to 2 books for each of my APs and I can’t decide between some of them, so maybe someone could help me out 
but i’m NOT not going to get a prep book for any of these. I NEEED one for every ap =/</p>
<p>AP Environmental Science
SmartyPants or Barron’s (If I can’t find the smartypants one in a bookstore, I’m buying the Barron’s)</p>
<p>AP Statistics
Barron’s or Princeton Review</p>
<p>AP Spanish Lang
REA or Barron’s</p>
<p>AP Physics C
Princeton Review or Barron’s</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC
Peterson’s or Princeton Review (I kind of wanna get both)</p>
<p>AP English Literature
Barron’s or CliffsAP</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help, it is much appreciated! =D</p>
<p>Env science. Barrons
Stats barrons
Physics c. Princeton
Calc. Princeton
Ap spanish.. nothing is better prep than doing your homework
Ap lit. Nothing can sub for a class but cliffsap is good</p>
<p>Can anyone suggest a good prep book for ap economics</p>
<p>ok thankss</p>
<p>princeton review allll the way for econ.</p>
<p>ok thanks! What about Physics B? Princeton Review seems to be favored but 5 steps to a 5 gets really good reviews on Amazon. I don’t want to buy both and I would like something detailed with good explanations since I have never taken a Physics course before.</p>
<p>Can someone tell me if these books are ok?</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC: Princeton Review
AP Micro/Macro Economics: 5 Steps to a 5
AP Chemistry: Princeton Review
AP Biology: CliffsAP
AP Physics B: Princeton Review</p>
<p>Just still not sure about Econ. Don’t know if I should trust Amazon reviewers or CC’ers choice of PR.</p>
<p>R-KATT,
All good choices. I had a friend who used 5 Steps for Econ and it seemed good. The problem with PR is that it is very general, it doesn’t go to much into detail. I used PR, but I also had a great class with an awesome teacher. 5 Steps seems to be more comprehensive (although I haven’t actually read it). I got a 5 on the Econ test, but I don’t think it was just PR that did that. Otherwise, I’d say all of your choices are good.</p>
<p>What are the best review books for AP Calculus AB?
Opinions welcome; thank you! (:</p>
<p>Peterson’s. It covers both calc AB and calc BC exceptionally well. It’s absolutely massive for a review book, however, so don’t expect to bring it to school constantly.</p>
<p>I’m taking: AP Physics B, AP US History, AP English (11th grade, I think it was AP Language, but not sure), and AP Psychology.</p>
<p>Which prep books are the most helpful for each subjects?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>AP Physics B - Princeton Review or Kaplan, go to the store and determine which you like more.
AP US History - AMSCO and Princeton Review (if only one, get AMSCO)
AP English Language - CliffsAP
AP Psychology - Barrons</p>
<p>For calculus B/C, I fully fully fully recommend Princeton. It taught me essentially everything, as I had a crappy teacher. It’s also a fun read, so you can get through it. The people are pretty conversational, they even make fun of themselves and the AP writers.</p>
<p>I’d also recommend Princeton for US History. I read through their review section in the two days before the test…that was pretty much all my review for that. Again, easy read.</p>
<p>I’m self-studying all of the following so here’s what I got from page 50 onwards from this thread.</p>
<p>US Government and Politics: PR, CliffsAP (doesn’t seem to rank high on most lists)
Comparative Government and Politics: Ethel Woods
US History: Amsco, PR (Amsco’s more recommended)
European History: Modern European History, REA, PR
World History: “PR, no question about it”, Barron’s</p>
<p>I need one from each. Recommendations, anyone?</p>
<p>Is it possible to take all these all at once? My school doesn’t offer AP, so I can’t ask them questions about AP.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP US History and heard about the Crash Course book. Should I get Crash Course or AMSCO?</p>
<p>Just wanted to re-post this post by stix2400 from earlier on in the thread as I spent 15 minutes looking for it and thought it would be nice to share. It covers everything this thread is about.</p>
<p>Thank you stix!</p>
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<p>Nice bump .</p>