my ap exams this year

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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I’m new to the forums and I just wanted to pop in to say hi and to get some advice on how to manage my exams this year.</p>

<p>Here’s a list of the exams I’m taking and the prep books I have for each:</p>

<p>TAKING AT SCHOOL
World History: Barrons
Chemistry: planning on getting Barrons
Macro/Micro: planning on getting PR
Chinese: native speaker</p>

<p>SELF
European History: Barrons, Cliff Notes and a 2004 released exam (I got all these off a friend :))
Human Geography: Barrons
English Language: Cliff
Environmental Science: Barrons
Statistics: planning on Barrons</p>

<p>(I love Barrons)</p>

<p>I have good teachers for the classes I’m taking at school and I’m doing pretty well in the classes. I skimmed through Human Geo yesterday and got a 4 for the practice test–so I think I can pull the grade up pretty easily. I’m halfway through my Euro Cliff’s book. I’m a bit worried about Stats and Enviro Sci, since I haven’t started studying for them. And I have no clue what Lang’s going to be like.</p>

<p>I’m a junior this year. Last year, I took US gov’t, comparative gov’t and psychology and got 5’s on them.</p>

<p>Any advice will be appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>nooooooooo. dont use the barrons for everything. they have a whole bunch of unnecessary info.</p>

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<p>For stats—make sure you know null hypothesis tests VERY well. I self studied it last year and got a 5. </p>

<p>I’m planning to self-study env sci this year too :)</p>

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<p>You can order old released exams from the College Board Online Store. Big help!</p>

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<p>PR for Chem is pretty good as well…especially if you already have a good teacher because it kinda just goes over the basics/summarizes things instead of going into aLOT of detail and putting in alot of useless info.
I liked the practice questions at the end of each chapter…really helpful. Close to the AP problems my teacher puts on his tests.</p>

<p>WE’re also using Cliffs for APLang and Euro (worried the Euro one doesnt cover enough but we’ll see! What do you think about it so far?)</p>

<p>Barrons for Human Geo looks excellent though.</p>

<p>Have you looked at PR for Macro/micro yet? I’m planning on getting that as well…but I’ve heard good things about Barrons too (it covers some stuff PR leaves out…etc)</p>