<p>So after taking the AP exam, which study book do you think best prepared you for it? Princeton/Barrons/Crash Course/Smartypants/CliffNotes/5 Steps to a 5 and/or their 500 MC? I’m taking the class next year and I want to get a head start over the summer with self studying because the class is a joke at my school and the teacher doesn’t prepare you at all 
Thanks!</p>
<p>I personally like the PR book for APES, though I’ve heard Barron’s is especially good for cramming.</p>
<p>Woah, trust me, Barron’s is horrible for cramming!</p>
<p>I swear Barron’s is the worst book APES, Princeton is the best! Get a princeton review and you’ll be fine. Just ignore the wind patterns in it, there was NO question about wind on the AP exam</p>
<p>I used Smartypants and PR and I think both prepared me really well for the exam. I’m not exactly sure how I did on the mc cuz it wasn’t too hard in my opinion and the free response was really like a special birthday cake so I’m hoping for at least a 4 on this exam.</p>
<p>I have to take the late exam on Wednesday, any advice on what to do in these last few days?</p>
<p>@Mashfeek just make sure you know how to do those frqs and pay special atention to how the graders grade them. Also this might be a little too late but definitely review some questions from the 1998 released exam… that should suffice and remember, don’t panic because most of this stuff is common sense. 
Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah, we reviewed questions from the 1998 exam in class. I took the actual exam today and I feel pretty good about it.</p>
<p>I self studied for APES this year, and here is my two cents: </p>
<p>Based off of everyone on College confidential, I decided to get Princeton Review to self study for the exam. A week before the exam, I took the practice test released by Collegeboard and missed a lot of questions. I felt that Princeton Review itself was not a comprehensive enough review - to do well, you’d have to memorize almost every sentence in there. </p>
<p>I then bought Barron’s for the remainder of the week to use in conjunction with PR and found this approach to be very effective - I used PR to review what I was already familiar with, and used Barron’s AND PR on the sections I was unfamiliar with (for me that was Pollution and Energy units). AP scores haven’t came out yet, but the night before the test I had gotten to the point where I was only missing about 10 multiple choice questions. I did not think the FRQ’s were too bad either.</p>
<p>Trevor Packer @AP_Trevor 13 Jun
AP Environmental Science scores, 2013: 5: 7.7%. 4: 23.3%. 3: 16.9%. 2: 25.6%. 1: 26.5%. These may shift slightly as late exams are scored.
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(that’s from the director of the ap program on twitter)</p>
<p>My score says in progress and has a dash for the score. should this worry me?</p>
<p>No it shouldn’t worry you. Your score is just late.</p>