<p>Hi, I'm looking towards studying these two subjects independently..</p>
<p>For someone who has a solid introduction and an understanding about the subject matter but would like to beef up some of the specific terms and other important ideas that appear on the AP exam, which two prep books do you recommend?</p>
<p>At the moment, I'm looking at one being Barrons and the other--I haven't made my mind yet, so please make some decent recommendations. Thanks!</p>
<p>I haven’t taken either economics classes yet, but my sister and several people on this site have recommended PR. I know my sister really liked it and somehow managed to get a 3 on her Macro exam when the teacher taught nothing and all she did was review the night before the test.</p>
<p>I have PR and it looks pretty good.
It’s quite condensed so it probably leaves out some really detailed stuff but it gets straight to the point and is really well organized.</p>
<p>I took Macroeconomics and just the PR book for Micro & Macro.
It’s pretty good;</p>
<p>What about Kaplan? Barrons? Five Steps to A Five?</p>
<p>The tests from Barron’s are way too easy and barely resemble the test’s format. The content is fine, even maybe a little too detailed, but it lacks a few key concepts (money as an asset demand…?). Five Steps to a Five has great practice tests that, although a little unclear (two questions had A and E choices that were exactly the same :S) will definitely help you figure out which concepts you need to study. Beyond that, I think that most of the review books out there just aren’t very satisfying… Economics for Dummies works great though in covering general economic thought and major macro and micro subjects. PR has pretty good review, too, though I haven’t looked at its practice questions. I would suggest buying the Dummies book and just renting the other review books from the library for their practice tests.</p>
<p>P.S. A great review of the graphs for the AP Macroecon. test can be found not in a book, but on Youtube =P</p>
<p>[YouTube</a> - AP Macroeconomics Graphing Review - Part 1](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmYNd1a3M-I&feature=PlayList&p=23E8FEFC3B651DF3&index=1]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmYNd1a3M-I&feature=PlayList&p=23E8FEFC3B651DF3&index=1)</p>
<p>I like 5 steps for a 5 …</p>