<p>For those of you who made a 5, which textbook did you use? Which prep books are the best? How generous is the curve? I'm self-studying this and I just need some tips, so any help would be greatly appreciated such as how much time you spent to prepare and what strategies you used. Thanks!</p>
<p>Principles of Macroeconomics (or Principles of Economics, if you plan on doing Micro as well) by Greg Mankiw is a pretty good book for the course. It prepares you really well for the exam, and is a pretty interesting read.</p>
<p>I’m taking the test this year, but on our practice tests so far I’ve been well into 5 range just from this textbook. Also [url=<a href=“http://www.reffonomics.com%5Dreffonomics%5B/url”>http://www.reffonomics.com]reffonomics[/url</a>] is a great (and free!) resource as well.</p>
<p>We’re using that textbook in school right now but it’s just a regular economics class, not AP. Are you using any prep books with it?</p>
<p>I’m taking economics this year but I’ll give you my opinion if you want it.
[Amazon.com:</a> Economics (9780716771586): Paul Krugman, Robin Wells: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Paul-Krugman/dp/0716771586/ref=pd_sim_b_4]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Economics-Paul-Krugman/dp/0716771586/ref=pd_sim_b_4)
by Krugman. You have a good chance of using this in college. For a Nobel prize winner, he’s really down to Earth. It’s lengthy (which makes it a good complement for a review book) but it’s so ridiculously easy to understand. It’s the least boring textbook I know of. He uses many examples and it’s just one of the best written textbooks I have ever read (along with Biology by Campbell).</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. Are you taking the AP class or just self-studying?</p>