<p>I'm self studying AP bio next year, and my big sister was able to keep campbell's 5th edition biology textbook. I know it's older than the version my school is currently using, but will it be just as sufficient to study for the Bio AP exam?</p>
<p>Yeah, it should be.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’ll work. Make sure you get some AP study books too. Good Luck. :)</p>
<p>Hey I was in the same situation as you! I selfed when I was a sophomore and got a 5. My teacher lent me her copy of the 5th edition and it really helped. The Cliff Notes AP Bio is definitely me study, but the pictures and diagrams were awful. I remembering staring at a genetic diagram and still not get what’s going on. But the textbook helped immensely. Or maybe I just like colors. Either way, use that 5th edition!</p>
<p>I would definitely use campbell reece, along with a review book.</p>
<p>I really liked the Barron’s book, and I know a lot of others have as well, but it’s really up to your learning style and your likings.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I think that you should be just fine with the fifth edition. I’m not sure if it will correlate with the new AP Biology test restructuring, however. I would talk to your school’s AP Biology teacher if you have one and ask him/her about the recent changes. I would also ask if you could borrow a more recent copy of the book; I’m not sure how much has changed, but it would probably be better to use something more recent if possible.</p>
<p>You can get Campbells, I heard that is a good one, or you can find the Campbell lecture powerpoints online 
Uh, I used Princeton Review to study, but to each his own!</p>