<p>I'm currently taking AP Biology. My teacher isn't too good so I'm basically self studying the whole thing. </p>
<p>I am using a few review books to prepare for this exam. I was wondering which AP model exam (at the end of the book) is most similar to the actual exam in terms of difficulty out of The Princeton Review, 5 steps to a 5, Barron's, and CliffsAP. I know that Cliffs and Barron's are the best books but I heard that their exams tend to be a bit harder.</p>
<p>Also, as I was reading through the Barron's review book, i noticed that there is a great deal of information. How much details do you have to actually memorize and know for the AP exam? Thank you for your response :)</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat as you- trying to figure out which ones to study. But after searching through a bunch of boards, I think the general consensus is that Barron and PR have a lot of excess info on Biology that isn’t really on the exam- and CliffsAP is about the same level of difficulty and focuses on there right material, so I went with Cliffs:)</p>
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I absolutely disagree with PR having a lot of excess info. Barron’s is the only one with the absurd amount of useless info that is not tested. PR is the perfect fit for any of the AP exams and I have used PR for bio and I was happy.
I also used PR to self study a couple exams and those I got a 5; so in my opinion, PR is the best.</p>
<p>what do you guys think about the exams at the back of the book? are those about the same difficulty as the actual ap exam?</p>
<p>Once again, PR is the best. After reviewing using the book and doing some of the MC in the book, the best way to get an idea of how hard the actual AP exam is to practice using released AP exams.</p>
<p>Cliffs is really, really good. Clear explanations and thorough review. I highly recommend it. I haven’t yet used the tests, but I’ve heard that they’re fairly close to the real thing.</p>