<p>I really need to find some good AP study books for next year. I'll be a junior next year and I really want to do well. I'll have 5 AP classes and I want to do well but I have no idea what AP books are the best to use for each of them. Please help. Thanks.</p>
<p>Here are my classes:
AP Claculus AB
AP Chemistry
AP Biology
AP US History
AP English Language</p>
<p>AP Calculus: Don't really need a book. Honestly. If you want one, get Princeton Review.</p>
<p>AP Chemistry: I used Kaplan and Princeton Review. PR is a very nice book.</p>
<p>AP Bio: Seems like everyone uses Cliffs.</p>
<p>AP US History: Princeton Review looks good for this.</p>
<p>AP English: You don't really need a review book.</p>
<p>AP Calc: I didn't use a review book for this. My teacher had a copy of a</a> book of many old FRQ's as well as some of the released old MC's that she gave us practice problems from.</p>
<p>AP Chemistry: I used PR - it covers the material pretty well - along with old practice tests from my teacher.</p>
<p>AP Bio: CliffsAP is the AP Bio bible. I read through it at least twice and looked at some of the useful diagrams in Campbell before the test. Also study old practice tests - they like to repeat the exact same or very similar questions.</p>
<p>APUSH: The general consensus on CC is either REA or AMSCO. Neither book is meant as a light review - they both contain an immense amount of material, so take time to read through them. AMSCO is only avaliable to teachers or from used book stores. I used AMSCO and it covered everything I needed to know for the test.</p>
<p>AP Eng. Lang: No book reallly need. My teacher gave us handouts of lit terms etc that I studied. Also take old practice tests and make sure you have lots of essay practice in class.</p>
<p>General: The FRQ's from the past 4-5 years for each test can be found on APCentral. CB has also released lots of old MC tests for each of these subjects so your teacher will probably have some copies.</p>
<p>APUSH: REA. It has an awesome review, but sucky practice tests. I'd actually recommend looking for material online; there is quite a bit, and can be helpful, especially chronologically (which my teacher, who just got back from the AP reading session, totally complained about) - like there is a review of US history by presidents, by decades, then the Giant AHAP review and all that stuff. All in all, I found the online stuff to be more helpful than any book....</p>
<p>My recommendations:</p>
<p>AP Calculus AB - I took BC, but our teacher used some weird books by McMullin. they were pretty helpful, but I don't know where you get them. Also, look on collegeboard.com for old FRs.</p>
<p>AP US History - I used REA and found it extremely helpful, especially for review since I hadn't read chapters throughout the year (don't do that. :D) The practice tests do suck though. I also have a Barrons book... but they tend to get really nitpicky with useless details, although they have a pretty nice timeline. </p>
<p>AP English Language - I bought CliffsAP and Barrons, but I don't think you really need to study much for this test. I didn't think it was too bad, and I had only read a bit from Barrons the night before and took a practice MC.</p>
<p>Sorry but I haven't taken APChem or APBio yet... I'm taking those next year =)</p>
<p>Good luck!! 5 AP classes... that's pretty tough to juggle :D</p>
<p>Why do you desperately need them? APs aren't until May.</p>
<p>For Bio, get either Cliffs or Barrons.</p>
<p>For English, just get a book with lots of practice exams, which i think is barrons.</p>
<p>For Chem, PR. Kaplan has too much unneeded content for the AP exam.</p>
<p>Noooooo!!!!!!!! Do not get Barron's for English! Everyone who's purchased that book (that I know of) has been disappointed. It has a couple of practice exams, but they are NOTHING like what you'll see on the AP exam. For a good review book (for the multiple choice, at least) get CliffsNotes. It's amazing. Yeah, you could get by without a review book, but Cliffs is pretty nice. (For the essays, I would read a lot of samples from the CB website in order to get a feel for what they want.)</p>
<p>For AP Bio, don't get anything other than Cliffs. Nothing else comes close. </p>
<p>For APUSH, if you have a lot of time to study, or are self-studying the course, get REA. It's great, and has everything you'll need, but it's huge. Not for light reading or cramming. For review in the month before the exam, or for some good practice tests, use Princeton Review. It's pretty good, and certainly more concise than REA, but doesn't serve the same purpose. Also good for last minute review is the Giant AHAP Review. Google it.</p>
<p>APBIO, i suggest cliffs, like everyone else here does....
and for Chem , i bought kaplan, rea, and princeton, but i think PR was probably the easiest to get through, especially for the mult choice, which are more basic questions on the test, and PR covers that type of material pretty well, however, i think the FR part of the test needs you to just be able to do calculations, so all the books work, just practice, practice forever!</p>