<p>I know there are tons of threads about AP prep books but I couldn't find any that answered my question. I got a Barrons calc book and I'm wondering how much I need to study this to get a 4 on calc ab. I don't really feel like buying a new book.</p>
<p>Plus barron’s is very confusing, its format is very different from what I’ve seen on CB’s tests/what I have learned in school.</p>
<p>I have the barron’s ap calc ab/bc book, and I tried to study from it over the summer, but I think it’s intended as more of a quick review sort of thing after you’ve already studied a textbook or course, but I guess you could do it. I would just go through and look at all the theorems and then do all the questions at the end of each topic/chapter. Good Luck!</p>
<p>im hoping to get at least a 4 in calc as well. i don’t think it will be that hard. just gonna study notes do previous test problems and practice free response</p>
<p>I need a 4 as well, and I have relied on PR and FRQs from past years. I feel pretty confident about it.</p>
<p>compared barrons to my school textbook… barrons sucks. explains things in the most convoluted way, or just puts random expressions and expects you to know how they got to it. jeez. fail publishing.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t really say that. As strawberries21 said, the book is intended as a review book, not a main textbook. It does explain concepts, but it goes over them quickly, just as a refresher. The review questions, although harder than the real thing, help very much, and the real thing is a breeze. </p>
<p>Math is all about practice. Practice as much as possible.</p>
<p>Textbook FTW!!! That’s how I learned my calculus and how I received a 5 on the AB Exam (Self-Studied as a sophomore).</p>
<p>Yup I would say Calculus I and Calculus II FTW for AB and BC, respectively</p>
<p>Malfunction, i realize it is for review. however, they word it in a way that is very hard to understand, so that even if you knew the concept, it takes you a minute to understand that it’s talking about something you already know… which shouldn’t happen. maybe that’s just because i learned it in school a different way, but still.</p>
<p>Princeton Review and whatever textbook you use for practice MC, and past FRQs for the FRQs is what I would say is a good way to prepare</p>
<p>k. definitely past frq, and im using my textbook, “Calculus” by foerster. explains better than barron’s (in case you are shaky with a concept), better diagrams and what not. so textbook + PR would most likely be the best.</p>
<p>^I also use that textbook and it is a very good textbook. PR, Forester, and past FRQs are the way to go.</p>
<p>hey sorry to interrupt but, im just trying the find a good study method for the test. and what do you guys mean by FRQ’s? because i was looking and at the post above me and i saw that PR and the “calculas by foerster” were mentioned as being good review stuff. so what are FRQ’s???</p>
<p>FRQs= Free Response Questions
Calculus by Foerster= book</p>
<p>Using Princeton Review right now and got it for all my APs. Love the brand, especially for math/science courses (taking Calc AB and Physics B right now). Let’s see what my scores say about around test time.</p>
<p>ooo ok. and your studying for the FRQ’s just from the PR book? i just got it a couple of days ago hopefully i can finish the book by the time the test comes around.(as for the text book i just got it from a tutor, who is a teacher) because apparently the textbook given to me by my highschool does not cover alot of important theorems and formulas which i need for the ap test. so hopefully i can get around to it. How are the slopefield examples in the textbook"calculas" because my dumb teacher still has not got around to teach us that along with a few other things we need for the test. =(… O man this test is stressing me out. hopefully i can get a 5</p>