<p>I'm self-studying for these APs since my school doesn't offer them as classes. I bought Princeton Review but it's relatively short and I'm afraid it won't give me sufficient knowledge to take AP just by itself. I was told there are only few good AP prep guides for economics so I wanted to do a little research here. Which Brand would you recommend for providing in-depth analysis/information that is most helpful for a AP self-studier? Thanks.</p>
<p>Barrons is the best</p>
<p>I have a Kaplan review book. It is good because it is easy on the eyes and has lots of review questions.</p>
<p>princeton review easily beats the books mentioned above. And its recommended by many teachers too</p>
<p>Yeah, so I bought it already and started looking through it. For some reason, it's unreasonably short and I'm afraid it just won't do the prepping if I'm self-studying. It looks like a good review, but not necessarily the best study companion.</p>
<p>Most people haven't used more than one brand of book and, therefore, only recommend the one they used; so take each suggestion with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>I only used the Barron's, and I would recommend it. I am also self-studying for both exams this year and bought the barrons after comparing it to the Kaplan and PR ones in B&N. Like you I wanted something that would give me all the preparation I would need without having to buy a textbook or use some other supplement. </p>
<p>I read the entire review part of the book (250 pages) in 5 days. I took some old Free Response problems on collegeboard.com/ap and was earning over 80% of the possible points. I just hope the book's multiple choice questions are similar to the real ones because I have no other source for them.</p>
<p>One thing I could not stand in the Barron's book is the insane number of typos. The book's writer must have never taken a math course after 4th grade. He would say A/B / C/D = AC/BD and if PxQ=TR, then TR stays the same if P increased by 20% and Q decreases by 20% (P would have to increase by 25% for that to be true).</p>
<p>Also, when you're dealing with a subject that has a over 20 similar acronyms, it's a real hassle to have to figure out which acronym the author was trying to write. After a while, I somehow got used to it and knew when MC meant MC and when he really meant to say MR or ATC.</p>
<p>Despite this, I'd still recomment the book. I think it provides ample preparation.</p>
<p>Thanks ineedofhelp, I just ordered the Barron's from Amazon. Hopefully I would actually read the damn thing at least week and a half before Micro/Macro. Thank God they're like one of the last tests administered.</p>