<p>Overall, are the 5 Steps to a 5 Books good?</p>
<p>How about the Sparknotes?</p>
<p>I like the Barron’s books because they tend to be very in-depth. There’s a stickied recommendation thread.</p>
<p>I know, but I just mean as an overall rating for the two above.</p>
<p>I like Barron’s for its in-depth coverage, but that’s more of a year-long supplement. It’s not exactly something you can read in a quick pace to review.</p>
<p>5 steps to a 5 is usually smaller, and the one that I have (for APWH) is written by a teacher… so it has some little tips here-and-there that other books don’t. </p>
<p>It truly depends on the subject. Some brands are better in one subject while another brand is best for another subject.</p>
<p>Depends on the subject.</p>
<p>For example, for AP US, most would recommand AMSCO and Crash Course.</p>
<p>Definitely dependent on the subject as authors are different. 5 steps is great for Micro/Macro, but apparently not so good for Biology etc.</p>
<p>I found that 5 steps to
a 5 was easier than this year’s AP spanish test. Also, I looked over the 5 steps calculus book and saw completely different problem types than I had seen in any AP book or past ap calc ab test.</p>