<p>Hey guys, I will be a senior this upcomming school year and I've swamped myself with tons of APs, I need help choosing review books for these subjects and any other tips are welcome.</p>
<p>I will be taking:
Calc BC
Bio II
Physics B
Government
Economics
Psych
English IV
Human Geo</p>
<p>What review books do you guys reccomend for these subjects? I would love to sort of get an head start on the subjects in the summer so I don't stress as much during the year.
Thanks!</p>
<p>I think it depends on how good your teachers are. For example, I had a great calculus teacher and didn’t need to buy a review book at all. But there’s so much material in biology that I bought a review book. Also, I would totally recommend the Princeton Review, because it seems like Barrons gives so much information that isn’t necessary.</p>
<p>I also heard the Barrons gives a lot of information but it’s also a good book. I ordered Barrons for my AP classes next year so I could get a head start also.</p>
<p>When it comes to studying for an AP exam though, you really just want the information that will be tested on. I compared Barrons bio book to the Princeton Review, and the latter was much more concise and did a good job of explaining the material enough to answer any questions. But if you’re looking to study over the summer and get a more in-depth overview of the class before you take it, then maybe Barrons would be better. I was just using my book as a review tool and only wanted the necessary information.</p>
<p>AP Psych - REA crash Course and Barrons
AP Economics - 5 Steps and ACDC Leadership videos
AP Human Geo - Barrons or PR</p>
<p>Woah mama that’s a ton of aps</p>
<p>Alright thanks guys, what about a physics b book? And I heard that for bio 2 the cliff notes book was really good, is that not the case?</p>
<p>…don’t you want to have fun senior year?</p>
<p>I used the cliffAP book for bio and it was a savior- great book and totally prepared me very well for the test w/ a not so great teacher.</p>
<p>I think you would do wise to cut back your APs. What is the point of an education, college, or anything, if you cannot live life? You need to learn to live life. That is pretty hard. Too many people get to college and grill their way through. Then sometime later, they realized they lost out on a lot and they have to try to discover themselves then.</p>
<p>Calc BC-PR
Physics B-PR
Government-PR or Barron’s
Economics-Five Steps to a Five
Psych-PR
Human Geo-PR or Barron’s</p>
<p>I took all of the ones you are planning on taking, I’m sure you will do fantastic, especially with the work ethic you have (starting early)</p>
<p>OH and get a crash course for all of the tests you are taking, I did, they are lifesavers.</p>
<p>It’s senior year. Junior year, which I believe is the most important year, is over. The most stressful year is over.</p>
<p>And, you’re taking 8 aps?</p>
<p>Live a little! Go out. Party. Cut back.</p>
<p>I don’t think you need to take AP Psych or Human Geo. I don’t see how either of those will help you out in the future. You could get rid of Economics, and still have a rigorous schedule.</p>
<p>Have some fun your last year of high school, no regrets!</p>
<p>Actually, Human Geography and Psychology, despite being easy courses will earn me 3 units each–maxing out and finishing the Social and Behavioral Sciences part of my GE</p>
<p>Calc-BC will finish the math part of GE
Physics B finishes the physical science
AP Bio finishes life science.
Except the social science is kind of in excess.</p>
<p>Don’t use any other book for psych except Barron’s. I self-studied psych in two nights and I finished the whole multiple choice section in around 25 minutes, and had all of the time after that to quadruple check my answers. Seriously, it was a breeze. There were only about 5 questions that dealt with things that Barron never mentioned, but they were pretty self-explanatory anyway.</p>
<p>For AP Bio, a combo of Barron’s and Cliffnotes. Some people say they like Princeton Review so I read it three times before the AP exam, didn’t help me at all. The information is way too vague to use as FRQ material and doesn’t mention half of the stuff that appears on the exam.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help guys! I’ll be ordering the books soon.</p>