Best AP books by subject

Test Preparation
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<p>Hi, next year I am taking these classes at school
AP Statistics
AP US History
AP English Lit
AP Calc AB
AP Chemistry</p>

<p>and might self study these(if I dont get too overwhelmed by the load from schoolwork)<br>
AP Psych
AP Environmental Science
AP Comparative Government and Politics</p>

<p>and I was wondering which test prep books (Barrons, PR, Kaplan, etc.) are the best for each subject. For the ones I'm going to be taking in school, I will have the school textbook to help me study, but for the other 3 I won't have a textbook, if that matters at all for which test prep book is better. I would appreciate it if you could tell me which brand you found the most useful by subject and how each helped you our for the actual AP test</p>

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<p>For AP stats I thought Barron’s was good. There’s a super long thread of this in the AP preparation sub-forum.</p>

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<p>Barron’s AP Psych was really good. Most of the topics covered were on the test. Got a 5 on it.</p>

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<p>i messed up on pyshc, used barrons, got a 3=(</p>

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<p>How about bio and chem?</p>

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<p>personally for bio i used barrons to learn stuff i missed in class (asleep) but my personal favorite was princeton. (barrons is too long) i didnt do anything in bio so i crammed w pr for 3 days b4 the test and scrapped a 4. i had pr, barrons, cliffs, and 4 dummies books all.</p>

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<p>Barron’s is good for bio.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the responses so far; what would you guys recommend for AP US History, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Chemistry?</p>

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<p>The Amsco review book is fantastic for AP US. Don’t get the Princeton Review version; it sucks.
Note: It’s a bit pricier than other books; if you get it from Barnes and Noble or Amazon it’s going to run you about 30$-35$. Here’s a link to get it cheap.: [Product</a> Information](<a href=“extendsales.com”>extendsales.com)</p>

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<p>AP Statistics: Barrons
APUSH: Direct Hits
AP PSYCH: Barrons</p>

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<p>Good thing you bought all of them…</p>

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<p>Wow, good job self studying all those AP’s! Glad you followed through.</p>

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<p>Thanks flyingpanguins! Gonna get straight 5s on all 8 exams bruh</p>

<p>on a side note, i found
PR AP Chem
and
PR APUSH
to be really helpful</p>

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<p>Barrons for AP Chemm too.</p>

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<p>You may want to hold off on buying an AP Bio book for now.</p>

<p>The AP Bio test changed dramatically this year. There was far more emphasis placed on reasoning rather than rote memorization. It’s reasonable to assume that authors/publishers will be updating their prep books to reflect the changes.</p>

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<p>Personally, I really liked REA’s books, especially their AP Chem and APUSH books. I used Barron’s for Art History though.</p>

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<p>you don’t need a prep book for chem. Just go and find all the previous years’ exams and take them. Practice 1 every few days and you’ll be good to go. We spent a month doing this in chem class and i never even touched my book. I’m pretty confident with my score.
ALSO NEVER USE KAPLAN EVER</p>

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<p>I loved using The Fast Track to a 5 for APUSH. I felt really prepared, although I haven’t received my scores yet. I would recommend it, really covers the material well.</p>

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<p>PR/Barron’s are both sufficient for Psych
Barron’s for the rest are good, PR is decent for Chem, PR is decent with APUSH. Barron’s is more useful for Bio.</p>