<p>exactly what the title says...</p>
<p>Either Princeton Review <em>or</em> Peterson’s. Either are GREAT.</p>
<p>What about Calc AB?</p>
<p>This book has great examples, explanations, and problems. [Amazon.com:</a> Calculus (9780716769118): Jon Rogawski: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Jon-Rogawski/dp/0716769115]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Jon-Rogawski/dp/0716769115)</p>
<p>First half is BC, second half is stuff beyond that.</p>
<p>Barron’s all the way for Calc AB and BC!</p>
<p>REA was great for Calc BC!</p>
<p>Any more suggestions? I was on the verge of buying barron’s for Calc BC, but is it overkill? The new princeton review book comes out next month so I wanted to make a wise choice. I’m not amazing at math, but I’m pretty good. Overkill might just discourage me. My calc BC teacher is rumored to be the best math teacher in the school though, but I want a prep book just in case. Any specifics about PR or barrons that you guys can give me?</p>
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<p>DEFINITELY get the princeton review book(AB or BC, doesn’t matter which edition; they are all approximately the same). First of all, the explanations are great(it’s not too terse like many prep books, but not too long and confusing like others), but best of all, there is a TON of practice!</p>
<p>“This book has great examples, explanations, and problems. Amazon.com: Calculus (9780716769118): Jon Rogawski: Books”</p>
<p>Don’t get me started on how terrible this book is… Great explanations? That’s a lie. The explanations and walkthroughs are horrid, and the book expects you to understand a topic like that*. I would totally suggest a different book if you’re looking for a (textbook).</p>
<p>As for review books, I’d recommend either Barron’s or Princeton Review. Princeton Review explanations are concise and to the point, while Barron’s definitely has the more difficult tests. To be quite honest though, I hardly used these two books except for Taylor Series because I was just THAT confused with the topic. Otherwise, if you’re teacher is fairly decent and gives you loads of practice tests and review, you’ll most likely be fine… well, at least I was :P</p>
<p>To bandgeek156:</p>
<p>I was obviously speaking of MY experiences with the book. To ME, the book offered great explanations to examples. Also, unlike most review books and other text books, they offer a proof to almost every theorem they present; which to me, is VERY important. </p>
<p>Since we ARE giving our opinions based mostly on our own experience, I would not advice you to use a review book to study the course… I’m just not a big fan of them. It’s not that they don’t work, it’s just that in my opinion, those books mostly emphasize memorization as opposed to understanding. Now I can’t say all review books are like this, but the one our school got for our class last year fit my description perfectly.</p>
<p>I just looked online, the book my school got was the Princeton Review one.</p>
<p>I’ve been combing multiple threads for a book to buy, and right now it’s between PR and Petersons. I’m leaning towards Petersons because I like the way the author explains concepts, but the only drawback is that the book is relatively old; from 2007. What should I do??? HELP!</p>
<p>Just pick one ■■■■■. It’s really not going to make your score on the exam, what book you get. If you’re smart enough to get a 5, then you’ll get a 5 in almost all cases. No book can change that.</p>
<p>I’ve looked at both books and they’re equally good. The Peterson’s book is definitely more entertaining, so if that matters, you can pay a bunch more for it. I would just go for PR because it’s cheaper.</p>