<p>In general, I hate Barron's (usually far too much information, not explained succinctly enough) and love PR. But do yourself a favor and go down to the bookstore and see which books make sense to YOU.</p>
<p>i think PR wastes too much time making fun of the college board rather than reviewing the material. its more entertaining to read, but barrons is better in raising the scores.</p>
<p>If you take the classes and have good teachers, chances are you don't really need to review everything. In this situation, PR works best. They only put what you have to know for the exam. However, if you really need to go over everything as if with a textbook, you might want to check out Barron's, which simply just puts in every detail. I prefer overview over detail when preparing for the AP's.</p>
<p>I used Cliff's for AP Bio last May and I scored a 5. If you have a good teacher and work diligently during the school year, then it should only take you about a few hours to go over Cliff's and you would not need such a detailed book as Barron's. However, more is always better if you have the time.</p>
<p>What books are good for extra review during the year for AP Physics B and AP Calculus AB?</p>
<p>For Calculus, not many have heard of this. But our teacher ordered a workbook for us during 4th quarter called "Preparing for the Calculus Exam" by George Best and Richard Lux. It had 6 sets of complete practice AP exams which I found to be comparable to the real exam. She made us do sets out of the problem as a review for AP and as a result, all 20 of us in Calculus BC got a 5 on the AP Exam :)</p>
<p>for psychology, i see that a lot of ppl recommend barrons. since theres no AP psychology at my school, i went ahead and took psychology over the summer. is it enough for me just to study barrons and get a 5 (or 4) on the ap test? can it be done (not easily, but not like killing yourself to remember stuff) and are there any other APs that are really easy to get a 5 on?</p>