<p>To those who have scored 800s on the Biology subject test without taking AP Bio, which prep books did you use ?
I currently have Princeton Review and Cliff's AP Biology. Should I even bother to read Cliff's AP Bio along wth PR? Should I also consider Barron's?</p>
<p>You may have already received advice, but in case you haven't, a few users with high scores on the bio test (either E or M) have recommended using both Princeton Review and Barron's. Apparently, PR is great for review of basic concepts and Barron's can be used to build upon that foundation, as it provides more in-depth information. I'm planning to take a bio test (leaning towards E at this point) and this is the advice I've found here.</p>
<p>If you want to overprep for your 800 Cliffs AP Bio is all you need.</p>
<p>Even better overprepping book is Barrons.</p>
<p>PR is crap! Barron's SAT book(also crap) , written by Deborah T Goldberg is just a reduced version of Barron's AP book also written by Deborah T Goldberg .AP version is very good for studying, and better than the SAT version.
I am sure if you study hard enough from Barron's AP, you can get 750+
I didn't use Cliff's AP.</p>
<p>One more thing . I would recommend (if you have enough time ) you to
buy Campbell Reece Biology 7th or 8th edition</p>
<p>or Sadava Purves Life The Science Of Biology 8th edition.</p>
<p>Hows that cliff's book?</p>
<p>mp22 0 I used Campbell for my AP Bio class...you think that entire book is necessary?</p>
<p>yes.I do think it is necessary .</p>