<p>Does anyone have anything to say about it? Which prep book is the best? I have Barron's right now. </p>
<p>Rate how well you understood the material in class compared to how well you did on the exam.</p>
<p>I'd like to know this info too.</p>
<p>Please help us out!!!!</p>
<p>are you guys in ab or bc calc?</p>
<p>Hey, I would like this info, too. I'm in an AB class, but I decided to sign up for the BC test and decided to do independent study because my AB class is really too easy, boring, uninteresting, etc. Now I'm scared because I haven't started studying for the BC part of the exam. I was supposed to meet my teacher every two weeks or something, but we only met a couple of times, and I haven't even gotten the advanced integration techniques down...</p>
<p>Barrons is by far the best. Just do all of the questions.</p>
<p>I don't know about review books, but you may want to get a</a> book that has 15 years of FRQ's (both AB and BC). It's really useful in getting prepared for the types of questions that the AP exam asks.</p>
<p>really? I thought barrons was horrible</p>
<p>princeton review..</p>
<p>i learned stuff on my own with taht prep book instead of paying attnetion in class</p>
<p>what did u end up getting on the exam and did u take AB or BC?</p>
<p>I got a 5 on AB w/ Barrons book and am taking the BC (self study) with it this year.</p>
<p>Thx for replies.....oooo!!! then princeton's is what I need,Yeah......the reason I asked this Q is I haven't really been paying attention in class much.....I have concentration problems.........But whenever I read the book the stuff looked manageable......So I'm trying to cram learn calc.....It really doesn't look all that bad........ Dawgquelle, did you do well? I'm taking BC.</p>
<p>Hey Aerospace gurl:</p>
<p>I heard from other places that Arco is phenomenal for Calc AB AND BC. The author is Kelley or kelly (there are other Arco books, but get the one by Kelly). The book got great reviews on Amazon.</p>
<p>One of my friends as a sophomore self-studied from Princeton Review for the Calculus AB exam about 3-5 weeks before the test. He was only in Algebra II at the time, and he received a 5.</p>
<p>i will have to disagree on that...maybe princeton is better than barron's as i haven't looked at barron's yet...but from past experience barron's has always exceeded other review material...neways...i went to barnes n nobles last week and was trying to decide between princeton and (don't even remember the brand of the other book as it was less well known) buti t had a lot of calculator help and seemed more explanatory...however for some stupid reason I ended up getting princeton and I must say it has very little information. Most of the book is taken up by the practice tests and a lot of space between lines and etc. I was just reading the section on rolle's theorem and mean value theorem and they don't bother explaining why anything is...thank god i remember stuff from class even though i never did my hw..because they even say "why does ____ matter? don't worry about it that probably just matters to mathematicians" or something similar along those lines. I don't know about other books but you can't just memorize the theorems you have to know waht you're doing andthis book does a very poor job at explaining it to someone who wants a complete review...It's a book that claims to cover the whole exam, but then has an outline of requisities and says it won't cover anything on asymptotes or things like transformations because taht was to have been covered in precalculus.
I actually think it's ideal for me to just cover the topics as a review, but if you're looking for explanations because you didn't pay enough attention in class, this book seems to expect you to already know everything.</p>
<p>"One of my friends as a sophomore self-studied from Princeton Review for the Calculus AB exam about 3-5 weeks before the test. He was only in Algebra II at the time, and he received a 5."</p>
<p>yeh i highly doubt that..not that i only doubt it but its a blatant lie</p>
<p>Actually, its very possible. I know someone who's self studying Calc BC as sophomore and i think she'll get a 5. Granted, she's in Calc AB at our school, but still, its possible.</p>
<p>Anyways, about the Review Books. Go to the nearest book store, and find a subject that you find hard, for example, Reimann Sums, Volume, or Slope Fields (thats what I had trouble with).</p>
<p>See how well the books explain it, and buy the book that explains it best to you. Each author has their own writing style, and their own tips. Just find the book that suits you the best.</p>
<p>Personally, I found the Princeton Review to be the best book for me.</p>
<p>kanita...that is NOT a blatant lie...he is a GREAT friend of mine...however, I do not wish to reveal his name as he would kill me....</p>
<p>and just because YOU don't know of anyone that has achieved that does NOT mean that someone like that DOESN'T exist</p>
<p>Princeton Review is focused on getting you prepared for the test. They are not really interested in actually teaching you an entire class. The author of the Calc book even says in the beginning of the book that students will need to memorize a lot for the exam (with this book). Their goal is for their customers to perform well on the tests... hence the label, "test prep" company.</p>
<p>I bought the PR books for AP Calc and AP Chem. So far they seem pretty good (but I have no experience w/ using them for AP exams yet... this will be my first year to take AP exams). One thing to take advantage of the most is the plethora of practice questions. I am deathly afraid of what the MC sections of the exam will look like, since CB is so anal about releasing those sections from past exams. At least I have something to work off of here w/ PR.</p>
<p>Actually, its very possible. I know someone who's self studying Calc BC as sophomore and i think she'll get a 5. Granted, she's in Calc AB at our school, but still, its possible</p>
<p>poenix tahts a completely different scenario., first of all its a completely different scenario and a calc student, and second youre only hypothesizing.. but for princeton review book then I'm glad i bought that one cuz I persoanlly havent looked at any other ones to compare...anways i'm sure an algebra II level math student can learn all of calculus in 2 weeks on their own by looking at a review book and then in addition get a 5 on their exam...have you seen his score? you are really naive for believing something like that or werid for lying about it.
but if you believe it then thats swell, you don't need to worry about me saying otherwise :)</p>
<p>Yeah I would think it would be kind of important to take precal/trig before BC Calculus as a sophomore. Just an observation though.</p>
<p>Also someone said something about Riemann Sums, are these even on the BC Exam??? I couldn't find anything on them and is Trig Substition (Integrating) on the exam?</p>