<p>I'd like to begin self studying for the Chemistry exam in May. I have some background in the subject. What would be a good choice in terms of textbook(s) and/or review guide(s)?</p>
<p>Chemistry: The Central Science - textbook (There’s an ap correlation guide, which tells what section to read, on the publisher’s website)</p>
<p>Princeton Review</p>
<p>Which edition on that specific text do you recommend? ^</p>
<p>10th or 11th.</p>
<p>Thanks man.</p>
<p>I’m interested in this topic too. This is just a post so I can find the thread again quickly (cause otherwise I’d forget)</p>
<p>I think the most widely used textbook is the one written by Zumdahl called “Chemistry”</p>
<p>As for textbooks, go with Zumdahl’s Chemistry</p>
<p>As for prepbooks, I used both Barron’s and PR.</p>
<p>I have Chemistry: The Central Science also. The book is pretty good, but consensus on this site says that Zumdahl is one of the best.</p>
<p>The consensus among prepbooks is that PR gives you just what you need to know for the AP test while Barrons gives you what you need to know plus more and has unrealistic practice problems. My opinion, I would get both. Barrons so that you can actually have all the information plus extra information that will be helpful if you skip the class in college and PR to give you solid practice exams and a review specifically for the AP.</p>
<p>Good luck! I’m in AP Chem now and I love it.</p>
<p>For the text book, get silberberg’s or zumdahl’s, and for the prepbook, all you really need is the princeton review.</p>
<p>I also like the Barron’s book because I believe (or at least I have perceived) that the practice problems are harder than PR. I don’t know how that makes you feel, but I think that it’s making me work harder, enabling me to solve more realistic problems a lot easier.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that too, Blstrs (about the Barron’s book). </p>
<p>As far as a text, as others have said, Zumdahl’s is largely considered the best.</p>