<p>My teacher actually recommend Barron's. But i checked some online sellers (amazon), and it showed that PR actually have a higher review. Any suggestions? i just bought the PR book, should i go for barron's too?</p>
<p>Nah, they made the PR pretty hefty this time, should be more than sufficient (unless your teacher is going to do review classes off of the Barron's)</p>
<p>I bought the Princeton Review (2003-2004 edition), and the Barron's (2005 edition?) back last school year. </p>
<p>Reading both books, Princeton Review had more straightforward ideas. Barron's has a lot of info if you're intending to self-study and fully understand it. </p>
<p>Princeton Review has always been for you to only know topics for the test, and usually covers the test topics, no more, no less. </p>
<p>So basically, I used my Princeton Review book to study, and didn't use my AP Chem textbook. The Barron's book stayed on my bookshelf the entire time.</p>
<p>Oh, and I got a 5 and 780 on SAT II.</p>
<p>Hey Tubaman, I am also planning on taking the SAT II for Chem; did you use a seperate SAT II book to study for it, or just the PR for AP Chem? Because I have heard that the SAT II, while having a lot of easier questions, has a totally different format that may result in a low grade if not studied for separately.</p>
<p>My teacher says not to review the material in any of those books because the course covers it very well. He says to get the books for the problems and the practice tests.</p>
<p>The thing that will kill you if you don't study for the SAT II in Chem is the T/F stuff.</p>
<p>Luckily, my teacher had a bunch of SAT II practice tests and we tested it all the time. My teacher had Princeton Review and College Board tests, as well as one that was super hard (I think it was AMSCO or something).</p>
<p>I would say the best book is Barrons. Like always, it overprepares you. It even teaches you stuff you don't need to know, which is not necessarily a good thing. However, the point is, it will most likely be THE BOOK for your test preparation and you will most likely do pretty well on the SAT II as long as you study every bit of information in this book. Remember, it is better to read every single word then just skim through the book. One little part skipped may be a critical part that has necessary information you need.</p>
<p>I bought the PR book.</p>
<p>tubaman - how long/hard did you have to study for this AP Chem test? I'm completely paranoid about it... the PR book seems okay but it just seems like really basic stuff to me..</p>
<p>oooohh great spiffystars, now you're making me completely paranoid. Now the entire book looks like something a preschooler can understand. It's all too easy!!! I'm going to fail, man, fail!!!!!</p>
<p>I didn't mean it's easy, it's just too basic as in, not thorough enough. The practice questions are really easy to figure out...the AP exam should be way harder...IMO at least. I'm not a genius at all, especially not at Chemistry! I have like a B in that class LOL.</p>
<p>I haven't had much experience with PR, this is my second PR book ever, but from the first one I bought, I have to say I am not too surprise. The first PR book I bought was for the SAT, and their SAT tests are soooo easy, and the Barron's ones were soooo hard. I guess PR may have a goal of trying to boost their clients' self-confidence for the test, which may in fact help in raising the scores. But with two paranoid persons like you and me, well, it's almost like caring too much may actually hurt us in the end. Which freaks me out even more!</p>
<p>word. I hope they curve this exam, I heard it's pretty hardcore. :x
I might go and check out the Barron's AP chem book tomorrow..hm..</p>
<p>I would too, but I'm too busy panicking over the SAT.</p>
<p>And also, I'm still waiting to see if tubaman replies to your original question, he seems like a pretty smart guy (a smart guy on CC's standards is like a genius on all other standards :) )</p>
<p>great, now i feel like an idiot over my purchase. If PR is too easy, then that's probably not a good book to use for review. should i really go for Barron's? since i heard some people say the quetions don't resemble the ones on the AP exams, and half recommend PR, other half recommend barron.</p>
<p>How about this? it's cliff's AP chem practice test, is it a good choice for tests and stuff?</p>
<p>Unfortunately it has no reviews on Amazon. Imagine it being like the dead center of PR's lack of difficulty, and Barron's excess of it. For the SAT, that dead center is obviously the official guide, but, hey wait a minute, does collegeboard make an official prep book for this?</p>