<p>Does anyone else here know that Halliday/Resnick is coming out with a new 8th edition this month?</p>
<p>I'm deciding whether or not I should buy that or the 7th edition.</p>
<p>Save your money and buy the 7th edition - from what I've seen on the official website, the 8th hasn't changed that much, and they don't usually renovate the problems/exercises in the earlier editions.</p>
<p>yeah, I was also a bit skeptical because according to Amazon, the 7th edition is selling WAY better than the 8th (maybe cuz it just came out?)</p>
<p>um I've been trying to use the Barron's book.... trying is the key word. I think I might just jump out a window during the test... because the it's going to be impossible. Either way, anybody else think that it's ridiculous to have to pay twice for the two seperate exams?</p>
<p>Laurah--The two parts give credit for two diff. college courses. For eg. at Penn, my 5 on the AP Chem won't buy me anything unless I take the placement exam. In other colleges it is usually a semester of chemistry. For the Physics C at Penn, they give you credit for first semester physics if you got a 5 on the mechanics. They, then, give you credit for the second semester if you get a 5 on the electricity.</p>
<p>How much for the Halliday/Resnick book? Is it worth it to buy it just for the AP test?</p>
<p>Does anybody have an official released curve for mechanics?</p>
<p>a used on amazon (older edition) is very cheap</p>
<p>my schools ap class uses the resnick halliday and everyone in the class hates it. and my barons sux too...which is why i'm here, looking for a better option.</p>
<p>Serway Beichner Physics for Science and Engineering is awesome as a textbook.</p>
<p>And assuming you read the textbook, Barron's is not too bad to review. If something seems wrong, go look it up...Usually their mistake are limits on integrals and minor stuff liek aht</p>
<p>oops... submitted twice...</p>
<p>I HATE Serway Physics books. I have Holt Physics and College Physics and they are both bad for AP. I have the 5th edition of Fundamentals of Physics Extended Version - whatever that means - (which I bought on Amazon.com for $4) and it seems to be very effective.</p>
<p>For prep books, I have Cliffs, 5 Steps, and PR. Cliffs seems to be written by ten different authors and is not coherent. 5 Steps is ok (good practice tests), but I think PR is the best for review (the practice tests are too easy though).</p>
<p>The 5th edition of Serway's Physics for Sci/Eng is pretty good when compared against Fundamentals of Physics, but the 6th's prose is more obfuscated (I have access to all 3). For review books, Barrons Physics C (NOT B) is very good, but I have heard that AP Advantage is even better.</p>