<p>I took a class in high school where we got to about chapter three by spring. I opened the sparknotes "powerpack" at 8 pm the evening before the test, stayed up all night studying material I had never seen in my life, and went to the test at 7 am. Got a 5.</p>
<p>OK, I'm actually in a decent class, and I ordered the cliffs book. I think I'll start studying a few weeks before.. should get a 5 for sure I hope.</p>
<p>I took the class, though given my class structure (where a large portion of the material wasn't even covered), it might as well have been a self-study.</p>
<p>Same with my class, probably did 50% of the material required, rest was self study. But Cliff Notes book is definitely the best, read that for their notes, very clear. </p>
<p>If you really want to nail that 5, buy the barrons and do the practice exams. And if you want to gurantee that 5, then a week before exams just take the previous multiple choice released exams. And finally day or two start doing FR questions from online, which will both get u in the mindset for the types of essays you will write and provide a good review.</p>