is it just me, or are the barron prep books harder than all the others?

Test Preparation
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<p>is it just me, or are the barron prep books harder than all the others?</p>

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<p>I have barrons us history and its hella hard so yeah its not you</p>

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<p>But it's a good thing. You would rather be overprepped than under, right?</p>

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<p>Right.
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<p>I still need a way to see what my actual score is going to be. Do you know somewhere i can take a more realistic test just to see where Im at?</p>

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<p>Barrons is alot harder, its not just you :). They have stuff thats not on the tests... Its good if you're just trying to learn, but bad if you're trying to cram at 12:00 the night before the test :).</p>

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<p>what would you reccomend i go buy for US history?</p>

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<p>SATII or AP??</p>

<p>If AP, go with AMSCO AP US History and REA questions</p>

<p>If SATII, I'd recommend Barron's because their SAT books have been really good to me.</p>

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<p>Barrons makes it so that you can use their books as textbooks.</p>

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<p>Barron's like to over prepare you. they are good if you dont' want to read a text book, but it seems like the princeton review and kaplan books are better at simulating the actual tests, whether it be SAT or AP. barron's questions are sometimes unrealistic, because they as very narrow questions and sometimes forget to look at the big picture. crackin' books i think are better, because of the condensed over view that lets you focus in on what you need to know, and not prompt just frivolous fact memorization.</p>

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<p>I noticed that the Princeton Review practice ACTs were...shall we say much easier than the actual test. Princeton's Spanish SATII book also seems a bit too easy. </p>

<p>It seems different publishers have better books in different subjects. </p>

<p>I know Barron's is good for Chemistry and MathIIc, but Princeton is better for Physics. Perhaps the best would be to sit down in the bookstore and compare.</p>