<p>Golly, me and a homie are thinking about self studying Micro and Macro Econ. Which book or books (if necessary) should we look into?!?! 5 steps to a 5 sounds essential! Thanks!!!</p>
<p>I’m going to be using 5 steps- it seems like the best review book for the subject.</p>
<p>^That it? Or you going to add another?</p>
<p>Ya I’m sure I’ll end up using 2 just to be safe, you know, in case one book isn’t clear on something or skips a topic. I hear Princeton Review is good, so maybe I’ll go with that as well.</p>
<p>Is there any reason for me to buy the 2011 version? or will 2010 (or any old ones) suffice?</p>
<p>Unless any changes were announced to the 2011 exam, which I’m pretty sure didn’t happen, then the 2010 version will be fine. I used the 2008 version of Princeton Review to self-study AP Environmental Science and got a 5.</p>
<p>I hear barron’s is good. I will probably be doing this as well, since I am independent studying econ for credit.</p>
<p>I used both PR and Barron’s and ended up with 5’s on both of them. That’s what most of my friends did as well – in fact, I think most people use some combination of those two. I personally feel like Barron’s is better than PR, though.</p>
<p>K. I’m definitely getting 5 Steps to a 5. I’m debating between PR and Barrons now for supplement. I had PR and Barrons for AP Euro. I liked PR, disliked Barrons. Is it possible it was simply just a bad edition? Any input on which to get for Econ. would be beneficial. Thanks.</p>
<p>How’d you do in Euro with those books?</p>
<p>I got a 3… first AP test ever. Surprisingly, I did decent compared to kids in my grade… sad. Anyway, I barely read the Barrons book because I didn’t really like it. As for PR, I pretty much read it once through. I admit, though, for textbook reading/note taking for AP euro, I skipped a few towards the beginning because it was my teacher’s first year and she was assigning a lot for one night.</p>