<p>so the new barrons review book is comin out soon but the earliest i could get it is like mid september. do you think i'm better off just buyin the old one, even though it was published in 2002, and studyin since i'm gonna take it in october. basically, you think there is much difference between the old and the new? thanks guys.</p>
<p>It isn't coming out until September?! crap...I ordered it...I'm taking it in November though.</p>
<p>Use Princeton Review. It does a good job. 800 here.</p>
<p>PR - 750</p>
<p>I really liked the PR book. It was very concise and a quick read. It had all the important stuff and all the questions I didn't know was just stuff I had forgotten. There was nothing on the test that I had absolutely no idea how to do.</p>
<p>I recommend using Sparknotes, the explaination is very easy to understand.
Barron has many typos and it is very difficult.</p>
<p>Used Princeton Review and got 790. Might also add I studied for the AP test.</p>
<p>PR, 790.... used cliffs to study for AP beforehand tho - grade pending!!!</p>
<p>PR, Kaplan, McGraw-Hill, Barron's + studied for two weeks while taking non-AP chem --> 790. If you take enough practice tests, the test gets easier and easier until the real thing is a breeze.</p>
<p>bloodandiron, you used all of those? i think i would die if i did that. xP
PR seems to be the consensus on chem. But does it have enough practice questions? How about Barron's? Maybe overprep may not be a bad thing... better than underprep right?</p>
<p>Sparknotes was pretty good. It had just the right amount of info for the exam. 750</p>
<p>swizzles, I used barron's for its material. PR was closest in actuality to the test, but mcgraw hill and kaplan expose you to different questions. I say just get kaplan and barron's for overprep, but PR for tests (their review section stinks). And don't get sparknotes online tests...I got scores of 650, 590, and 640 on those lol. Only thing my story really proves is that it is possible to do well on tests POST-AP, and maybe a few months PRE-AP exams, but takign any SAT in May signals self-cheating...as in robbing yourself of points deducted due to stress from the AP exams.</p>
<p>Kaplan seems to consistently be the weakest or least tailored book in each test prep situation....wonder why...</p>
<p>I think you should take the Sparknotes tests for practice, don't pay attention to the scores though. The questions on Sparknotes are very similar. However, their scoring is screwed up-- I think they purposely give you 50 points lower than it should be--it tells you how many questions you get right and your score, and Sparknotes said i got a 590, but PR said my raw score on Sparknotes was equivalent to a 650. And I ended up getting a 750 haha.</p>