Next Year's AP classes

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<p>I'm taking for AP classes next year, my Junior year and I need help choosing which review books I should get
AP US HISTORY
AP SPANISH LITERATURE
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AP CALCULUS AB (want to self-study BC)</p>

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<p>Speaking from experience, definitely pair AMSCO and Crash Course together for APUSH. It’s a winning combo.</p>

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<p>REA Crash course for all of them.</p>

<p>Don’t self study Calc BC, I don’t think it would be that easy…</p>

<p>and as far as english lang goes, you can use REA Crash Course and practice with Princeton Review.</p>

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<p>For APUSH my teacher used this the entire year and then taught us everything else based on what they mentioned. <a href=“http://www.ucopenaccess.org/course/view.php?id=74[/url]”>http://www.ucopenaccess.org/course/view.php?id=74&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You could skip over everything pre- VA Settlement on there. AP doesn’t really focus on that.</p>

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<p>APUSH = 5 Steps To A 5 && REA Crash-Course (Or The Princeton Review)</p>

<p>AP Bio = Barrons</p>

<p>LANG = I never used a review book for that class…lol (Got a 4)</p>

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<p>thanks! I would like some more recomendations</p>

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<p>APUSH- 5 steps to a 5
AP English Lang- Not really needed but maybe Princeton Review. Do practice tests for English it is the most beneficial
AP Calc AB and BC study- Princeton Review AND Use your Calculus textbook</p>

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<p>I would not recommend 5 Steps for APUSH. It’s far too general and skips too much info.</p>

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<p>I forgot something! For AP Lang. make sure you know a lot of literary terms. rhetorical modes, and arguments like bandwagon appeal, hyperbole etc. This year there was a whole essay on them.</p>

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<p>AP US HISTORY: AMSCO (also get Direct Hits or Crash Course if you can)
AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE - Cliffs
AP CALCULUS AB - Princeton Review</p>

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<p>Oh, actually, you don’t really need any review books for calc AB, though if you want to self study BC, I’d recommend Barron or Princeton and some khan academy videos. Calc AB is SUPER easy, it was actually quite sad how simple it was. My calc class did like ~12 practice multiple choice tests together, plus 10 as tests/quizzes, and about 45 practice free response</p>

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<p>Sorry, didn’t mean to hit send. Between all that, I know I got a 5. Just do a lot of practice tests, really, as many as you can, and it’ll be really easy. The questions repeat themselves a LOT</p>

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<p>For APUSH, I definitely second GrammarNazi’s suggestion. Studying the AMSCO book alone guarantees a 5, but if you think you will most likely cram and can’t read the entire book (like I did this year) definitely try Crash Course. Crash Course basically just takes the answers from previous exams and categorizes them by facts. I read it the night before the test this year and the test was a breeze.</p>

<p>For Language, I didn’t use a review book and thought the exam was easy, but I heard Princeton Review was good.</p>

<p>For Calc AB, try Princeton Review, but don’t depend on it. Personally, I think just studying by yourself by doing practice and using a textbook would be better. If you’re gonna self study BC (which I did last year), definitely use a textbook and don’t depend on a review book to learn it.</p>