<p>Please elaborate on any suggestions! Any and all suggestions are appreciated!</p>
<p>For LIT:</p>
<p>Although Barron's reads more like an AP Lit prep book and may have much more value as a reference guide, the practice tests are waayyy too hard. They are NOT like the real test that you will take.</p>
<p>Kaplan is a bit more realistic, but still hard. Very little review material, in my opinion, but the practice tests are a lot more accurate than Barron's.</p>
<p>Princeton is the best in terms of test difficulty. The downsides, however, are that there are only two practice tests...too few for my liking, and the review material is also very brief.</p>
<p>If you can get ONLY ONE, then go with Kaplan.</p>
<p>Oh, I forgot to mention: I'm shooting for an 800 in all of them (lol, what a typical CC'er)</p>
<p>Bumping for more info.</p>
<p>US and World His= barrons</p>
<p>^ Barrons is good for WH, but terrible for USH. Amsco is a better choice.</p>
<p>I highly highly recommend McGraw Hill's Chemistry book for review. I went from a 670 on college board practice tests to a 770 on my last practice test by just reading the whole thing through in two days. I didn't even take any of the practice tests in the book, I didn't have time to and just skimmed the practice tests for question I didn't know and looked up their answers. Had I taken all of the practice tests, I probably would have improved even more. I felt pretty confident the day I took the December Chemistry test, and I am waiting for my score to get back so I can't tell you exactly what it did for me. </p>
<p>I can tell you that I have learned very little from my AP Chemistry teacher and this book explains everything simply so that it is easy to understand. I previously used Kaplan before this, but after the first two chapters of extremely dull writing, I went to Barnes and Noble to find another book. I compared Sparknotes, McGraw Hill's, and Barron's and am happy that I chose McGraw Hill's, especially because Sparknotes is free to read online. The best part about this book is that it is READABLE, not boring (good enough for me to read front to cover in two days), and conversational. Kaplan's was too dry; their facts are simply stated and not described. This book has facts and real life examples that stick with you.</p>
<p>The reason I went so in depth is because had I not picked up this book and stayed with Kaplan, I might be much worse off than I am now. I was struggling to break 700 before it and now I am very confident I broke 750. Either way, I don't want you to miss out. Other people may have other opinions but I loved the book. The only minor flaws it contains are occasional typos (not a big deal) and wrong answers (it said that carbon dioxide gas is structurally arranged, when really gases have no definite shape or volume; it also said reported mass in g/mL in one answer); besides the occasional errors, it is a great book.</p>
<p>I used the tests from Kaplan and got an 800 on Chemistry. I didn't read the actual contents of the review part of the book, so I can't comment on that. Kaplan tests are a little harder than the real test so it prepares you well. I thought the question types from the Kaplan test was pretty similar to the real test. </p>
<p>Never took the other tests...</p>