<p>yes it might be a little early to start preparing for my aps senior year, but based on what most people say, here is what prep books i am going to get for the aps</p>
<p>AP Bio-CliffsAP and 5 steps to a 5
AP Govt-5 steps
AP macro/micro-5 steps
AP English Lit-5 steps and Barrons
AP Environmental Science-5 steps
AP Calculus BC-ACRO/Petersons master the AP calc exam</p>
<p>I am going to get the 2011-2012 versions of these, if possible.
Are these a good set of prep books, considering that im going to use these with my classes(exception with AP envir and AP macro, those im taking online) all year? Thanks in advance</p>
<p>The 5 steps to a 5 are excellent books, and I’ve used them (2006-7 versions offered by my school) to get all fours or fives on my 6 APs I’ve taken so far. Not sure about Barrons, but any AP-specific prep book usually gives you all of the information you need. The extra price is just for the cutting-edge information and presentation.</p>
<p>Actually for AP Lit that’s not a bad plan. Make sure you (OP) read the book Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. That’s a versatile book that can be applied to almost any free response question. It fit perfectly for this years prompt as well.</p>
<p>Does it matter if the books are earlier editions? i can see the books this year would include no guessing penalty but does anything else content wise change?</p>
<p>For environmental science, I would get the Princeton Review. I self studied using PR and everything on the test was covered in this book. If you read this book 3-4 time from September to May, you will get a five. I looked at the 5 steps book, but it does not compare to PR.</p>
<p>Also, you should be fine with an older edition for all of your tests. For the 2011 APES test, WHAP test and APHG test, I used 2010 editions and am positive I got a five on all three</p>
<p>No, as long as you don’t have a book on, say, Biology from 1990, almost all of the information is the same. The info from 2006-2008 books, which are about half of the price or less of brand new books, is almost exactly the same. The set up might be nicer and they might have prettier looking diagrams, but that shouldn’t matter too much. You can even go older (early 2000s) for Calc and Lit because they’re a “dead” subject- they don’t change much from year to year, because they don’t have many new discoveries.</p>