<p>Any suggestion on a good prep book?</p>
<p>bump.bump...is Barrons good?</p>
<p>Don't use just Barrons. I used Calculus by Paul Foerster. Geared exactly towards the AP BC exam. I got a 5 on it, and it was 100% self-study, none of this pansy "get a tutor or a teacher to help" crap. Make sure you get the solutions guide so you can test yourself on the end of section questions. The book is sometimes too much. I was able to quit about 3/4 of the way through and use Barrons the rest of the way.</p>
<p>EDIT: If you're taking AB maybe Barrons will be just fine. I had to learn the AB material too, I took a pre-calc class this year in school.</p>
<p>i hated barrons. i used "calculus with analytical geometry" by larson, hostetler, and someone else. the lessons are very easy to read through and understand. the solutions guide is a big help.</p>
<p>thank you, regulgentis and crashingwaves.....I took pre-calc last year as well in school. but my As were really mediocre, careens around 90%.........</p>
<p>by the way, the cheapest price that I get online is $50 for both of the books........2 expensive.....</p>
<p>Come on, you can't get $50 by the end of the summer? I know you want to study now, but if you start now you'll probably forget most of it.</p>
<p>If this is <em>really</em> an issue, I can give you a break on my copy.</p>
<p>My suggestion is to use an actual textbook and NOT a prep book like Barron's. I used Calculus, by Thomson Learning (053439339X), which is $165 but there are cheap used ones on Amazon. Use the textbook and learn the material on your own instead of getting the watered down version from the prep books. I actually took the class instead of self-studying, but now that I look back on it, I easily could've self-studied if I had had the right self-control :P. In class, I just mindlessly took notes and did most of my learning by cramming down the material in the textbook. If you're not getting graded, I'd say it'd be super easy to get a 5, because you can mess up so much and still be part of the 40% or so who get 5's on BC.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I check the Thomson Learning book, may buy it since the cheapest is only 15 bucks....regret so much that I didn't check our school text book...</p>
<p>DorisZ - check out your local library for some of the study books - I know our public library here has a huge selection of current AP prep books and you can check them out for a month at a time - and renew 2 times via the internet or phone. That will give you some time to save up the money to buy the books you want.</p>
<p>I basically studied Princeton's Review and it was the best. The school's textbook was good for the problems and the teacher reinforced certain things that confused me. Learning for the Princeton's Review was very good. However be sure to work the free response from previous tests because it helps a lot. All of the FR questions are basically the same from year to year </p>
<p>It usually goes like this</p>
<ol>
<li>Area between two curves/Revolve this area around an axis</li>
<li>Approximate area under curve/find exact/compare to something else</li>
<li>On BC a parametric equation</li>
<li>Something that involves implicit differentiation
5 or 6. GUARANTEED Taylor Maclaurin series question</li>
</ol>
<p>I took the class and I never studied anything. I had the 100 in the test. Also, like indiaboi said, all I did was study the past free responses and memorize the patterns. Then, I studied volume, parametric equations, and taylor maclaurin polynomial info cause I needed to review that. I got a 5. And I knew I had a 5 when I walked out.</p>