<p>I am a senior and taking these classes. Any books I can buy? Do you guys have any idea how I can make these classes and this year flow smoother? It seems so boring reading out of the AP chem textbook. You guys have any advice on reading textbooks?</p>
<p>Thanks. any help is appreciated!</p>
<p>for euro: get Modern European History by Birdsall Virault</p>
<p>I think he meant prep books.</p>
<p>For calculus and chemistry get the Princeton Review.</p>
<p>how about tips for the classes?</p>
<p>i mean are there any ways to study? I feel like im taking too long reading the textbooks sections and then doing the hw, even though I am paying attention in class. How do you time manage all these ap's and still get zzzZZ?</p>
<p>anyone?????</p>
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<p>I haven't dug into it too much, but our AP Lit teacher gave us REA AP Lit. books for this year; he says those are the best he's used. (He is an AMAZING teacher, and is one of the AP Lit and Lang exam graders, so I'm taking his word for it.) </p>
<p>For Lit, I would suggest reading and writing as much as you can - it really does pay off - and pay attention to the open questions from former years and the books they suggest you use - read and break down as many of those as you can. For AP Chem, my suggestion is try to understand the reasons behind formulas or concepts instead of just memorizing them - that helped me last year because I could apply that knowledge on the exam and remembered stuff better. Also, work on doing calculations without a calculator (for MC questions) - I got quite a shock last year because there were so many questions requiring calculations in the MC section, and that definitely slowed me down (got a 4 - grr.), so try to practice that. Good luck!</p>
<p>Chem MC calculations aren't that hard. Just round in your head and use the easiest #s possible. i.e. if you have 189 round up to 200....or 112 round down to 100...just keep in mind how it will effect the answer. if you round up and the number is in the denominator the MC answer is going to be smaller than what you came up with, if you are multiplying it's going to be bigger, etc.</p>
<p>Princeton Review is good for caculus and chemistry. As for what do to make them easier, just do as many problems as you can. You'll learn new ways to think and look at problems.</p>
<p>for chem, barron's</p>
<p>I think he meant prep books.</p>
<p>yeah, but Modern European History is not a textbook</p>
<p>PR for chem, Barron's or PR for calc, REA for lit, and I'm generally pro-Kaplan for AP history classes, but I didn't take Euro.</p>
<p>Apply yourself well in class, do your hw, and you should do fine on your tests.</p>
<p>curious: is ap chem hard or ap physics and why? I heard that at some school if u get a 4 or 5 on chem you can get double the placement hours than if u had a 4</p>
<p>"Modern European History" is such a good book. I'm using it right now and it is very concise but yet not as short as prep books such as princeton review. </p>
<p>My AP Chemistry class is very easy. I am relearning everything from my chem. honors class. Yeah, I heard princeton review chem is good. I bought that one. </p>
<p>My AP physics c class, on the other hand, is like a heavy rock above my head that is ready to crush me at any time. My physics teacher is funny, but he does not teach!! I bought the barron ap physics book and I heard that's the best one on the market. </p>
<p>Ap Calc BC is easy because my teacher is awesome. She made hard concepts easy. I don't use any prep book 'cause my teacher told us is unnecessary</p>
<p>Personally I think success on ap do not really depend on individual ability (since most people who take ap are at least above average) and difficulty of a subject. It depends more on teachers and how they teach.</p>