I have REA prep book and the Western Heritage Prep book. I’m debating between Kaplan, Barron’s, or Princeton Review. Which one is the best?</p>
I (embarrassingly) used three last year - Barrons, Princeton, and Cliffnotes. </p>
I found all three fairly strong. I think Princeton was the best though, with Barrons very close behind it. I can’t remember, but whichever one has more practice tests is probably the way to go.</p>
My favorite Euro resource was AP Euro: Crash Course by Larry Krieger, but I used “Five for a 5” as well. I didn’t bother with many practice tests, with the exception of the SparkNotes diagnostic and our school’s mock. I read Crash Course the night before and found it to be an awesome, succinct refresher. :)</p>
I personally used Princeton Review and found it very useful. However, as I finished using PR, I also ended up using ‘5 Steps to a 5’ for its practice tests, just so I could get more exposure to AP exam-like questions. That said, I think the best combination for AP Euro is Princeton Review and Crash Course.</p>
AP Achiever + Modern European History (by Viault) for lengthier and in-depth review, Crash Course for night-before-exam review. They are by far superior to your typical brand names of Barrons, PR, 5 steps, etc.</p>
AP Achiever+Crash Course=Quasi-self-studied 5.</p>
Princeton review will work the best for reviewing what you covered earlier in the year. The practice tests will not help you at all since they only test you on what is in the book itself. Use Princeton and get s released ap multiple choice section from your teacher.
For the frqs and dbqs, use what is in Princeton but rely more on the resources on the ap central page</p>