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I was tempted to give it a lower rating, but that's when I realized I would be basing it off of my enmity of homework and studying. It breaks down the AP World curriculum into important things you need to know for the exam. It goes over essays, content, and strategies for getting a good score. The one flaw that I see with it is the pages. The pages are meant to be written on which makes it great, but I love bright colors, thus I love to use highlighters when outlining information. I also am very obsessive about things, such as the sound a highlighter makes when it glides against these pages. It drives me up the wall to the point where I forbid myself to use highlighter in this book. I tend to just use pen, however, and it works well. Now about Barron's. My WHAP teacher told my class that Princeton is better than Barron's and that she does not recommend it (Giving us the mneumic device "Barron's = BAD"). My friend must have accidentally bought the Barron's, so she gave it to me as a birthday present (Isn't that great). So I skimmed through Barron's and it completely resembles a textbook, while Princeton uses easier language, and turns it more into a story. Barron's also does not have as big of an essay section or talks about big ideas of each time period, unlike Barron's. The one positive I found about Barron's: the pages they used. I am happy that my AP World teacher recommended Princeton, but it all just depends on the format of which you like to read. Good luck on the exam!
I have to say, I was debating whether to purchase Barrons of Princeton review for this AP exam. I heard great reviews on both books and to me, it didn't matter which book I got because they would work the same anyway. I decided on Princeton because my friend used it last year. I have never gotten a Barrons review book, so I really can't compare the two. I just really love this one!
THE CONTENT
I'm sure all of the review books are like this, but I really find it handy that they separated the content by time period. Again, I'm sure all the other books did the same, but it just made it more organized and for me, really easy to understand and remember what I had learned months before. I reviewed with this book 4 weeks before the actual exam. It helped a lot with remembering what I had forgotten. At the end of each section, there is a timeline and the list of vocabulary words. I found it really helpful to go back to the ends of the sections to review those sections without reading the entire chapter! I recommend, as you are reading, to highlight vocab words and make notes in the margins. There's plenty of space to write, so no need for sticky notes! All in all, I found the content to be extremely helpful in terms of remembering and learning, in more detail, the events and facts that occurred in each chapter.
THE PRACTICE TESTS
Okay, there's one thing I need to stress. The practice tests are VERY challenging. To me, at least. It wasn't a problem finishing everything within the time limit. The questions were just very hard to remember. Even at the end when I finished reading the entire book, I had trouble answering the questions. Don't panic like I did! The questions are much more difficult than the actual AP exam which I found very helpful. Some questions were actually really similar to some questions on the exam! Final word: don't be discouraged when you miss 20 questions. It's meant to be hard! It was hard, but beneficial. There is a VERY detailed explanation of each question at the end of the test. I found that to be really handy, especially when reviewing because it helped refresh my memory. I recommend finding more practice tests online since there are only two in the book. I almost forgot! The essay questions were pretty hard too, in my opinion. Again, the essay prompts in the AP exam were MUCH easier than the ones in the book. I actually didn't write the essays from the practice prompts. Don't worry! There is a detailed explanation of what you could write about and what topic you can choose. The explanations are helpful in reviewing as well!
THE STRATEGIES
The strategies in this book are helpful! Things like time management for the multiple choice and essays worked! I followed each step and I had 10 minutes to spare after writing all 3 essays. For the multiple choice, I had 10 extra minutes, but I used all my extra time to check my answers! The advice for essay writing was helpful, but since I was pressured, I forgot to follow the advice and just wrote everything all at once (I think making an outline and rough draft is too time consuming). Finally, strategies are awesome! 10 spare minutes after 3 essays is a lot of time! Remember to practice writing fast before the exam because that helps a lot.
BONUS
Honestly, and I am NOT kidding here. I actually enjoyed reviewing for the exam. I really did chuckle at some of the remarks in the book and I did like the commentary from the authors. This review book is very well written and easy to understand. It's really no nonsense, just read it and take notes! I loved that the vocabulary words are bolded so you know exactly what to focus on when you're reading.
Using just this book and some review my teacher gave me, I earned a 5 on the 2016 AP world history exam. It really wasn't easy throughout the year, and studying was painful too, but it was all worth it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to pass the exam! Good luck, work hard, and never give up!
I am an AP Literature teacher, and I find this book invaluable. What I like about it isn't so much the test taking advice (you can find that on the Internet for free), but rather the explanations for the multiple choice answers. Too often with multiple choice tests in literature, you can't figure out why an answer is correct because it seems like more than one answer could work. I use the practice tests to help students prepare for multiple choice, and I've found that their scores are improving with each year. I recommend this book to them, and they are believers as well.
Overall, an excellent explanation of many concepts. However, the first practice test at the beginning of the book is not a great reflection of the actual AP exam. Specifically, the 3rd free response question is to be solved without benefit of a calculator. Solving this particular equation requires estimating a square root to a couple of decimal places, then using the result in multiple calculations. This is not something students will be likely to encounter on the actual exam, except in the calculator-allowed section. As the first calculator-prohibited question, it can really throw the students off if they invest too much time in tedious calculations.
I teach AP calculus and haven't seen College Board questions that require a huge investment in time for calculations that don't really indicate proficiency in the subject matter.
I haven't tried the other practice tests yet but am hopeful that they will more accurately reflect what students can expect to see on test day.
I was having trouble following my teacher so about 5 days before my test I bought this book and just reviewed nonstop. This book helps and does miracles!! I thought I was only going to manage to get a score of 1 on this test but now I have the possibility of obtaining a 4, maybe even a 5!! This book works!!! The practice questions are very helpful along with the step by step process to the answers in the back of the book. The practice tests are very helpful as well. If you believe you need help in AP Calculus AB this book will help you every step of the way to understanding
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