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Title: The Princeton Review Cracking the Ap Chemistry Exam 2002-2003 (Princeton Review) by Paul Foglino, Princeton Review ISBN: 037576223X Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27
Rating: 4
Summary: Helped me get a 3
Comment: Before I read this book I had very little knowledge of what chemistry was. I was completely lost--and never tried to catch up. In class I never knew what my teacher was talking about. Without this book I would have gotten a 1 on the 2003 exam; by using it for a few weeks before the test I got a 3. I know I would have done better if I had studied this book longer. It has a reader-friendly format and isn't quite as terrifying as Barron's, so it's a great last-minute review for procrastinators. I recommend that you use this book in conjunction with old AP tests, or use it along with Barron's if you have the time. Also this book doesn't cover labs at all--I recommend the Cliff's Notes for that. Don't forget to practice as many free-response problems as you can on the old AP tests.
Rating: 2
Summary: Informative . . . if you're taking some other test
Comment: I bought this book because I only took AP Chemistry by independant study, and thought I should review sample exams in case my self-preparation had been way off-target. I was surprised by how easy the sample exams in this book were, and by the lack of depth in which it thought we should have studied various topics. I had hoped the book would include a list of the official AP Chemistry labs, so that I could at least review the concepts even if I was unable to actually perform them. However, this book asserted that the exam would only ask about "basic experiments and fundamental techniques," and its example lab essays only dealt with common-sense lab safety and simple techniques like titrations. And although I had studied the organic chemistry chapter in my textbook, this book predicted "very little actual organic chemistry on the AP test" and did not even include sample questions on this topic. But when I took the 2003 AP Chemistry exam, essay questions on both spectrophotometry, which is a rather specialized laboratory technique, and organic chemistry appeared. I was only able to get a 5 on this test because I had studied spectrophotometry in another science class and because I had completed most of my chemistry preparations without refering to this book, and so had learned the necessary subjects in much more depth than the Princeton Review deemed necessary. Both the multiple choice and free response sections of the actual test were significantly harder than the samples in this book. The study advice and sample questions in this book outline the basic areas of chemistry the exam covers and give the test's format, but are very misleading when it comes to the exam's level of difficulty.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent - a must-buy for anyone looking to get a 5!
Comment: This was a truly amazing book and a highly recommend it for anyone looking to get a 5 on the AP test. The review sections are extremely extensive and concise, giving you only the information you need to get a 5, and nothing more. There is a test at the end of the each chapter, about 15-30 questions long (a perfect lenght) with free response questions and essay questions for the material if they apply. This was EXTREMELY helpful in my preparation, and I suggest you review the chapters and their tests twice, as I did. The free response questions are so similar to the ones found on the real AP test that the AP free response section was a BREEZE for me! Although the multiple choice in the book was not extraordinary similar to the one on the AP test, all of the ideas and concepts and reasoning was the same, and the multiple choice was not at all a challenge. Princeton Review stresses so many of the same ideas that appear on the test, I was truly amazed and remember thinking "Well, I'm glad Princeton Review went over this concept a million times!" or "Good thing Princeton Review really got that stuck into my mind."
This book my only study guide, and I used it very well, having been in a chemistry class with a horrible teacher. I completely and 100% credit this book for getting me the 5 that it did (I just got my score back today!). I started studying for the test early, in late Febuary, and I would recommend going through the entire book twice. This book was amazing, and I am so happy with its results!
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Title: Cracking the Ap Calculus Ab & Bc Exams: 2002-2003 (Princeton Review) by David S. Kahn, Princeton Review ISBN: 0375762221 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Cracking the AP U.S. History Exam, 2002-2003 by Tom Meltzer, Jean Hofheimer Bennett ISBN: 0375762310 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: How to Prepare for the AP Chemistry by Neil Jesperson ISBN: 0764120220 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cracking the AP Physics B & C Exams, 2002-2003 by Steven A. Leduc ISBN: 0375762272 Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 29 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Chemistry (Cliffs AP) by Gary S. Thorpe ISBN: 076458684X Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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