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Best review book for AP US History
This is with no doubt the best review guide that you can buy for AP US History, if you use it to its full potential, no questions asked.
Review section was okay, practice tests were lacking
I really didn't go through this book as much as other prep books. The review section, while lengthy, lacked information on specific historical figures and left out many of the unifying themes that are indispensable when writing essays for the exam. At best, I skimmed some of the sections, but I found some irrelevant information. This book is great if you have lots of time on your hands to read all of the review section carefully. As for me, I found the information presented in a less than stimulating manner and I ended up relying on course-notes outlines, rereading my American Pageant, the Princeton Review book and my teacher's afterschool review sessions.
Amazing
I never had to read the textbook provided by the school this year.I just used this book which prepared me for the AP.This book should be bought by everyone who takes APUSH ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Study Aids - Test Preparation    5. Study Guides    6. United States - General    7. Learning & study skills    8. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

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Re: PSAT 2007 Review Book
GREAT Book!!! VERY pleased with this seller! Book arrived quickly and in perfect condition! A pleasure to do business with you! Thanks so much!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Educational Tests And Measurements (Higher Education)    2. National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test    3. Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test    4. SAT & PSAT    5. Study Aids    6. Study Guides    7. Test Prep    8. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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Absolutely Wonderful Resource
I'm starting my senior year of undergrad and I've been making huge efforts to try to find a grad school program with a professor with similar research interests.Thus far, it's been very labor-intensive.However, I just bought this guide and it's incredibly helpful.Not only does it go through the process of how to apply, have a successful interview, etc, but it also breaks down schools by program.
Good resource but same as previous edition
Yep, I wasted $15 on this. If you haven't got a previous edition, then this is an OUTSTANDING resource for those interested in pursuing clinical psyc in grad school. If you do have a previous edition, do not buy - especially if you have the 2004-2005 edition. There is nothing substantially different as far as I can tell. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Education & Training    3. Graduate Departments And Schools    4. Graduate School Guides - General    5. Study Aids    6. Study Guides    7. Test Prep    8. Psychology    9. Study Aids / College Guides   

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Great tool
I am an AVID teacher and am preparing my students for the SAT.After I started using this book my students now think that learning Vocab is fun!When have you ever heard a high school student say that vocab is fun?I highly recommend this book!

Practically Painless Learning
I found this slightly unorthodox way of learning vocabulary words to be entertaining and practically painless. My children (8th and 5th graders)and their Gifted and Talented Program teachers have been enthusiastic about using the book. I especially appreciate the author's humorous treatment of this compilation of words likely to be tested, and the fact that he has updated the book periodically to keep pace with changes in the SAT. I would recommend it for any student-in school or not- interested in expanding his or her vocabulary.

Great for homeschoolers
When my daughter was in the 10th. grade, she was homeschooled.Read more

Subjects:  1. Language    2. Mnemonics    3. SAT & PSAT    4. SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)    5. Study Aids    6. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)    7. Vocabulary   

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Not what I expected
I ordered the book expecting a review from the people that actually made the test.It's basically just a few practice questions and then the two tests for each level.It's a very thin book and most of it is the tests.It might be a good book for some people just for exam questions but other than that it's not really a review. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Entrance examinations    2. Examinations, questions, etc    3. History & Philosophy    4. Mathematics    5. SAT & PSAT    6. SAT (Educational test)    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Test Prep    10. United States    11. Universities and colleges   

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How is this Helpful?
This is one of the worst college resources out of the hundreds already in print.The book does little more than list the general statistics of the thousands of colleges in the United States, making it the size of a phone book.The text offers little insight into the character of the school and leaves a college bound student even more confused than before.All this information and more can be found at the collegeboard website(for free), where it is much easier to navigate.This resource may be helpful for a counselor, but is useless for an individual student. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. College Guides    2. Directories    3. Reference    4. Study Aids    5. Test Prep    6. United States    7. Universities and colleges   

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Examkrackers Chemistry
This is a very good book. Amazon shipped it right away, in excellent condition. This book will help you get ready for the MCATs by acting as your very own tutor. I recommend getting all of the Examkracker series.

Great for high yield review
To get into Med school after 15yrs in business I took my Organic Chem series over again, studied Exam Kracker's 101 series until I knew the books cold, listened to EK's Audio Osmosis about 10 times while communiting then took several full length practice tests.
Excellent.Do be fooled by other texts, this rocks!!!
First of all, if you consider yourself a 'pre-med' and serious about the MCAT, then as such you probably would've done some research about your products you are using... judging from the other reviews, they have not.
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Subjects:  1. Chemistry - General    2. Education    3. Graduate Preparation - MCAT    4. Study Guides    5. Test Preparation & Review   

Reviews (5)

Excellent Review Book
I very strongly advise you buying this book if you wish to do well on the AP Exam. My teacher was completly useless (he never taught, we never took tests,and we never wrote any practice essays or took any practice AP exams). Nevertheless, I purchased this book and read through it and did the practice exams the weekend before the AP exam. I scored a 5 on this exam and have no doubt that I could not have acheived this without this book. I even belive it would be very possible to get a 5 on the AP exam without taking the class ifyou read this book (I didn't read one single chapter in the actual AP textbook). I don't, however know whether this book would help you do well in the actual class since our teacher didn't make us do anything or attempt to teach us anything, he just gave everyone a 99 in the class.

I'm Ready For Pass The Exam
This is a wondeful book, i can tell that by may 2007 i'm ready to pass the Advanced Placement Biology Exam with a 4 or 5

Amazing
This book was the key for me in getting ready to take the AP Bio Exam. I realized that many questions in this book are exactly like the ones you encounter on the real test. It was like the Princeton Review people knew what exactly was going to be on the test I took beforehand. This is a must buy for acing the AP Bio Exam! Amazing book, which helped me alot. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Advanced placement programs (Education)    3. Biology    4. Examinations    5. Examinations, questions, etc    6. Life Sciences - Biology - General    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Test Prep    10. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

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An excellent book to learn physics, not for the SAT II
This book is an excellent source to learn about almost every aspect of physics.It touches base on things that are not taught in the high school curriculum. I took a year of regents physics and am taking IB physics this year and the book helped a lot.However, the practice problems and in depth information in this book is NOT ON THE PHYSICS SAT II.I took the test a few months ago and the test is nothing compared to the book.Yes it will overprepare you for the test, but if you don't have time to read and study all of those pages, theres no reason to.I'm sure there are other books out that will teach you all you need to know.Again, excellent book, but for the person who just wants to ace the test and nothing more, its a waste of time and energy trying to understand it all.It is not an easy read for an average student. I got a 780 on the test and most of the questions are all on concepts, maybe about 8 percent of the test had actual math problems where you had to work stuff out, and you really don't need to know that many formulas. All in all its a great book to impress your physics teacher and grasp many concepts but not the best for the test.

While not flawless, an excellent book to use
I started reviewing with this book for the SAT Physics Subject Test only three days before I had to take it. While I had taken one year of regular physics in school, we never had to memorize the equations for our tests. This book did an excellent job of condensing all the information needed, and its explanations were clear and concise. The review problems were challenging but ensured a thorough understanding of the concepts, and the provided solutions to the practice tests were easy to understand.
Very good review
This book presents an excellent review, the only issue is that it shoudl have had more practice tests. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. College entrance achievement tests    2. Examinations    3. Physics    4. SAT & PSAT    5. Study Aids    6. Study Guides    7. Test Prep    8. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

Subjects:  1. College Guides    2. College majors    3. College students    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Higher    6. Higher Education (Specific Aspects)    7. Reference    8. Study Aids    9. Test Prep    10. United States    11. Vocational guidance   

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This one is the Best review!!
As a teacher of AP Stats for 7 years, I have found this book to be the best and I encourage my students to purchase it. I love the questions at the end of each section and the fact that answers are explained in detail for not only the free response, but multiple choice. The practice exams at the end are also wonderful and it tells how to get a score for your efforts. This book has become my "stat bible" for my reviews leading up to that first week in May! Thanks to Barron's!

Good Product
Hey, this is an awesome book, hope i do well on the test!

Who needs a professor?
As a busy professional going back to school to earn that overpriced piece of paper we call a B.S., I had no time to BS with the "generals" we all learned (if we were paying attention) in Jr. High.
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Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. College entrance achievement t    3. College entrance achievement tests    4. Examinations, questions, etc    5. Mathematical statistics    6. Probability & Statistics - General    7. Statistics    8. Study Aids    9. Study Guides    10. Test Prep    11. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

Reviews (5)

Missing data on test scores and campus crime
The book's jacket announces somewhat presumptuously: "students on campus tell you what you really want to know."
great resource for first-timers
This book provides a good basic set of data and student comments on most of the colleges we're considering.A good companion is "Students' Guide to Colleges," which covers only the top 100 colleges, but is brutally honest.This Insider's Guide tends to present a pretty positive view of each college, although it provides a little more insight than just looking at the college's own website or viewbook.The Insider's Guide has colleges grouped by state.I think Insider's Guide gives us useful information about each college: the physical campus, the dorms and food, the use of drugs and alcohol, the types of activities students typically enjoy (sports, arts, whatever).

Buy the 2006
I think it's disgusting the lack of research Yale Daily News put into this 2007 guide.There are a hundred things wrong with this guide, but just from opening to the school I go to (University of Delaware), and seeing that one of the things I have to do before I graduate is "go to the Stone Balloon," I could tell this book was just a new cover to the 2006 with updated admissions statistics.The Stone Balloon, a historic University of Delaware Bar and Music Hall, announced more than a year ago that it was going to be knocked down and replaced by condiminiums on Main Street.This was true, and it was closed for the spring, and camera crews were there at the beginning of the summer to see huge bulldozers knock it over.Pretty sad that NO ONE will be able to fulfill the Insider's Guide's instructions.Sweet life Yale...do some research and stop making money reprinting the same "best-selling" book each year ... Read more

Subjects:  1. College Guides    2. Directories    3. Reference    4. Study Aids    5. Test Prep    6. United States    7. Universities and colleges   

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THE ULTIMATE US REVIEW
Thanks to this review book, I ended up with a 5! Our AP teacher called this "the review bible" and used this book constantly in class. It's even good for class tests! My friend was failing those until she started reviewing with this book...and her grade improved significantly. The best part of this book is the tests. They ask questions that are definetly comparable to AP level questions, and the best thing is to ALWAYS read the section that explains to you why you are right or wrong on a question. The sample essays are also very helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Study Aids    3. Study Guides    4. Test Prep    5. United States - General    6. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

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Yeah, it's good
I have no other book to compare it to, but it helps me review for my AP Government class tests. I sometimes wish it had more multiple test questions to offer, but overall the information is well classified and it goes into decent detail on every topic. The sample essays are very helpful.

Barron's Is God
Barron's has its shortcomings, sure.I'd still give it five stars, because I earned a 4 on the exam after speed-reading the majority of its contents in a single sitting having not taken a class.I will say this much: the answers to the questions on the exam are in this book; the trick is remembering them! Had I studied more rigorously (i.e., for a week), I am sure I would have earned a five.
A American Government Book......not a book on AP Government preparation guide
I strongly discourage the purchase or use of this book.
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Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Examinations, questions, etc    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Political Science (Young Adult)    6. Politics and government    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Social Science - Politics & Government    9. Study Aids - Test Preparation    10. Study Guides    11. United States    12. Political Science / Government / National   

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THIS BOOK IS A WASTE OF TREES!!!
This book did not help me at all...the content was ok but the strategies sucked and I ended up getting a 2 on the exam. It just gave 2 pages for strategies and it did not have practice questions at the end of each chapter like other books do. Use 5 steps to a 5 (a quarter of the book is about strategies), my friends used it and they said it was soo helpful. Also, this book says 06-07 version but it has been the same for 3 years (i saw the 2003 book in the library). Please take my advice and dont buy this book.

REALLY GOOD review book!!
It's REALLY GOOD!!! I got a 4 on the AP U.S. Gov't & Politics exam!!!

Extremely Helpful and Concise
Unlike Princeton Review's other test prep books where they constanly stuff your mouth with the 'latest' test taking techniques to help you score higher on the tests, Princeton Review does an amazing thing: they filled the book with CONTENT!!!The book is organized according to how college board organizes the information.Near the beginning of the topics (like Constitutional Underpinnings, Public Policy, Civil Rights, etc.), Princeton Review places a list of important terms.I made a terms worksheet and filled it in as I went - extremely helpful.
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Subjects:  1. Advanced Placement    2. Civics & Citizenship    3. Examinations    4. Examinations, questions, etc    5. Government - U.S. Government    6. Politics and government    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Test Prep    10. United States    11. Study Aids / Advanced Placement   

Subjects:  1. College And University Guidance And Counseling    2. College Guides    3. Directories    4. Financial Aid    5. Reference    6. Scholarships    7. Student aid    8. Study Aids    9. Test Prep    10. United States   

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Very Useful
This book has a lot of information, much more than I expected.Another book, the K&W Guide to Collegesfor Students with Disabilities, was not useful at all. Read more

Subjects:  1. College Guides    2. Colleges and universities    3. Curricula    4. Directories    5. Education (Higher)    6. Education Of Exceptional Children    7. Institutions Of Higher Education    8. Learning disabled    9. Reference    10. Special Education - Learning Disabled    11. Specific Groups In Higher Education    12. Study Aids    13. Test Prep    14. United States    15. Universities and colleges    16. Advice on education    17. Careers guidance    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. College And University Guidance And Counseling    2. College Entrance    3. College Guides    4. Higher    5. Reference    6. Study Aids    7. Test Prep    8. Study Aids / College Guides   

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SAT-tutor approved!
I've been tutoring SAT students in Manhattan, Connecticut, and New Jersey for ten years now, and I've never seen any other resource or material like this book/CD. It's really a whole new way to approach studying vocab - one of the most dreaded and most necessary parts of preparing for the test - that I think students will really go for. The songs are terrific! I just got my hands on this book (after a friend recommended it) and can't wait to use it with my students this fall.

Essential for the SAT
I have been an SAT Tutor for the most elite students in New York City for 8 years, and this CD is an absolute must buy. I have all of my students buy it. Who has time or a desire to study flash cards? Rock the SAT takes all the work out of vocab studying and makes it fun! One recent student scored an 800 on her Verbal section and said to me, "I could here the lyrics going through my head during the test. Rock the SAT saved me!" It's that good.

interesting...
It's a lot more fun than the other SAT books/flashcards out there, I must say. As an avid music listener, the music isn't amazing, but it works. The words range from really easy (moasic, parallel) to difficult (the first song - reticence, taciturn, laconic). You can prevew a song on the Rock the Sat website too.
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Subjects:  1. SAT & PSAT    2. Study Aids    3. Study Guides    4. Test Prep    5. Examinations & assessment    6. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)   

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Good review and practice for SAT 1 math
Harder tham the usual test but defintely works.

personal student review
As a peer studying for the SAT i recommend this book to those that have reviewed the official SAT workbook, kaplan, and also princeton review. this book show problems that are extremely difficult compared to the regular test but it is a good book to review if your planning to score at the 2100-2400 range.

This book is a ticket for your dreams to come true.
I've taken my SATs May of 2003, and October 2003.I scored 740 for May SAT and achieved 780 for October SAT.This book is one of the best books for mathematics.It depends on how well you use this book.Anyways, I'll tell how i used this book.
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Subjects:  1. Examinations, questions, etc    2. Mathematics    3. SAT & PSAT    4. SAT (Educational test)    5. Scholastic Assessment Test    6. Study & Teaching    7. Study Aids    8. Study Guides    9. Test Prep    10. Examinations & assessment    11. Study Aids / SAT & PSAT (Scholastic Assessment Test & Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test)