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I want to buy a calc bc book for both review and practice. Which is the best. I am thinking about PR and Barrons.

By Jlq3d3 (Jlq3d3) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 04:42 pm: Edit

I am also considering the Arco.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 06:36 pm: Edit

arco by far. PR and Barrons both suck for Calc. Arco and Cliffs > all.

By Sherwin (Sherwin) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 07:21 pm: Edit

PR and Barrons both suck?? Those are the two that I have... great.

Well the two do seem inconsistant in what they both focus on, so maybe you're very right.

By Jason817 (Jason817) on Monday, April 19, 2004 - 08:56 pm: Edit

well I used them both for AB and they really didn't help me; PR was too broad and Barrons was too boring. Arco on the other hand did. Arco also has a better BC section....it has about 500 pages of material and 4 practice tests (2AB and 2 BC).

By Deepwood6 (Deepwood6) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:52 am: Edit

All i know is that i studied off the barrons ap book last year for calc bc and i also didn't have a class and i thought the actual ap test was a breeze after the preparation in that book (5/5 bc/ab subscore).

By Edward (Edward) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 11:14 am: Edit

Arco explains concepts very clearly... But Barron's has better problems...