Nissi Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 state school online program that he is doing does not include any prep but is continuing with assignments from the text till the end of April. He needs to begin prep immediately on his own. We have the Princeton's and Barron's prep books and a friend gave us her Spark notes flashcards and book. Please share what you all did with your children to effectively prep for the exam. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Princeton, Barron's and Sparknotes ought to get you through. The Barron's is considerably more difficult than the others, so you might want to save that one until last (otherwise it can be quite discouraging). My son worked with those books and felt well prepared for the exam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) state school online program that he is doing does not include any prep but is continuing with assignments from the text till the end of April. He needs to begin prep immediately on his own. We have the Princeton's and Barron's prep books and a friend gave us her Spark notes flashcards and book. Please share what you all did with your children to effectively prep for the exam. Thanks. DS liked both Princeton's and Barron's. He also said that doing the free response questions that are on the College Board website was very helpful. The old released exam you can buy from the college board was helpful too. Best wishes! Edited March 30, 2012 by Luann in ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixglides Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 We recently saw a segment on '60 Minutes' on the Khan Academy. We mentioned it to our first year college student. He commented, 'of course I knew about that, how do you think I scored a 5 on the AP Calc exam?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane Elliot Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 We recently saw a segment on '60 Minutes' on the Khan Academy. We mentioned it to our first year college student. He commented, 'of course I knew about that, how do you think I scored a 5 on the AP Calc exam?' Was it the AP Calc BC exam? My ds felt that Khan Academy didn't have as much material covering BC topics as he would have liked. But maybe they've added to the site. They always are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttichen Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 You can find all the old free response questions online at: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/index.html I'd have him do one a day. You can also order released exams from the College Board, but it might be too late for that this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissi Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 Thank you ladies. Luann and Belacqua, ds. has started working on Princeton Review. Currently he is doing sequences and series in the text and I asked hiim to work on the same chapter in Princeton Review and Barron's. Muttichen, I am printing out the free response questions from CB. Should he work on one exam a day or one section? Thanks. Also, is it beneficial to memorize the Spark notes flash cards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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