Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
- Published by: Princeton Review January 10, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0375765352
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0375765353
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Book Dimensions:
10.6 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 14.4 ounces
Product Description
The Princeton Review realizes that scoring high on the AP Economics Macro & Micro Exams is very different from earning straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about economics–only the strategies and information you’ll need to get your highest score. In
Cracking the AP Economics Macro & Micro Exams, we’ll teach you how to
·Use our preparation strategies and test-taking techniques to raise your score
·Focus on the topics most likely to appear on the test
·Test your knowledge with review questions for each economics topic covered
This book includes 2 full-length practice tests, one each for Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. All of our practice questions are just like those you’ll see on the actual exam, and we explain how to answer every question.
Reader ReviewsI am familiar with, I think, every AP Micro- and Macroeconomics prep guide currently on the market, having worked extensively with all of them. The first three I list below are fairly interchangeable; I have no clear winner to announce if you're having trouble making a decision. But here are my comments in full: Princeton Review: Cracking the AP This is apparently the most popular title on the subject of preparing for these two AP economics exams, but I suspect this may be due to superior marketing on the publisher's part rather than anything else. The explanation section is a little elliptical to use for anything other than review. If you're trying to conquer the exam merely with a test guide, then this would be a bad choice for you. On the plus side, the difficulty of the practice questions herein resembles most convincingly that of those found on the actual AP exam: I've noticed other guides seem slightly too easy. I put this at the top of the list because Princeton comes out with a new edition nearly every year, unlike the other publishers. This means that mistakes are kept to a minimum, and the book's contents can change with the contents of the AP exam itself, which the College Board occasionally makes adjustments to. ISBN-13: 978-0375765353 Barron's AP 2005 (make sure you get the second edition) I suppose this is probably the best one, but as I said, there's no clear leader. Its advantages are that the explanation sections (with the exception of the one on international trade and exchange) are the best and most readable. But there is only one practice exam. Worse, some of the things that I know are on the AP exam, such as the production function and the three-sectioned Keynesian supply curve, make no appearance in this book. I would probably buy this one in combination with the McGraw-Hill one to be really safe: focusing on the explanations from this one, but bracing yourself for the level of difficulty you see in the McGraw-Hill questions. Be sure to get the 2005 edition if you choose this one: the previous edition had a lot of errors. This one doesn't. ISBN-13: 978-0764133619 McGraw-Hill: 5 Steps to a 5 A solid job. It has two practice exams, but I believe there are a handful of concepts covered by the AP exams that simply are not covered in its explanation sections. I suspect the level of difficulty is actually a couple of degrees above what you can expect on the real exam. ISBN-13: 978-0071437127 Kaplan AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics On the plus side, I can say the Kaplan has a useful glossary at the end. But the questions simply aren't hard enough: they're not reflective of what you're going to see on the actual exam. In addition to this, there are definitely about 5 or 6 errors in the practice exam they give you. ISBN-13: 978-1419550829 Cliff's Ron Pirayoff Avoid this disaster. Written by a former teacher at Burbank High School, it's riddled with errors. Not typing errors: downright errors. The author's knowledge of economics was not equal to the task of writing such a guide: he is frequently dead wrong about things. Many of the questions have more than one correct answer, and some have none. I hope this thing will soon go out of print. ISBN-13: 978-0764539992 Rudman's Questions and Answers to the AP Macroeconomics A monstrosity. Privately published, evidently by some guy in his garage. This is not a joke: the thing is spiral bound, and the font suggests it was crafted by some old-fashioned typewriter. None of this means the book is bad though, although this book is bad nevertheless. It's almost unbelievable. Undoubtedly the worst book on this list. There is no explanations section; there are no free-response questions: there is nothing but practice multiple choice questions. But these are highly abstruse, riddled with errors, contain no explanations of the answers and, most inexcusably, decline to employ the kind of terminology and graphing models beloved by the makers of the actual AP Exam. In fact, there is not a single graph anywhere in the book. You probably think I'm kidding. ISBN-13: 978-0837362069 Economics for Dummies Despite the title, if you're going to try to ace the AP Macro and Micro exams with just one book, I would have to say this is the best choice I'm aware of. Not too hard, not too easy. Although it has no practice exercises, your understanding of all concepts covered -- and in the way the College Board likes them covered, and using their terminology -- will be most meaningfully strengthened by an extended acquaintance with this volume. My colleagues and I have been repeatedly astonished to see how well done it is; it contains all the graphs, charts, and equations that you'll need. And though the book doesn't make one mention of the AP exams, honesty compels me to list it here because I regard it as the most comprehensively helpful prep guide for these 2 tests. The only disadvantage I can think of is that you might feel less than kingly with this title under your arms. But are you interested in results, or what? ISBN-13: 978-0764557262
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