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Peterson's Master AP Chemistry

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Quite simply, there is no other AP review book that will prepare you for the AP Chemistry test as well as Master AP Chemistry, by Peterson's.

While this book may be larger than the other study books (especially Princeton Review) it's because little is left out. For some, this book may be too excessive and detailed, but with colleges turning to accepting 5's as the only way to CLEAR college courses, this is the book to buy.

I'm not saying this is the best book without a reason, I actually have/borrowed all the others books for AP Chem that are sold at my local Barnes & Noble. This includes: Princeton, 5 Steps to a 5, Cliffnotes, and Barron's. I found the other books to have annoying commentary (entirely unnecessary), to be TOO shallow, or to have an annoying layout.

Master AP Chemistry has every bit of information needed: to survive the test (3) through the "Summing it Up" section at the end of every chapter; to show proficiency (4) through the "Summing it Up," Bolded Words, and practice tests at the END of the Entire book; and to show mastery (5)through everything above, the in-depth information in every chapter, and the tests at the end of each chapter.

I happened to get a 5 on the AP Chem test, and that score has saved me from taking general chemistry as a Freshman in college with about, 400-500 other students (in each lecture hall.) I have no doubt that this book was what enabled me to get a '5', but I also must suggest three other important factors.
1. A willingness to study and invest "Free-time" to pass
2. A good/experienced teacher
3. Practice/Old AP tests (Collegeboard's website and your teacher should have old AP tests)*Format changed this year on 'Reactions' portion, but old tests still do an ample job preparing*

However good a study guide might be, you, the test-taker have to be accustomed to how the test "works," it's layout, wording, timing, subject matter, and the expectation that a normal 'A' (90%) on this test is unlikely, so you WILL miss questions and you can't let this bother you.

Once again, Colleges are turning to 5's and no other book prepares students as well, but you're the one who has to open it and read it.

Very good book. It has the ability to retain my attention while giving me the info I need. Watch out though! There are some mathematical errors in the examples, but the answers are correct. Like in the beginning it has on accident a number in scientific notation as something like 3.3x20^5, when it should be 3.3x10^5. Other than those minor mistakes I am happy with it.

I read through most of this book, and did two of the practice tests, and some of the other chapter problems. There are some mathematical errors like the previous reviewer said, but they don't really subtract from your learning (though the book does lose credibility). It had a really good explanation of electricity/batteries and had a nice overview of organic chem. Overall it was an okay book, and I ended up getting a 4. I probably would have recieved the same score had I bought a different review guide though.

I got a 1 on the Mach Exam the day before the national exam. That evening and night, I studied this book like a heathen. I ended up getting a 3 on the exam. It's not a great score, but I deserved a 1 on how inattentive I was in that class (I used to be extremely sophomoric). I HIGHLY recommend this book. I ended up loving this book, it was my knight in shining armor.

I've looked at many AP chemistry books to help me through my college chemistry class and to be truthful none of the other books helped at all. This book is excellent and contains many examples, though as previously mentioned there are some mistakes here and there. I just use it as a general guideline as what to do, so I tend to overlook the mistakes/typos because I covered it in class already. Chemistry is a fast paced class, and this is an excellent resource to turn to in times of confusion. Most of the chapters in here pretty much covered most of the basics we covered in class. (Just to make it certain to everyone, I'm not an AP chem student but rather a college chem student =] )

I was a sophmore in high school of class 2011. This book was my first prep book by Peterson's, I heard much about his products, but never really took a look at them before.I usually favor Princeton Review, but their chemistry prep wasn't well wriiten. I looked at many other company's book but finally settled on this current one. And I wasn't disappointed. This book has everything you need and I especially loved their practice problems, after I went over a section and the problems, I have a much more understanding than simply listening to my instructor's lecture. Eventually, I just recieved my AP grade on both chem and chinese, and I was happy to find out I got a perfect score of 5 in both. Mainly thanks to this book.

I was shocked at how fast the book was shipped to my house. Very pleased. However the book was more worn that I thought it was going to be, but everything else was great.

Product is useful as additional study book for duaghter taking AP CHemistry. GOOD PRICE AND REASONABLE SHIPPING TIME.