Cracking the AP U.S. Government and Politics

By Tom Meltzer, The Princeton Review, The Princeton Review

WE KNOW THE AP U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS EXAM The experts at The Princeton Review study the AP U.S. Government & Politics exam and other standardized tests each year to make sure you get the most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375754962
• ISBN13: 9780375754968
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Princeton Review
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Review!!

I had four US Government Review books and this was definitely the most useful to me. (I had the 99-00 edition, but took the exam in 2001). I ended up scoring a 5!

Concise, clear, and all-around great!

Princeton Review is the best in test prep books. The book is clear, funny at times, and keeps your attention long enough to teach you all you need to know to ace the AP test.

Incredible Results

I was not blessed with the best in-class AP English preparation my senior year. We read a lot of novels, stories, and poems in one semester, without fully understanding the complexity of any of them. When May arrived, I was terrified of how poor education was going to ruin my performance. However, I began to read the Princeton Review guide, and slowly but surely, I began to learn ways to avoid the monotony that persistently pervades student essays about literature. I learned how to write lively, insightful, color-filled essays that were coherent. These are the type of essays that AP readers want. This is obviously true, because I received a 5 on my AP English Lit Exam against all odds. This book is both concise and witty, keeping you interested all the way through. Strategies for overcoming the pitfalls of the multiple-choice section are also provided. This one is a must-see-to-believe type of guide. Princeton Review, thanks!

I highly recommend this book

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Short and Sweet

I have yet to take the real AP Government test, but after studying with this book and taking a last year's test as a practice, I'm certain I'll do well this year. The book is incredibly efficient; true it does not inform the reader of all the functions of gov~t, but that is not its purpose. It has very little superfluous information, and it seems that nearly everything I read became a question on the practice exam. The only flaw is that it is a little repetitive... it seems like the book provides a basic overview before going into more specific details. Perhaps this caters to both the slacker student and the more prepared student, allowing someone just beginning their studies the day before to at least get a quick review accomplished.