Recommended Books/Companies?

[Christiano]

If you look at my subjects below;

1) What study guides do you recommend? Checkpoints for chemistry, Neap, etc

2) What revision lectures have you guys/gals found to be helpful/worth the money?

[onerealsmartass]

The biozone book is really good for bio

[ninwa]

Checkpoints wasn't very useful for Chemistry for me, I thought practice exams were much more effective

[pi]

The biozone book is really good for bio

Definitely, and the model answers are always posted on this forum. The NEAP book is also useful ,as it is written by the chief assessor, so he knows his stuff really well!

I did TSFX lectures and if you get Mr Mac (and ignore all the controversy related to the company that has been posted in recent times), which is likely, then it is awesome! I found their notes (come with the lectures(s)) to be really comprehensive as well. Can't comment on other subjects -still figuring it out for myself too!

[Russ]

Neap has always impressed me, see if you can buy a second hand copy of their intensive 10 week course. Which reminds me...I have to get my copy of that back from the girl I loaned it to this year lol

If not, I feel that writing your own exam questions and answering them is the best revision.

[chansthename]

Personally I believe it is more beneficial if you skip getting any of those commercial books and just get trial exams off VN instead (this assumes that you are after them for questions rather than notes).

Either way AVOID A+ noted like the plague. They suck so bad, you know it's wrong when they write that RF (retention factor) is retardation factor multiple times in their chem book (revise in a month one, and I only got it because it was being cleared out at a low price)

[kyzoo]

....no study guides or external comapny lectures needed...at all

[pi]

....no study guides or external comapny lectures needed...at all

Why? Not even if someone is having problems?

[iNerd]

....no study guides or external comapny lectures needed...at all

Why? Not even if someone is having problems?

He uses the word needed. You do not need it. What you need is what is listed on your booklist.

[pi]

I was asking kyzoo...

[Inside Out]

i have a full-on collection of biol resources!  :smitten:
this is wat a have for biology btw
-->  neap books for exam 1 and 2, A+ 2nd edition notes for units 3 and 4, 2008 and 2010 set of checkpoints for both units, getting biozone next year since 2011 version isnt out yet, i have heinemman and nelson's biology hardcopy, NoB pdf copy, TSFX Summer and Winter school biol booklets, A+ exams but for unit 4 only. got all this for under 100

AT least get the neap, A+ notes and biozone student workbook i reckon.


methods: derrick ha's book, 2010 chekckpoints 3/4, neap books again, and CD packed of exams.

i probably dont need all this stuff but who cares 

[pi]

Happyface, you should be swimming in bio after doing all of that! Definitely set for next year

[kyzoo]

....no study guides or external comapny lectures needed...at all

Why? Not even if someone is having problems?

What kind of problems? =X

[pi]

....no study guides or external comapny lectures needed...at all

Why? Not even if someone is having problems?

What kind of problems? =X

Like problems in understanding certain concepts in the course, for example.

[sgeorge]

For English, I personally find the Neap study guides particularly useful. Lots of information and ideas.