AP study guides vs. CLEP study guides

[cookderosa]

Personally, I've found the AP-targeted guides to be a better study source for CLEPs than the CLEP-targeted guides. Overall, on the the ones I've compared, the AP-targeted guides go into better detail, which reduces the amount of additional Wiki searches needed to get a good handle on the items that are likely to show up on the CLEPs. Also, for both the Macro and Micro Econ CLEPs, the Barron's Business Review Library Economics book has a wealth of concise info. Macro and Micro Econ are on my 'next up' list, right after I get Nat. Sci. and Org. Behavior out of the way; the AP Econ and Barron's are what I'm using to prepare for both of them. Cheers!
- Lia

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I would agree- you'll be on target with AP as long as you match the exam. One thing to watch for, some AP exams are broken down differently- like in AP, US History is one subject. In CLEP, US History is 2 subjects. In that case, the AP history might not be as in depth, but that doesn't exclude it as a valuable source.
I would just suggest going to the college board web site and looking at the % breakdown for the exam content you are doing and compare it to the table of contents in your test prep book.