Shmoop Launches Online AP Calculus and AP Microeconomics Exam Prep Courses

PRLog (Press Release) - Mar. 14, 2011 - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Mar. 9, 2011) Our shtick: Shmoop is a digital curriculum and test prep company that aims to suck less of the joy of learning out of the requisite college readiness process. Shmoop announces the launch of Online Test Prep Courses for AP Calculus AB & BC (http://www.shmoop.com/ap-calculus/) and AP Microeconomics (http://www.shmoop.com/ap-microeconomics/). With AP Exams (http://www.shmoop.com/ap-exams/) looming in early May, Shmoop boldly declares an end to the oppressive regime of dull, lifeless test prep for calculus and econ.

Each Shmoop AP Exam Prep Course is available for $12.95 for at-home purchase by an individual student. Shmoop also offers mass mind liberation in the form of Site Licenses for schools, districts, and public libraries (at revolutionary affordable prices).

Shmoop Test Prep “which now covers SAT, PSAT, ACT, and 7 AP Exams - is now in use in schools, libraries, and Angry Birds detox clinics nationwide.

Shmoop AP Calculus by the Numbers:
• 450 Practice Problems
• 6 Full-Length Practice Exams (3 Calculus AB Exams, 3 Calculus BC Exams)
• 100s of Explanations, Examples, and Exercises on all topics that you need to know for the exam
• 100s the only place in the galaxy (Shmoop) where you’ll solve problems like the rate of face-planting off of a ladder or the rate of shoe-stuck toilet paper unraveling.

Shmoop AP Microeconomics by the Numbers:
• 200 Practice Problems
• 2 Full-Length Practice Exams with Multiple Choice and Free Response
• 100s of Explanations and Examples

Group Rates for Schools and Districts: Think Discounts, Think Groupon… Let’s Call it Shmoopona

Shmoop now offers ludicrously affordable group rates for schools, districts and public libraries that want a Site License. Deets at http://www.shmoop.com/school-district

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Shmoop is a digital curriculum and test prep company that makes fun, rigorous learning and teaching materials. Shmoop content is written by master teachers and Ph.D. students from Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and other top universities. Shmoop Learning Guides, Test Prep, and Teacher's Editions balance a teen-friendly, approachable style with academically rigorous materials to help students understand how subjects relate to their daily lives. Shmoop offers more than 7,000 titles across the Web, iPhone, Android devices, iPad, Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader. The company was an Official Honoree in the 2010 and 2009 Webby Awards, was named one of the best educational products by the Association of Educational Publishers, and was named "Best of the Internet" by PC Magazine. Launched in 2008, Shmoop is headquartered in a Labradoodle-patrolled office in Mountain View, Calif.