<p>Hello, all. I am attending UNC Chapel Hill in the Fall as a Biology/Pre-med major. That said, I realize that I should get a head start on credit and knock out some of those general ed. requirements.</p>
<p>I'm taking 5 AP exams this year, and I hope to get credit for all of them. But, there is one exam I am taking that particularly scares me: AP Chemistry.</p>
<p>I'm in Honors Chemistry now, as I was not able to take AP Chemistry this year or last year, but I know that Honors omits a large amount of material covered in AP Chemistry. My teacher gave me an AP review packet, but I feel I should invest in at least a couple of prep books. Any advice on how to achieve a score of 3 or 5 (in my dreams)?</p>
<p>I don’t know how rigorous your honors chem class, but if it’s like I can surmise based on the fact that you say it omits a lot of ap material, you’ll need some work to get a 4 or 5. If you crack open a prep book and pour over the material though, I think a 3 and up is definitely in your range.</p>
<p>Point is that it can be done, but you will have to work for it.</p>
<p>As to how it should be done? Well, def get some prep books, and work the problems in it. </p>
<p>See if you can borrow a copy of the Zumdahl Chemistry text book as well because it seems very thorough about showing how to work the problems. And do the problems. </p>
<p>At least for me, h chem and ap chem problems are two totally different beasts. lol</p>
<p>Work the problems and look at the examples. Biggest piece of advice</p>
<p>-Look at the FRQs on collegeboard.com. This really helps.
-Get a textbook and learn the topics that are not covered in your honors class
-Read prep book (I liked PR a lot)
-Take some practice exams</p>
<p>I took the test last year. Barron’s is definitely my fav review book. I got a 4.
even tho the prac tests in the book are harder, it really helps in preparing you. book dont waste ur time studying the whole book, just focus on areas u really need help on.</p>
<p>u should def check out petersons, i checked out PR and it was a lil too basic for me. barrons was way too much!! forget studying with a textbook now cuz u have too little time especially cuz ull need to prepare for the other four aps. im taking 4 aps also and im going to just use petersons and the college board questions. hopefully that wll be enough</p>
<p>1)Use a textbook to learn the material that your Hon. Chem class does not cover, but AP Chem does cover. (the big ones are like equilibrium, pH, reactions,etc there is usually an outline on the AP Chem site which tells you the major sections)</p>
<p>2) Get PR prepbook and read it, you might even do it concurrently with 1.</p>
<p>3)Practice, Practice, Practice MC. I am assuming your chem class has lots of free response type questions if not then do #3 & #4 equally, but in my experience MC was not used that much. Therefore it was a good thing for me to look at practice MC questions simply to learn the wording and the types of MC.</p>