@Tobster18 Just watched some Bozeman, understand it much better now! Thanks!!
I know this is kind of an old topic but does anyone have any good tips on remembering molecular geometry and hybridization? Those were the two topics last semester I had trouble with. My teacher also told my class that hybridization isn’t on the exam but I have a feeling it is…
Keep on practicing. Only way.
Tbh, everything in AP Chem comes back to IMF. You can explain every single topic with it. Thats just me tho
Hey guys,I am a freshman taking AP Chem. So far we have covered bonding, gases, thermodynamics, and solutions. We still have acids and bases, kinetics, equilibrium, and redox. We are starting kinetics and rates in a few days. Personally I thought bonding was the hardest to understand and gases was the easiest. What can I expect from kinetics? How difficult is it compared to the other topics?
Kinetics is easy to understand. If you’re good with math then you are good to go.
Guys if you need extra practice let me know
Hi everyone, does anyone know how the late exam for ap chem is??? My ap chem overlaps with my ib exam this year so I have to take the late exam for ap chem :(( some people say it’s super hard and some say it’s alright, I don’t know what to expect please help 
@asdfghjkl09 I would think that it would be on the same difficulty as the regular ap exam
Less than 2 months away :-S
What’s the best questions people have found for practice? (Besides the ones on the college board website)
I have some great practice problems but cc won’t let me post them
Hey everyone, what books are you using to review? I’m using Princeton Review (2017 ed) and I’m literally struggling so hard. I’m doing perfectly fine in the class itself but I feel like we didn’t cover the topics properly (or is the book just unusually difficult?). I’ve been doing the exercises at the back at the chapters and I’ve gotten like 60% of them wrong…Has anyone used PR and felt that the book was harder than what they were doing in class?
The FR sections in PR also seem way harder than the released FR questions…but maybe that’s because the released questions are from before the test changed?
@WishStar12 I’m using PR but the 2016 version I think. I know how youfeel cause on the FRQs, I don’t understand how to do a lot of them or get them wrong. I’m guessing that maybe it’s just over preparing in a way? Hopefully thats the reason.
Also, is anyone on here taking the subject test? If so, what are you doing/using to study for it?
@WishStar12 @solarsystem if you guys think you are over prepared take a international practice exam and see how you do! Im just watching NMSI for chem. Also practice tests.
I don’t believe anyone should base their progress off of third party practice FRQ’s. Honestly do 2014/5/6 FRQ sets to see how you are doing. If you’ve done those, there are two international practice exams. Review book FRQ’s are just for practice, not for an accurate score measurement. @WishStar12 @solarsystem
Good luck everyone! 29 days to the AP Chemistry exam!
Does anyone have recommendations on the best review videos to watch to review? I’m currently going thru both Cliffs and PR but videos would really help me review too.
Which explanation is wrong and why?
Breaking bonds will release energy, so it is exothermic.
Breaking bonds first requires energy to be inputted, so it is endothermic.
The first explanation is wrong. Bonds are potential energy, so in order to break them, you must add some form of energy. This input of energy makes it endothermic.
Just think of water. To get from ice to liquid you have to break bonds and this occurs at higher temperatures because there is more energy to break the bonds.
A quick trick to remember this is BARB and BARF
BARB=Bonds are broken and barb pokes inside you so endothermic
BARF=Bonds are formed and barf comes out so exothermic.
@thetex ^
Does anyone know how important knowing lab procedures is for the AP Chem exam?