<p>Ok, so I have taken Honors Chemistry. I was a junior and now I am a sophomore. I am highly considering taking the AP test this year through self-study. I was wondering if all I needed to do was review PR's AP book thoroughly or whether I needed some other supplemental materials to back me up. Btw, I am seeking to get a 4-5 and am willing to put in the time of self study. I want to start studying in the next week or so and put in about an hour a day to cover all the topics. Do I need anything else than PR?</p>
<p>first of all how did u time warp from being a jr to being a sophomore...u def should invest in a textbook...sciences are bad ideas just to selfstudy/review for AP</p>
<p>haha i am a junior, sorry. i took honors chem sophomore year.</p>
<p>i'm doing the same thing.... it's alright so far.
I am using PR and Barron's. PR doesn't cover enough/go very in depth, and Barron's covers too much, so I use a combination of both.</p>
<p>barron's has that tendency. however, b/c i have taken honors, already, is PR enough? btw, i also ordered zumdahl.</p>
<p>i think ur set as long as u diligently work and dont slack off...we're using zumdahl in class rite now and im very comfortable with the subject matter...pace urself though...the size is beastly</p>
<p>can it be done w/o using zumdahl as the primary reference?</p>
<p>eh it really matters as far as how in depth and how broad our chemistry knowledge is</p>
<p>for example in my chem honors class
we never learned important info such as voltage of cells, hybridization, molality, the van Hoft factor....if these things sound vague to you definitely rely on zumdahl</p>
<p>any other opinions?</p>
<p>You'll definitely need to self-study. I took Honors Chem. last year and am taking AP Chem. this year. (Same teacher)</p>
<p>Like daman11 said, honors class doesn't cover molality, entropy, lewis structure (octahedral, see-saw, t-shape.)</p>
<p>that's interesting.... we covered all those topics in honors chem ^^
I wonder how much i should be self-studying.......</p>
<p>it's really just honors but a little more in depth</p>
<p>acid-base reactions/buffers I don't remember doing in honors, though</p>
<p>if you were pretty good in honors, a practice book should be good enough</p>