<p>Hey everyone!</p>
<p>I'm kind of stuck in a dilemma. I honestly love chemistry, and I'm taking Gifted Chem (which is more like Pre-IB chem) next semester. The thing is, I want to take the AP Chem exam. What resources, methods, etc do you recommend me taking? Thanks all.</p>
<p>PS: I'm a sophomore. But grade should just be a number.</p>
<p>Well, I took the AP Chem test last year and I used the Peterson's AP Chem book. And this book was serioulsy AMAZING! Everything was very similar to the actual test and I even saw two questions from the book on the AP test: word for word!
Also, I would recommend getting one of the AP Chem Textbooks and doing the problems in the back of the book for practice. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Melody, thanks!</p>
<p>Okay, so the Peterson's chemistry book. Which AP textbook did you use exactly?</p>
<p>And, just a quick question, why not the PR or Barron's AP Chem books?</p>
<p>I think my school uses the Brown, LeMay, and Burstein chemistry textbook.
I didn't used the PR or Barrons books, so I don't know what to say about them; I did look at my brother's old PR ap chem book, and it was a little easier than the actual test...
Peterson's was so similar to the ap test, and the explanations were very helpful and easy to understand.</p>
<p>Not trying to discourage you, but that sounds like a daunting task....</p>
<p>My school used Zumdahl for textbook.</p>
<p>Oh its frightening. But I love challenges.</p>
<p>Zumdahl is a horrible textbook for AP chem, imo, because of all the superfluous info. use PR or something similar to review concepts and the test format.</p>
<p>lol you won't love challenges so much after this... trust me. I actually kind of like Zumdahl, because my teacher doesn't explain anything, but just gives you the equations. So all that superfluous crap that you'll never need on the APs helps me, if only for expanding my knowledge base. (besides, the AP tests is becoming more and more conceptual... so you may need some of that "superfluous information"</p>
<p>when you say conceptual, do you mean more chemistry problems?</p>
<p>haha, cool. today was my first day of school, and turns out that even though its gifted chemistry, we're using the zuhmdahl chemistry book O_o</p>
<p>wait, crap, no, we're using the high-school version of zumdahl. ****!</p>
<p>oh and sorry again for the multiple messages
but can someone help me develop a study plan for the chem exam? at least where to start from? i'm sooooo lost.</p>
<p>in my school, we're using kotz and treichel textbook, great for its end-of-chapter exercises, but not great in explaining concepts. the silberberg textbook is what i recommend for explaining concepts. you can also use study guides</p>