<p>Orientation tomorrow any advice?
So scared by this 
Studying topics feel like I’m in trouble :(</p>
<p>If you had a chemistry class in high school, I wouldn’t worry too much about it. I hadn’t had chemistry since sophomore year when I took it, and I easily qualified for honors chem. The questions are pretty basic, and are just meant to test whether you have a very basic background in chemistry.</p>
<p>When they talk about a basic, non-graphing calculator, does that mean that we can use a scientific calculator?</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure they’ll even let you use a graphing calculator, but I’m not sure. Any questions involving math are going to be really basic, though, so I doubt you even need a calculator.</p>
<p>kinetix64: Yes, that means a scientific calculator. “Non-graphing calculator” means you are not allowed to use a calculator which could store e.g. chemical formulas to look up while taking a test.</p>
<p>I swear I recall using a graphing calculator on my exam, because I didn’t own an ordinary scientific calculator. The only thing I can find online is that the calculator must be “approved” and it can’t be a cell phone calculator or have a QWERTY keyboard. If you have an ordinary scientific calculator, though, bring that and it will be more than sufficient for the simple arithmetic on the exam.</p>
<p>EDIT: I now see on the “What to Bring” page the phrasing that kinetix64 was talking about. Right on. In any case, a scientific calculator will be fine. Good luck!</p>
<p>Probably a little late now, but from what I remember the calculator wasn’t even necessary, it was pretty basic stuff that could have been done on paper. I think during mine I might have picked it up once or twice only out of laziness.</p>