<p>I've been in AP Chemistry for a few weeks now and it doesn't seem like I'm learning anything. I feel like were just reviewing Honors Chemistry material then taking AP Chemistry practice tests which I don't know how to answers 95% of the questions. This is my teacher's first year teaching AP Chemistry and I'm afraid of doing poorly on my AP Chemistry exam because she isn't experienced with teaching an AP course. Also, she has only been teaching Chemistry for 2 years before teaching this course. I don't think paying attention in will prepare me at all for the AP exam because all the material we are learning is review which I already know how to do the problems but, when it comes down to the test she gives out, I struggle through every question because they are AP questions that are too difficult with the little amount of information that is being taught. I believe at this rate I would struggle to get anything past a 1. I know no one at my school passed the AP Chemistry exam last year and I feel like it is be due to the fact that the teachers aren't qualified to teacher such a difficult course. Also, switching teachers is not an option because she is the only teacher teaching AP Chemistry this year.</p>
<p>Can you give me any self studying tips for the AP Chemistry exam in order to get a 5? Please suggest any books I need to teach myself everything I need to know in order to be prepared for the AP Chemistry exam. I was given Chemistry 7th Edition by Zumdahl and I bought a Princeton Review AP Chemistry 2013 book. Would either of these books provide me with enough information for a 5 on my AP exam?</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
<p>I’m currently self-studying AP chem. The questions on the exam are meant to be difficult. All I can tell you is that it’s possible to master the material. If you master the material, you will be able to think your way through tricky problems on the exam. By “mastering the material”, I mean to say DO EVERY SINGLE COMPREHENSIVE PROBLEM IN THE BACK OF EACH CHAPTER (only odds/evens if those are in the selected answers). I’m currently doing this and every actual AP exam question ive encountered on said topic has been a joke. try it</p>
<p>Princeton review AP chem is nice. Use it as you go along what you learned in class to make sure your teacher didn’t leave anything out. And definitely do all the problems</p>
<p>I’m in Chem II which we were TOLD was a curricular equivalent to AP Chem, but after a few weeks in the course it’s become clear that it’s way too easy for us to take the exam. So I’m basically self studying it. I bought the Barrons book because I heard that it’s more difficult than the others and I guess if I crack down and master the Barron’s material, I should be well prepared for the exam.</p>
<p>I am also taking AP chemistry and we use the same text book. My teacher is considered a very good one and is very experienced. I believe most people that have taken her course have passed the exam. I even feel like AP chem is a lot of review from Honors chem so far, when we’re like half way through the semester. My AP chem teacher told us that we need a very strong basic chemistry foundation before we move on to the harder stuff. In the next few weeks is probably when it will really start to kick in, so I don’t think there is anything wrong the AP chem curriculum at your school.</p>