<p>I am just finishing up High School Level Honors Chemistry at school. We're about to start Regents (NY stardardized test) prep. I used to be a straight A+ student in Chemistry, lately my grades have fallen to a C+. I am good with understanding concepts in Chemistry. I have forgotten a lot of material. </p>
<p>I am curious about how to prepare for this exam. I signed up to take the exam on June 7th 2008 since Chemistry would be finished by then. Since I only have approximately two weeks left until the exam, I was planning to take the exam for exposure and try to retake it in October. It would be best if I could do extremely well (like a perfect score of 800) on this exam, but I think that's being a bit too unrealistic. If I feel I did not obtain a perfect score, I am probably going to end up cancelling the score. </p>
<p>Currently I the only review book I have is the Princeton Review Chemistry book. Right now I am using Zumdahl the AP Chemistry book at my school for reference. Please help me by listing various methods you have tried, or methods you recommend. I am also interested in finding a good chemistry textbook to crossreference reviewbook information. Recommender's score would help too.</p>
<p>Thank you for your time. </p>
<p>P.S. If you're curious, I'm planning to examine suggestions from people with scores of 770 and above. Then I'm going to compare the various methods and see what parts are identical. Then I will intensely prep for two weeks for the exam using identical recommendations.</p>
<p>I honestly enjoyed the Barrons much more than any of the other books. Princeton review was just way too long to read, and the Barrons 2007 book was extremely realistic in terms of the practice tests. I took it Nov 2007 and did rather well actually. But I would go with Barrons all the way. Short, concise, and to the point.</p>
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<p>to validate myself lol: i got a 790.</p>
<p>anyway, i read through princeton first and took a couple of practice tests. i then read through barrons. keep in mind that i take notes as i read. so i probably had 50+ pages of notes. i then constantly read over my NOTES, and took notes ..on my notes (if that makes sense) to make sure i pounded stuff into my head that i may have forgotten.</p>
<p>after that, i seriously just took practice test after practice test after practice test.. saving the CB one for last. that one is supossed to be the most realistic, so i save it for last to see if i am good to go! other than that.... i just made like simple flash cards with flame test colors, etc.</p>
<p>yeapppp. good luck :)</p>
<p>OMG
Currently I the... Sorry. Should be "Currently the"</p>
<p>Probably shows the annalness...</p>
<p>I got an 800.</p>
<p>The most important thing is to take notes, just as eatsalot did. I prefer to do flashcards, for easy organization and reference. Flashcards are also less intimidating to other people whom you should ask to help you review. </p>
<p>I used PR, Kaplan, and SN practice tests, and did every single one in each book (for a total of 10). </p>
<p>I do recommend, like eatsalot, that you save the CB test for later. But don't wait until the last minute either!! I did mine after I had done about 5 tests (right in the middle of my practice testing). That way, if you do very poorly, you have time to step up your preparations, or reconsider taking the test. </p>
<p>Also, do not be discouraged about low practice test scores. I NEVER got an 800 on a practice test (scored ranged from 610 to 780). </p>
<p>Lastly, canceling your score because you didn't feel you got a perfect score would be a TERRIBLE mistake. I was under the impression that you could only miss 2 questions and leave one blank for an 800 (and this was the curve according to the CB book test's curve). I knew I had missed about 5 questions on the real thing. I still got an 800. And if you get a score 750+, that's considered VERY GOOD. So don't waste your time and money only going in for an 800 :) and you may surprise yourself anyways!</p>
<p>Go to this thread for more: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-subject-tests-preparation/512788-some-advice-those-taking-chem-physics-june.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-subject-tests-preparation/512788-some-advice-those-taking-chem-physics-june.html</a></p>
<p>"P.S. If you're curious, I'm planning to examine suggestions from people with scores of 770 and above. Then I'm going to compare the various methods and see what parts are identical. Then I will intensely prep for two weeks for the exam using identical recommendations."</p>
<p>Fine, I guess you don't need my advice (760).</p>
<p>that wasn't very nice.</p>
<p>i just got a 790</p>
<p>i took regents chem my sophomore year (junior now) and honestly, i would not have known any of it without ap chem this year. </p>
<p>regents tends to water down the real curric. a lot.
i dont know how in depth your honors chem class got though. but if you want to take it definitely buy a review book and if you only have regents level work in your class then definitely expect to see some new stuff.</p>
<p>in my school, the Honors chem covers pretty much everything in AP chem except a few topics.. but it just takes the whole year as the AP chem class takes 2 months less. So in my school, any honors chem student should be pretty much ready for the SAT 2 chem by june. So i hope its the same in ure skool</p>
<p>are you from new york though?</p>
<p>new york has different curriculum since we have to prepare for a regents exam.</p>