I am in 10th grade. What do I need to do to succeed with an A.
Do you want to know how hard it is or how to achieve an A? Be specific.
To be honest, just do everything that your teacher says. A lot of Chemistry honors is just memorizing certain concepts/formulas and applying them. I will say, however,that what helped me a lot in Chemistry honors was making a lot of connections. Every time my teacher gave us new concepts, I always tried to understand why they were true based on previous knowledge instead of just memorizing them. That way, I rarely had to study for tests because the concepts stuck in my head.
It’s all relative. How long is a piece of string?
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we have no idea how academically adept you are. How have you done previously in math/sci courses?
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It’s a good idea to see how you do with more advanced science courses if you plan on anything STEM related in your future.
In some of your other threads, you ask about UCB or UCLA or Regents scholars. I can guarantee you that those students are taking honors everything and getting As in them. If you program yourself with the lesser Chemistry class, you’ve done yourself a great disservice. It’s not simply about achieving As. It’s about easily achieving As in the very toughest courses. Is this or is this not the kind of student you are? You’re an entering Senior, right? Your competition for top schools is far ahead of you at this point, unfortunately.
He said he’s in the tenth grade.
You have to love the Periodic Table. I mean really LOVE it. If you can do that, you’re on track.
As @wongl0786 said, understanding is the key to success. You will need a strong grasp of sometimes very abstract concepts in order to do the math.
@JustOneDad Not sure what that means…
@DarkEclipse both
no im in 10th grade that was a scenario that could happen @T26E4
To succeed in honors chem…know stochiometry and dimensional analysis or else you’re pretty much screwed 
Chemistry Honors at my school is literally everyone leaving their GPA at the mercy of one of our (mostly) psycho teachers. Kids go insane taking this class. My GPA did not look pretty after this class, much less sophomore year. I had to give around 80% of the effort for AP Chem, and I got 2 As there and a 5 on the AP test, while I got 2 Bs in CH. Just know your stuff in advance. Do your teacher’s bidding and you’ll be fine.
It mainly comes down to your teacher, but Honors Chem really wasn’t too bad. I thought I was horrible at Chem in middle school and ended up with an A+ sophomore year. Just listen to the teacher’s lectures, take good notes, make sure you are good with naming formulas/compounds (!!!) and if you get lost, don’t hesitate to ask your teacher or a friend that gets it! It’s important not to fall behind and to make sure you understand a lesson because a lot of chapters build up on the previous one.
I loved this class and a lot of my friends did too so don’t stress too much 
It’s a lot of memorization. Pay attention and take notes. I know you hear that all the time, but it’s seriously important for chemistry. Oh and do your homework, because practice calculations will help a lot with the tests. And I’d say that at least 75% of Honors Chem was calculations. You’ll memorize a ton of them, and a lot of weird numbers. You might not need to memorize the periodic table. We didn’t, we just had to understand how to read/use it.