<p>Hey guys, how should I start self studying for AP Chem?
thanks</p>
<p>You shouldn’t. Labs are invaluable.</p>
<p>i concur. ap chem is a really hard class to self study. take a community college course if your school doesn’t offer it.</p>
<p>If you want to, get a textbook and do the problems.</p>
<p>pray? 10 char</p>
<p>I agree with Keasbey. It’s all about practice, and the best way is doing problems from either a textbook or a past AP test. Also try and get a solution guide with the test book so you know how to do the stuff (because there are shortcuts to many problems)</p>
<p>You don’t have to go to school to be able to do labs. All you need is a couple of beakers some chemicals and some space.</p>
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<p>this times 20.</p>
<p>If you’re really set on self-studying, I would recommend finding someone who’s already taken the test (or someone who has studied chemistry in college) to explain some of the concepts to you. I’m a pretty strong math/science student, but I doubt I would have been able to tackle practice problems without a good teacher.</p>
<p>hey so after reviewing the comments on this thread again I realized that i didn’t add one crucial piece of information: I am in an honors chemistry class, with a great teacher. Will self studying AP Chem be easier this way? I think I will be asking my honors chem teacher for lots of help because i know she’s a good resource.</p>
<p>Hi, I wouldn`t try self-studying since most Universities want your lab reports. I would do it in school. But if you just want to do the exam, get the PR</p>
<p>I’m doing it this year just for personal interest - I may or may not take the exam. I strongly recommend Linus Pauling’s “General Chemistry”, and amazing textbook (cheap too).</p>
<p>I’m in an AP Chem class this year. I would highly recommend NOT to self-study this course. I’m sure you are very bright, but the course is not that easy (well, I think so far it’s been easy, but I want to be a chemical engineer). As most people said, AP Chem labs are crucial to the course. You may not get to all of the labs in an honors Chem course or even do the same labs you should in AP. Yes, AP Chem will be easier if you are taking an honors course, but for me I had to take honors before I took AP Chem. I’d say, if you really want to, then go ahead, but I wouldn’t recommend it. </p>
<p>(Also, like many people are saying on here [and my AP Chem teacher said it], many Universities will want to see your lab reports. Honors Chem won’t cover all the labs)</p>
<p>Self-studying AP Chemistry may be difficult, you can do it by getting yourself a textbook. Chemistry: The Central Science AP Edition is a good textbook. Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change is good for explaining concepts. However, labs are really important. Usually on the FR, there is one question, and on the MC, about ten.</p>
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Many schools won’t accept high school AP Chem credit. And this is where you pull out your neatly compiled lab book to argue for credits. Self-studying won’t do anything for you unless your school doesn’t offer it.</p>
<p>hmm, i self studied last year (and got a 5) so i offer some insight.</p>
<p>its definitely not very hard to self study. i started in probably january with virtually no chemistry knowledge and i got the pr book and just went through it a few times. i took the test, thought i pretty much failed, and was overjoyed that i got a 5.</p>
<p>now, i agree that you shouldnt do this without a reason (i totally had no reason). now that i think about it, i look at the practice tests again (even the sat II) and i totally don’t remember how to do any of it. cuz i may have been prepared for the test at the time, but i had such little mastery of the subject that now i honestly know nothing about chemistry. not to mention that i had no labs, which further detracts from the experience.</p>
<p>if you can selfstudy and really make it worth something (in terms of what you learn), then maybe go for it. other than that, i cant really think of a good reason to bother.</p>