<p>The question says it all ^ (this is meant for students who took it as juniors_</p>
<p>Yes. I encourage you to take AP Chem before you take the subj. test.</p>
<p>It did make things much easier, but you would have to study organic and nuclear things on your own. We barely went over that in my AP class, and then there were a ton of questions on those things that I completely bombed…I still managed to scrape a 730 without studying much, but I wasn’t too ecstatic.</p>
<p>The Chemistry Subject Test is more basic than AP Chemistry, but most people who get 5’s don’t get 800 because the Subject Test curve is much less forgiving.</p>
<p>But, does it feel easy?</p>
<p>The Subject Test questions are easier than the AP questions for the most part, but the occasionally tricky style (especially on the TFCE questions) and the tough curve of the Subject Test keep me from calling one test easier than the other. Basically: if you want a “good” score, the Subject Test is easer; if you want a perfect score, the AP test is easier.</p>
<p>Actually I took Chem Honors and I did fine on it. But I also had a really good teacher. Sometimes she would give us AP questions as extra credit on tests.</p>
<p>I took AP Chem and I did not have to review/study at all for the chem subject test. I would say the subject test MC were a bit harder than the AP Chem MC (Complete joke). I did not really like the TTCE questions, btw, I ended up with a 5 on ap chem and 780 on chem sat 2. So I think you should take ap chem before you take subject test and get away with minimal studying.</p>
<p>I and the bulk of my AP Chemistry class took the June SAT for chemistry with only nuclear and organic nomenclature in between. Most, if not all, of us took it cold, and the scores did vary quite a bit. Some students who got an A in the class scored lower (albeit still in the 700s) as others who had a high B, for example. However, most students who performed moderately well in the class did very well, in general. </p>
<p>I would say that, at least at my school, having taken AP Chemistry indicates that one will do very well on the SAT II. However, I would not use one’s performance in the class to predict one’s score, especially because, as others have noted, the material on the SAT II is much more basic. The subject test won’t ask whether the voltage of a galvanic cell increases or decreases upon reducing the concentration of a product, that is; it’s entirely the basics, and on such a playing field, most all who have taken AP Chemistry – whether performing well or not-so-well – will have a great deal of knowledge about the subject.</p>
<p>In short, I would say that you’re prepared enough to do very well; however, you should try at least one practice test to gauge how much you should prepare.</p>
<p>It’s easy to get 700+ on SAT Chem after taking AP Chem but not 800.</p>
<p>YES! AP Chem covers more subjects and generally includes more depth than what is expected in the SAT Chemistry. That said, there are questions that will require more than what is covered in the Honors Chem curriculum, and these are the ones you will need to answer correctly to get into the 760-800 range. But with AP chem under your belt (or goggles) you should succeed in the SAT Chem.</p>
<p>After taking AP Chemistry, Chemistry subject test was easy for me.</p>