<p>Acid-Base
Electro
Solutions
Organic
Nuclear</p>
<p>Though you may need to do solutions first to understand the rest. </p>
<p>From most to least ^</p>
<p>Do you think it better for me to study the chapter I don’t reach from the textbook or Princeton Review?</p>
<p>Acid-Base is HUGELY IMPORTANT
Solutions/Electro are IMPORTANT
Organic and Nuclear: will not make or break your AP test score by any means</p>
<p>what prep book do u guys recommend?</p>
<p>5 steps to a 5.</p>
<p>5 steps to a 5 has a bunch of errors. I recommend PR, the best AP Chem study guide, since it helped me receive a 5.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m using the Princeton Review book as well as a textbook. We don’t have AP Chem at my school so I’m self-studying it. I think I’m in pretty good shape though, averaging about 93% on multiple choice sections and high 80%s on the free response.</p>
<p>I’m also using Princeton Review along with my class room textbook. My teacher knows very little about AP Chem but were lucky to even have the class so I’m doing a lot of self studying.</p>
<p>I have PR but it seems super brief</p>
<p>Also, I feel like it doesnt teach me how to do a lot of the math stuff that will be on the FR section of the exam. (i.e. weird buffer problems)</p>
<p>Yeah, it doesn’t go into much detail with that stuff, but if you get the general idea of it, just take a bunch of the free response sections on the college board site from previous tests to learn it. Anyone know where I could find old multiple choice sections?</p>
<p>Okay, so at my school, our old AP Chemistry teacher retired and the equally proficient Chemistry teacher that was supposed to replace her also retired. The result? We got an inexperienced Chemistry teacher that has never taught AP Chemistry. Our class is VERY VERY behind. I can safely say we have barely learned anything. This is a dilemma for me. Chemistry is a science that I’m not particularly strong at and there’s only less than two months left for the AP exam. </p>
<p>What I have at my possession right now is a Princeton Review AP Chem book (bought because it was recommended) and the Zumdahl Seventh Edition Chemistry textbook that the school gave out to students. I’m beginning to start self-studying now, but I have several questions. Should I start self-studying from the PR book or the Zumdalh book? The latter provides much more detail into the topics I need to cover, while the PR book provides the general gist of what I need to know for the exam. Given the amount of time I have left, I’m not sure which option to go with. Also, due to the lack of experience that my teacher has, our class has not done many lab experiments, an essential part of the class that AP exams reference as questions. Will this lack of lab experiments cripple my chances even more of getting a 5 on the exam? I’m really flustered about what I’m going to do for the rest of April for this exam. This is the only exam I’m really worried about. Please respond ASAP.</p>
<p>You should study the textbook first so that you know almost everything it is to learn for the AP exam. And then use PR to reinforce the knowledge you gained from the textbook and also learned what you have missed or forgotten from the textbook.</p>
<p>If you want to prepare for FR, go to <a href=“http://www.collegeboard.apcentral.com%5B/url%5D”>www.collegeboard.apcentral.com</a></p>
<p>Hope and pray that they ask an easy lab question in the free response.</p>
<p>^lol. Last year AP exam, I took, Question #2 was a lab question. I thought I was extremely screwed, but apparently you just apply what you learned from the textbook and subtract one data to another data. So, basically, I didn’t need to do the lab to do it.</p>
<p>You would be somewhat screwed if the lab FRQ asked you question based on a lab you were supposed to do. Extremely screwed if you didn’t do that lab yet.</p>
<p>@ jerry, the problem though if I go with the textbook first is that I’m scared I won’t get through all of it in time. There’s about 22 chapters in my textbook and I have to start from Chapter 1. Don’t get me wrong, I do remember some Chemistry concepts but I don’t think I know it cold. On top of that, there are over 100 problems for each chapter so I don’t know…</p>
<p>You don’t have to study all 22 chapters. Chapter 1-18 and 22 would be the main chapters for the AP Chemistry Exam, but you can skip organic chemistry.</p>
<p>Ah okay, that’s a relief to hear, kinda haha.</p>
<p>@Yunsang I’m sorta of in the same situation as you, but I’ve already gone through several of the chapters. My plan, since I have other AP to worry about, is to go through the main concepts on the Princeton Review and whatever I feel isn’t adequately explained, or even if I need a couple of practice problem I use the textbook. Good luck.</p>
<p>I’m in AP Chemistry this year, but I have a really good teacher and we are right on track with finishing by the AP test. Now not to be full of myself, but I’m good at Chemistry. I plan on majoring in ChemE and Chemistry so it comes really easily. My advice:
Skim through the textbook, pick up the important stuff and do the practice problems in it. Get the idea, but don’t spend too much time on each chapter or you won’t finish. Then, read through the PR book thoroughly. Do all the practice questions and follow what they put in there. I have the PR book, but I find it to be really brief, so it’s actually not bad for the less than 2 months you have. However, I personally would recommend the Barron’s book just because it is so comprehensive and goes through everything in a lot of depth (perhaps something to replace the textbook). But the text and PR would be fine. Just get moving! PM me if you get caught on anything or need explanation because I would be glad to help (and they don’t want you asking “homework” questions on here). Good Luck!</p>
<p>Yeah, I found that skimming through the textbook can get you to understand the material, which will allow you to do well on the MC section. I didn’t find the PR free response parts all that helpful, but thought just taking the practice tests on the AP website helped understand the questions the way the AP test will ask them. I’ve gone through the 2004 and 2005 FR sections so far and the score has dramatically improved just by figuring out how they got their answers. I’ve self-studied the material and think I’m pretty well set for a 5 on the test and think I’ve probably spent half or less of the time I would have spent taking the class.</p>