<p>Trying to self-study AP Chemistry – my school doesn’t offer the AP program 
Any advice? What is the best book to get the knowledge on the test fast? </p>
<p>Our school uses Zumdahl (8th edition) – important chapters for review?</p>
<p>Just took the 2008 exam. Got an 80.3, but we haven’t covered electrochemistry yet, so, once we do, I’ll probably be just barely getting by with a 4 (81-99) on that specific exam. I’m wondering, if I study enough, whether I’ll be able to pull a 5 on exam day… it’s only 30 days away. It’s mostly the FRQs that I screw up on; I got >60% on the MC. I feel like, if I had started studying sooner (I still haven’t really started yet), it would’ve been possible. I also have APUSH & L+C to study for.</p>
<p>hey everyone: I’m taking the SAT II Chemistry Exam two days before the AP Exam.
a. Is this setting me up for failure on one, or both of the exams?
b. Would my ap review book (Princeton Review) be sufficient for studying for the Subject Test? Or should I get another test prep book specifically for the SAT Subject Test?</p>
<p>Same here, I’m not going to be able to really start studying for the AP Exam till after the April ACT…</p>
<p>Not sure if this was mentioned, but I don’t really feel like looking through the thread right now. Will we be tested on Colligative properties? I can’t remember where I heard this but someone said that there was talk of leaving the topic out.</p>
<p>Colligative properties are still on the exam yes. at least according to our teacher and I trust her opinion - I’m not sure why they’d take it off in any case.
Hope everyone knows about the AP Chem NMSI wikispaces page…it’s saving my life!</p>
<p>I’m in the last quarter of Honors, planning to take AP next year. What do you guys think is the most important chapters to study and make sure i have down before august?</p>
<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>so, do we have the formula sheet on the multiple choice portion of the exam?</p>
<p>The princeton review book says that it is only for the free response section. For our class, we’ve been using it all year for both sections!</p>
<p>You only have it on free response. You have to have them memorized for MC.</p>
<p>im scared, so many changes are coming this exam, the 2012 mc was released to special people with authority, my teacher said it will be impossible for us to get our hands on it, anyone find it yet? itll be good review… they must be making serious changes</p>
<p>^^ true, the reference sheet you get for mc is a periodic table, for free response, you get the full thing</p>
<p>I’ve skimmed through the Princeton Review book, but it’s very concise and brief compared to the Barron’s book. If I want to get a 5 on the AP, is it recommended to read the Princeton Review, or reread the Barron’s instead? Also, which book has more accurate representations of the AP tests?</p>
<p>For the year I took the exam (2011), the PR book was far more accurate. However, my friends who took the exam last year said it was extremely difficult which appears to be more on line with a Barrons test. Try both.</p>
<p>oh gOd i’m so worried now since my teacher pretty much doesn’t teach (he knows what he’s talking about, but he can’t control the class so it’s basically a study hall lol) so we pretty much haven’t learned anything all year x___x i read thru PR last week and i’m scoring around ~60 on the MC so I think if i rly put forth a bunch of effort these last couple of weeks i might scrape a 5… are flashcards helpful for y’all? im thinking of making some just for acids/bases and lewis structures + orgo stuff…</p>
<p>Any tips on doing ldt structure questions quickly during MC? drawing a structure for each answer choice is obviously going to take too long :)</p>
<p>@sibivel, use lines to draw bonds and lone electron pairs.</p>
<p>Also, it’s 1 week before the AP, but looking at past laboratory questions, I have no idea how to answer any of them. If a lab question appears on the free response, I definitely won’t be getting a 5 on the AP. Any suggestions for how to improve on the lab questions?</p>
<p>^You should have done labs during the year, so just base your experiments off what you did in class. Lab work is an integral part of the AP curriculum.</p>
<p>Hahaha, labs… The only lab we ever did in our class was a titration. We ended up doing 3 of those because none of the other labs worked. So if there’s a lab question this year on the free response, I’m totally screwed.</p>
<p>Same situation did no labs. Probably about 2 (freezing point depression and identify stuff?).
I am going to read old lab FRQs to make up for this?</p>
<p>Well how is everyone’s studying going?
I had a surge of hope today: I graded my 2008 practice test and got a 60%. I know its sucky, but once I calculated out prospective grades on the Free Response I was a 4! I’m so close to a 5 if I can quit making careless errors on multiple choice I should be fine. So this week, I am doing practice multiple choice everyday and then I’m reading through FRQS.</p>
<p>I think I can easily bump up my score by nailing one FRQ out of the park. Any predictions? I’m thinking not an acids/base one (since that was 2012), but a question 1 dealing with Ksp. I think there is an extremely high chance for a thorough rate/kinetics question. I don’t expect any cells since that was 2012 as well.</p>
<p>So please, HELP ME NARROW DOWN WHICH FRQ TOPICS TO REALLY STUDY. I am dying for a 5. </p>
<p>I just hope I don’t lose hope yet. I’m trying to stay motivated and postitive while trying to study psych too.</p>
<p>This is really long… I doubt anyone is reading… but on a side note I’m hitting 95% on the psych practice exams, so I don’t really have to worry about that.</p>
<p>Congrats nerdlyfe! I plan on doing the same. I haven’t taken any practice tests yet, but starting tomorrow I’m going to take one a day. Hopefully I’ll be able to work up to a 5 with 6 days of practice! :D</p>