Do you think I should read my textbook (General Chemistry by Hill, Petrucci, McCreary, and Perry) if I have a good teacher? Our class hasn’t been based around the text the entire year.
Does anyone know the curve for the AP Chemistry test? (e.g. how many points did one need for a 5 on last year’s new chemistry exam?)
@ZucchiniSoup I’ve heard that you need to get 65-75% of the points available to get a 5, not completely sure but it sounds legitimate.
Which of these resources is the best to study from? And which should I spend more time with?
- PR 2015
- General Chemistry by Hill, Petrucci, McCreary, and Perry (textbook)
- 5 steps to a 5: 500 AP Chem Questions to know (ton of MC)
- Kaplan AP Chem 2014-2015
- 5 steps to a 5 review 2012-2013
- Barron's AP Chem flash cards
@HaableVaurimn Do you know how many total points the exam is out of? How many points are there per section? Are different sections weighted?
I think the test is 50/50 between multiple choice and frq. Then there are three “long frqs” and four short frqs where each long one is worth 10 points and each short one is worth 4 points.
@ZucchiniSoup Last year was out of 50 pts…MC is 50% and FR is 50% of your score. There are 3 long FRQs and 4 short…the long ones are 2x the points.
Actually @baller55 is correct.
@skieurope Oops yeah, PR wasn’t specific enough thnx, @baller55 is right
@HaableVaurimn i’ve heard PR was the best last year?
I heard that too
@sonpat @baller55 That’s what I’ve generally heard but, I was wondering if it might have changed. What about reading Zumdahl 8e? I found a pdf and I got through 75 pages yesterday…I had Siri read 3/4 of it to me at a pretty high speed so it didn’t take too long. Do you think it’ll be any help? I want to go over some of the problems as well.
Does anyone know what it would take to get a 5 (percentage) between the MC and FR?
I took some of the FRQs from last year and got 8/10,4/4,¾,¾,¾. I’m missing 2 long frqs which I’ll do tomorrow.
Only the College Board. However, it’s probably close to the 2011 curve, which was ~65%.
I am very worried about failing this exam. I almost never have time to study outside of my other schoolwork, so I don’t know what to do. We are holding review sessions pretty soon, but I don’t know how much that will help me. We still have two units to cover as well: kinetics and gases. Do I need to get around 50% correct on the exam to get a 3?
Hi everyone!
I’m a sophomore and this is my first AP exam
I know there was quite a bit of discussion about review books but I’m still conflicted about which one’s to use?
-Barrons
-5 Steps to a 5
-Crash Course
-Princeton Review
-Any others?
Any (and all help is appreciated)!!!
Thanks so much and good luck to everyone taking the exam!!
*Also if someone can PM me the practice exam as well that’d be great!
@jcollege015 Hey, I’m a sophmore too but, I’ve taken one AP class freshman year and this year I’m in two. According to everything I’ve read PR is the best but, Barron’s is really comprehensive although people are saying it has a lot of errors. Right now I’m working with PR and I think that if there are gaps in your knowledge it might be difficult to absorb everything. Ultimately PR but if you’re shaky on concepts Barron’s.
Good luck!!
hey I’m also a sophomore and yea I’ve found PR to be the best for me. I would also recommend old frqs from collegeboard.
PS if someone can PM me the practice exam that would be great!
Is anyone using Barron’s right now? I was thinking about grabbing it in a week or so just to see if there’s anything that PR didn’t cover.