<p>So we have to take them in math, chem, and english. i got a 5 on the ap chem test so does anyone wanna give me a clue on how hard the chem placement test is? should i study anything or just go in and own it up? :P</p>
<p>If you got a 5 on the AP test you’ll do fine. It won’t be difficult at all.</p>
<p>Chem test covers basic stoichiometry, gas laws, reaction rates/kinetics, and perhaps an electrochem problem. </p>
<p>This test is only 20 questions long. Very easy.</p>
<p>how about for someone you gots As in chem but knows absolutely nothing. haha im screwed.
if you do bad on the chem section, what are the repercussions ?</p>
<p>I dropped Chemistry two years ago. Uh oh.</p>
<p>Nothing really. the placement tests only advise you what class level to take. You don’t have to follow them.</p>
<p>The chem one isn’t bad, it’s stuff you should have covered in any high school intro chem class, plus gas laws which were chem 2 for me.</p>
<p>S, who took regular chem junior year of high school, picked up an AP Chem test prep at Barnes and Noble. He spent part of a weekend reviewing it and managed to pass. It might not be the most enjoyable way to spend a weekend, but it beat spending a semester in chem lecture and lab.</p>
<p>is it really that challenging that u need an ap book to study from?</p>
<p>I don’t think that it was, but I’m not sure what other chem test prep books were available. Not having taken AP Chem, he just used it to review what he’d covered in regular chem class, not to learn new material. (It had been over a year since he’d thought about chemistry.)</p>
<p>can you ask him what was on it and report back? 
would be much appreciated</p>
<p>If you got 5 on the AP, you don’t have anything to worry about. (I doubt he’d remember much at this point, but maybe bahamut could provide a little more detail.)</p>
<p>Reviewing the things for chem is really not necesssary as doing well on this test wont get you out of Chem 110/111 if you are a science major. They guage if you are ready enough to take Chem 110/111, if not you get into Chem 101 which is the basics.</p>
<p>But it will get you out of it for some engineering majors.</p>
<p>No, I am pretty sure it wont. Placement tests arent meant to give you credits (trsut me, PSU is stingy about giving away free cedits, take a look at their AP policy). If he does well he may get the option of taking a test for grade that if he passes he can exempt Chem 110 (gen chem 1 lecture). However the grade he gets is the grade that is recorded on his transcript. I had the option of doing this however I was told that the material covered in Chem 110 is a lot more in depth than HS and is needed to get through the Chem 111 lab. I stuck with the lecture and lab and got an A in both an am still in fine shape in both of my majors.</p>
<p>Maybe he had to take a second test to get out of the requirement. Chem 110 and 111 are the only required chem courses for his major, so he didn’t need to worry about being prepared for higher level classes. </p>
<p>PSU is more generous with AP credit than any other school my kids applied to. According to this–
[AP</a> Credit - Penn State Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“AP Credits | Advanced Placement Credit | Undergraduate Admissions | Penn State”>AP Credits | Advanced Placement Credit | Undergraduate Admissions | Penn State)
a grade of five on the Chem AP gets you credit for Chemistry 110, 111, 112, and 113 (8 credits). Whether or not you take it is up to you.</p>
<p>A grade of 4 on the AP Chemistry exam will get you credit for CHEM 110 and 111 (4 credits).</p>
<p>AP Chem is by far the hardest one available to get a 5 in. PSU gives that many credits for a 5 for a reason.</p>
<p>Good thing i got a 5 =p the ap test last year was maddd ez lol</p>