<p>Seriously do A level further math and chemistry, that’s the real challenge. </p>
<p>Then you’ll realise how much harder the A level exam is.</p>
<p>You can take the AP exam in th fall ? ithought it aws just Spring</p>
<p>It’s only in May.</p>
<p>Still don’t understand why you’re trying to cram it in one week…? Seems like you’re just trying to brag. Tons of kids get 5s without doing weird summer intense study sessions. Most kids prefer to spend their time doing other more fun or useful things…</p>
<p>And btw, if Honors and AP were so similar, why would they even have an Honors class? </p>
<p>Stop bragging.</p>
<p>I’m a bit shocked that your honors chem was so similar to AP chem, particularly since most take honors chem fresh/soph year, and generally the course structure just scratches the surface of what’s covered in AP Chem. Why did they split off from the AP book for the last nine weeks? Why not just finish it and take the exam? Sounds like AP Chem should be a blow of class regardless of if you self study or not… In fact, if you got so far into an AP Chem book, most of your one-week cram should just be a review… I’d suggest you actually challenge yourself and try A level.</p>
<p>In any case, have fun.</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant I will be taking the class in the fall and the AP exam next spring.</p>
<p>Do you think that I can get an A Level book at the public library? I might try that. Also, what other A Levels are available? Is it like every subject you could imagine, or just a select few?</p>
<p>Anyway, I’m sick of trying to explain what my Honors Chem class was like. Just take my word for it when I say how similar it was to AP.</p>
<p>Again, I’m not trying to brag. I’ve seen people on this forum who self studied AP classes in the week before exams and still made a four or a five. I actually expected more people to say that they’ve done this or be like “a week??? I did this in 3 days!” or something.</p>
<p>Regardless, seeing as I’m moving at a rate of five chapters a day through a 19 chapter book, I think I’ll reach my goal. I can even slow down to cover more of the more difficult topics.</p>
<p>Again, I fail to see how this intense summer study session can benefit you in any way, but you seem to really enjoy chemistry and that it what matters. Have fun. I don’t know what A Level is, but that might be more worth your time.</p>
<p>You didn’t even explain what your Honors class was like… other than saying it’s like AP, and that you know some organic chemistry.</p>
<p>I don’t really see the point either, but whatever floats your boat. Post if you do anything for other courses.</p>
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<p>Then why didn’t you take the AP Chemistry Exam this year…? If you used the same textbook, you should have went with the other group.</p>
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<p>Get fit? Hang out with friends? Study for SAT/ACT?</p>
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<p>Those are easy AP Classes, young lad.</p>
<p>what exactly is the point of cramming right now?? You are not going to remember anything you study now when May comes around, so why not either</p>
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<li>study a little over the summer, but not cram OR</li>
<li>Just cram the week before the AP exam </li>
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<p>Sorry to sound like an a**, but you come off as a huge nerd for finding fun in studying chemistry in 1 week. I’m taking finals right now and find cramming extremely annoying. Theres a lot more productive things you could do this week; volunteer for a hospital, hang out with friends, watch a movie, relax. The whole point of summer is to get a break. You seem to like science so you should know that scientists have confirmed that all humans need a break from the stresses in their life (hence what summer is for). Sorry to go off on a tangent, but there is ABSOLUTELY no point to study ap chem in 1 week during the summer when the ap exam is in May.</p>
<p>I didn’t take the exam at the end of Honors Chem because 9 weeks of work is actually alot of extra work when you have school going on simultaneously. There have been at least 3 seniors in my time at that school who have taken the exam in the year that they took honors chem. Two fours and a five. For some reason, there were no seniors in that class the year that I took it. Usually if a senior ends up in Honors Chem (usually due to a scheduling conflict) they end up taking the AP exam. </p>
<p>I’m not really up to explaining myself fully on the “I have nothing better to do” front at this moment, but just know that I have a fairly complicated family situation, a little sister to babysit, and very very limited transportation. The only place I can really go is the library once a week and parties on the weekend if my friends pick me up.</p>
<p>I hope that’s enough information for you guys.
I guess I really am a nerd then…
If anyone wants to do BC Cal next week, lmk.
and lol, can you please stop calling me a “lad”?</p>
<p>Then why are you studying so much in such a short period of time if you already apparently know so much from Honors?</p>
<p>Kudos to the OP for at least previewing AP Chem this summer. “Plow deep while sluggards sleep” - Ben Franklin - read it in The American Pageant yesterday. </p>
<p>I’ve been off for 11 days now. Since then, I’ve taken 3 SAT tests (omitted essay portion though) and taken 3 PSATs and scored ~2000/200 and read and took notes on 200 pages of The American Pageant. That’s only a sampling of what I did so far. </p>
<p>Each day, I wake up, around 12 PM, and study until 8 or 9 PM at night. I then spend the last 3-4 hours of my consciousness chilling on the computer or outside jogging. Then I sleep. Then I repeat. </p>
<p>It’s only going to help you next year if you study AP Chem over the summer. You won’t forget if you actually understand the material. Now, if you enjoy learning chemistry, then you definitely won’t forget. </p>
<p>Take me as an example. I loved AP Euro. Took the AP in May. Took the course final in June. I didn’t study at all. I scored a 100. The course final was a old AP, mind you, so it covered the entire year and all that. </p>
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<p>^ now THAT is intensity. gimme five.</p>
<p>Do some P90X. That’s real intensity.</p>
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<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“http://lmgtfy.com/?q=a+levels]Let”>http://lmgtfy.com/?q=a+levels)</p>
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<p>It’s an exam taken in the last two years of secondary education. It’s harder than the AP exam, which is why internationals taking the A-levels and AP exams may mess up the curve.</p>
<p>It’s unlikely that you’ll find an A Level book at your library. There are more A Level subjects than AP subjects.</p>
<p>Here’s an example. It’s an easy question.</p>
<p>An aqueous solution of benzenediazonium chloride is heated, from which a solid, which is soluble in dilute NaOH is obtained. Suggest a structure for the solid obtained and account for its solubility in dilute NaOH.</p>
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<p>Suggest a sythesis pathway, and include all relevant mechanisms, for synthesizing “methyl 4-chlorobenzoate” aka “methyl parachlorobenzoate” (an ester) starting from benzene.</p>
<p>There’s also structure elucidation. If anyone wants to know the answer to these two questions, I’ll post them.</p>
<p>Forgive me if I’m wrong, but it seems like you really have something to prove. I’m sure anyone would agree that A Levels are harder than AP’s. You do two whole years of school just to take them.</p>
<p>BTW you didn’t actually address either of the questions that you quoted.
Also, realistically, how many people do you think take A Levels and AP’s? It would have to be a significant number for them to “mess up the curve”.</p>
<p>How did they not “address the questions” that they quoted?</p>