The Official AP Chemistry Discussion Thread

<p>6 essays on FRQ? What are you talking about?</p>

<p>There are 6 essays right?
Part A: 1 Equilibrium, 2 and 3 can deal with anything.
Part B: 1 Net Reactions, 2 and 3 can deal with anything.</p>

<p>Where do people get curve data from, anyway? Has it ever been published?</p>

<p>I think they base off of previous year tests’ stats, then do math magic to average them out to give curves. </p>

<p>Any questions that will be 100% - on the test? Subjects heavily asked about? I have to choose my chapters wisely at this point (facepalm)</p>

<p>Last year was rate laws for one of the free response so would there be less of a chance of it happening again this year?</p>

<p>Equilibrium is on the test every year, then it’s acid base, kinetics, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and then the bonding theory for descriptive chemistry.</p>

<p>Acid/Base and titration problems are so hard =/</p>

<p>BUFFERS!!! omg, I hate them</p>

<p>but which section of the test is on labs?</p>

<p>Multiple choice, unless they ask you something about labs in the open ended.</p>

<p>no, there’s always a lab FRQ, does anyone know which problem it is?</p>

<p>They changed how they do the equations a year or two ago. It went from eight choose five, no balanced, to doing three, all three, with balancing, and some little trivia question about some reagent (the only reason I am worried about balancing is redox reactions, which are a *****). We’ve been doing it the older way all year. But my teacher says that it’s been “dumbed-down” because we have to answer all three.</p>

<p>For above people who don’t like buffers: Leave buffers alone!!</p>

<p>Seriously, they’re probably the easiest part of acid/base. They’re just a weak acid/base in solution with its salt. The only equation you’ll ever really have to use for buffers is the Hasselhoff Equation (don’t remember the actual name, but it’s pH = pKa + log([A-]/[HA]). Very simple, unlike the titration curves of multiprotic acids.</p>

<p>It’s Henderson Hasselbock XD</p>

<p>So will going through the Princeton Review and being pretty decent at Kinetics, Thermo, and Equilibrium be enough for a 5? What kind of Raw scores for MC do you need for a 5? I’m so screwed. Somehow, I have 4 tests next week while I only had 1 this week. Although, I’m not taking Chem until the 21st. Which I’m so so so thankful for. But still, not that much time to study!!</p>

<p>5 steps is pretty good in the sense that it takes a past exam and pretty much makes a book based off of it.
Can someone post the curve for the exam?</p>

<p>61 to get a 3
85 to get a 4
107 to get a 5</p>

<p>MC + all FRQs raw scores.
Probably updated and slightly different from year to year.</p>

<p>How do you calculate your score?</p>

<p>How many points total are there in the Free-Response section?
Is the distribution even between the 2 sections?</p>

<p>Why isn’t this thread updated more? AP Chemistry is one of the hardest APs ever!</p>

<p>MC - 45%
FR - 55%</p>

<p>Is there a set order to FRQ sections? </p>

<p>Part A)</p>

<ol>
<li>EQ problem</li>
<li>???</li>
<li>???</li>
</ol>

<p>Part B)

  1. Eqation writing
  2. ???
  3. ???</p>

<p>I know a lab question is in there somewhere, but where?</p>

<p>MC - 45%
FR - 55% </p>

<p>Wait…what’s that? Is that how much it takes to get a 4? a 5?</p>