Studying For The AP Chem Exam

Hey everyone!
Another post from your favorite ChemBuff!
Today we're going to talk about studying for the AP Chemistry exam and how much you actually need to study.
I think it's hard to replace a good teacher that actually makes you learn the material throughout the year, but if your teacher doesn't care whether you get a 5 or a 1 it's time to take matters into your own hands!
First of all I'd recommend checking out Khan Academy and watching through all of the chemistry videos.
Then I'd pay a visit to College Board's website and read through what you actually need to know for the course and look at the example problems on the site.
I'd also recommend checking out this site to figure out which review book you should get as it seems to be different for everyone.
Personally, the 5 steps to a 5 book seemed to have worked for me, but I don't know my score yet so maybe I got a 3 and I just feel confident that I got a good score.

Anyway, about how much you need to study.
I'd say that if you spend at least 15 minutes per day every weekday during the school year learning something about AP chem, you should be ready for the exam, but if you don't do that then you might need to put in some hardcore studying sessions a couple weeks before the exam.
Good luck, and I hope that you get a 5!

Chemistry Jokes

I decided to pick some of my favorite chemistry jokes and post them on this blog because why not!

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Frequently Asked Questions About The AP Chem Exam And Class

Hey peeps!
Another day another post coming at ya!
Today I'm going to talk about some of the common questions people have about the AP exam and the AP Chem class so let's get started!

1. How much homework do you get on average in the class?
• I think it depends a lot on your teacher, but since it's an AP class on average it will be more than your regular classes. My teacher gave us about an hour of homework a night, but we had time to work on it in class whereas a different teacher at my school gave 30 minutes of homework per night, but they couldn't work on it in class at all. Talk to the people at your school and figure out which teacher is best.
2. How hard is the actual class?
• I'd say that the class honestly isn't as hard as many people make it to be. A lot of the material is partially covered in the regular Chemistry course and you just have to learn some more advanced material on the same topics, but it's fairly easy since you already know the basics. The only new thing you learn should be Kinetics which is one of the hardest chapters, but overall the class isn't too hard.
3.  Are the labs hard?
• Most of the labs required by CollegeBoard are pretty easy since the directions are written out for you and it's just a step by step process of do this and then do that, but a couple of the labs actually require you to think about the chemistry and figure things out on your own so those were the ones that the class had some problems with. Someone in your class should be able to figure it out though and then tell the whole class how to do it.
4.  How hard is it to get a 5 on the exam?
• On the practice exams everyone in my class did fairly well, and most people seemed pretty comfortable with the actual exam, but I won't know the answer to this question until I get my test scores back in July so I'll get back to you guys on that!

Welcome!

Hello everyone!
This is my first post on my blog so I guess I better talk about who I am and why I created this blog.
I am a rising high school senior and this blog is my way of keeping an A in my AP Chemistry class that I took last year.
I'm supposed to write a couple of posts about my experience with the class and the exam, and I'm supposed to give people tips about studying for the exam so that's what I will do!
I took the AP exam this May, so I know what you need to study to get a 5 and what you don't need to study.
I'm fairly sure that I got a 4 or a 5 on the exam, but we will find out in the beginning of May.
Anyway, thanks for reading this and I hope you find some of my posts useful!