polarity

Yoooooo can someone please give me an easy way of telling if somethings polar or non polar. I'm sick of drawing these lewis each time and checking for symmetry and dipole and all that.. i know theres trick.. like if s is a central atom its polar? yea? no? idk. help! :(((((

Hi! 1. I am looking for some clarification of the relationship between these concepts. hydrophobic/hydrophilic non-polar/polar negatively charged/positively charged acidic/basic I understand that a molecule can be any of the above. But I am wondering how these are related. From my current...