Cliff's Test Prep Chemistry Section

[JPharm228]

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Can anyone shed some light on an issue here? Is it me or does the Chemistry section of the Cliff's PCAT 5 practice tests seem really really challenging?

 

[sashagrl259]

I find Cliff's challenging as well, but I haven't taken the real PCAT. I've also practiced with Barron's and Kaplan's which I found to be less difficult.

 

[ffpickle]

agreed...it's very hard.

 

[Yoshimi34]

agreed...it's very hard.

I think so too, it seems like there are many random questions that are strictly knowledge-based instead of conceptual.

 

[TTUMike]

I get a little over 50% right every time. It is very hard.

 

[TTUMike]

about how many questions are you guys getting right? Maybe my 50% is worse than I thought.

 

[LongPigeon]

I've seen several questions in Cliff's Notes that requires you to memorize the atomic numbers of elements (such as uranium in the second practice exam). Can anyone who has taken PCAT recently let me know if that sort of questions are likely to be encountered on the real PCAT? Thx!

 

[lev zev]

I'm actually nailing good scores using the cliffs. I do find it extremely challenging though... so I was wondering if it's like this at all. The only section I am doing 50% is in the verbal, the analogies are killing it for me, however, in the rest of the sections I'm getting 80-95%. Does anyone know if the analogies on the PCAT are tough as these, because I must admit, I haven't seen some of these words in my life.

 

[mug3n]

I've seen several questions in Cliff's Notes that requires you to memorize the atomic numbers of elements (such as uranium in the second practice exam). Can anyone who has taken PCAT recently let me know if that sort of questions are likely to be encountered on the real PCAT? Thx!

Know weights and atomic numbers of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen to the nearest whole number (so oxygen would have a weight of 16). For the purposes of the PCAT that's to the extent of the periodic table that you'd have to memorize. They don't make ridiculously hard to solve calculations on the chemistry section.