Formula Sheet?

[jsp]

Are we given any sort of formula sheet/periodic table for math/chem? Also, what type of chem calculations are there?

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[American Princess]

Are we given any sort of formula sheet/periodic table for math/chem? Also, what type of chem calculations are there?

Unfortunately, no.

 

[fenixtnlfan]

The only things you get to take with you to your desk are pencils, IDs, and a drink (if you are at a nice testing center). It's all from memory! For chem calculations, use Kaplan as a guide. Really it's all the stuff you learned in gen chem.

 

[eric4321]

You will need to remember the oxidation number of oxygen & sulfur [-2], all the halides [-1], know which elements are Group 1 & their ox# [+1] and which are Group 2 [+2] - know them all the way down to Cesium and Barium. This is to do the redox questions, some of which are just "what is the charge of sulfur in NaHSO4 ??" [it's +6] without any reaction done to it. Might have to know a few group 3s: boron, aluminum, scandium.

It's helpful for organic questions to know that C & Si are gp4; N, P, and As are gp5 and so on. As they say, no periodic table or charges are given, no formulas either.

 

[omnione]

For calculations, the time constraints of the PCAT makes questions shorter in size but greater in abundance. You often will be given enough information to finish a problem in one or two steps. If you have a Hess's law question for example, you are given all equations with accompanying heats of reaction. If it's a titration problem, then they'll provide molarities, volume used, etc.

As for the content, don't worry about the theoretical stuff you learn in gen chem, just all of the fundamental calculations involved with each major concept you learned.