General Chem...

[Metswin677]

Hey guys and Girls,

What can be expected on the General Chem portion of the PCAT? Alot of calculations, or mostly generic chem questions, like most stable sublevel of an orbital, or most electronegative element, etc?????


Thanks in advance!

 

[kidkay]

Hey guys and Girls,

What can be expected on the General Chem portion of the PCAT? Alot of calculations, or mostly generic chem questions, like most stable sublevel of an orbital, or most electronegative element, etc?????


Thanks in advance!

You pretty much nailed it...concepts and simple calculations problems...😀

 

[Metswin677]

is collins notes spot on for the chemistry?

You pretty much nailed it...concepts and simple calculations problems...😀

 

[kidkay]

is collins notes spot on for the chemistry?

, don't have Dr. Collins, but previous posts indicate notes are spot on....do a search, search function is your friend....

 

[UFKOIVY]

The Kaplan book is also useful in both Bio and Chem.

 

[pinksparkly]

Collins was pretty good for gen chem. If you are just reviewing, it will work great. I was not, so I had to supplement.

With organic, I feel that you need a little more than what Collins gives you. Not a LOT more, but a little. Reviewing the SN1 vs SN2 and E1 vs E2 was definitely a good idea.

The Pearson practice tests were similar to Collins, but it wasn't a spot-on match. I can't quite articulate the difference, but there was one. Collins prepares you enough so that if you get the concept, you can reason out the answer on a Pearson question.

But I haven't gotten my scores back from the 6/29 PCAT (obviously), so I could be completely talking out of my ass here.