General Chemistry

[GatorGirl87]

Hey Everyone. This question is more directed at people who have actually taken the PCAT, but if you can contribute, please do.

I've been studying gen chem a lot lately using the Kaplan prep book. It does a pretty good job, however, there are A TON of formulas. I was just wondering if it is really necessary to memorize all of these formulas for things (all over again). I took gen chem 3 years ago, so this is really re-committing a lot to memory. Are there also a decent amount of conceptual questions? Also, the problems in Kaplan require a fair amount of math per problem sometimes. It doesn't seem like they really try to make the numbers easy to work with. It just seems like it is taking me a little too much time to solve one problem. Is this the case on the real test as well?

Any comments or advice would be really helpful. 🙂 🙂

 

[Farcus]

remember Boyle Law, Charles Law, Ideal Gas Law like it was the back of your hand thats my advise, and thats only part of it.

 

[sakigt]

Im skipping most of those equations. I just memorized the ideal gas law, rate law, molarity, molality so far. Im on Chapter 37 so the rest is just Acid/Base, pH stuff.

Remember, theres no calculator, so if you can reason it out you should be ok.

 

[EthioRx]

If you do the chemistry problems on Cliff Notes very well and also have basic knowledge of Orgo [esp. alcohol, ester, ketone, aldehyde , and their rxn and properties], you are guaranteed to score between 60 - 70 in the Chem Section.

Cliff Notes is the answer!!

 

[dmd20000]

If you do the chemistry problems on Cliff Notes very well and also have basic knowledge of Orgo [esp. alcohol, ester, ketone, aldehyde , and their rxn and properties], you are guaranteed to score between 60 - 70 in the Chem Section.

Cliff Notes is the answer!!

which cliff notes is he talking about?