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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.
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.