How easy is the GC section??

[gorrillaunit18]

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I have heard that it's fairly easy...this is the only section that is essentially "freaking" me out. Any advice?

 

[LuckMC11]

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[UCB05]

What resources are you using? there aren't too many discrete concepts in chemistry. I did all my studying out of Schaum's ap chem and a textbook I could read through in a couple hours, and that was more than enough for a 30.

 

[gorrillaunit18]

What resources are you using? there aren't too many discrete concepts in chemistry. I did all my studying out of Schaum's ap chem and a textbook I could read through in a couple hours, and that was more than enough for a 30.

I'm using Kaplan and DAT Destroyer...I have heard this is fairly good. Whatta ya think?

 

[UCB05]

Well I wouldn't consider Destroyer that kind of a resource. Dig up or borrow a chem textbook and quickly read through the concepts (you don't really need to pay attention to all the bloat) and THEN use destroyer to get practice at application of equations and concepts. If you dont have that, (this may be one of the only times I say this, but) Kaplan blue book might be enough.

 

[azar87]

Gen chem can be straight forward or very ambiguous at the same time depending on ur version of the exam.......ur best bet is to study everything and to do that you will need ur old textbooks and kaplan review books and finalize it with destroyer these resources especially destroyer will provide more than enough problems for you to get used to the exam make sure you do everything you can and just do as many problems as u can daily. Best of luck

 

[kkim85]

I'm using it and it is 10x better than KBB!

 

[Avery07]

I'm using a variety of sources but have finally gotten around to my Cliff's AP Chemistry book. There's not a lot of talk about it on here so here's my opinion.

This book is 70% problems. Lots of them are hard and require you to know these concepts inside and out. Basically it gives you the law, equation, and an example problem and then throws a bunch of questions at you without really teaching you.

So I recommend other sources for teaching (KBB, Thinkwell) and then using this as simply a text of practice questions.

So Cliff's AP Chem = Bad for teaching but great for practice problems if you already know you're stuff

Cliff's AP Bio on the other hand is a wonderful resource in every aspect.

 

[LuckMC11]

I'm using a variety of sources but have finally gotten around to my Cliff's AP Chemistry book. There's not a lot of talk about it on here so here's my opinion.

This book is 70% problems. Lots of them are hard and require you to know these concepts inside and out. Basically it gives you the law, equation, and an example problem and then throws a bunch of questions at you without really teaching you.

So I recommend other sources for teaching (KBB, Thinkwell) and then using this as simply a text of practice questions.

So Cliff's AP Chem = Bad for teaching but great for practice problems if you already know you're stuff

Cliff's AP Bio on the other hand is a wonderful resource in every aspect.

has anyone else used cliffs ap chem for just practice questions to prepare for the DAT?

 

[AmpedUp]

Pearson's AP Chemistry book was awesome - very thorough and covers everything you need to know. It's cheap as well at around 99 cents from amazon - for a used version.