Is there mostly Gen Chem 2 on the DAT and less Gen Chem 1

[Stacker]

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I'm studying Kaplan blue book right now and Comparing the information with my chemistry book. I'm seeing mostly chem 2 being covered in Kaplan so is it safe to assume that mostly gen chem 2 questions will be asked. This excludes the part of gen chem 2 basing off of fundamental gen chem 1?

 

[SoulPower]

There's a lot of both. Don't put less effort into it because Kaplan doesn't cover it as much.

Kaplan BB is not that great of a resource imo. I feel that it is a good refresher if you took those courses 3 threes ago, like I did. If you really want to do good you absolutely need to use the DAT destroyer. It is 100% on the money with questions that they can and will ask you for the science portion.

Long story short, brush up on all sciences; if you don't study one part you'll probably find a question like that on the real thing which will screw you.

 

[reely989]

I felt the exact opposite for general chem. I thought that was the one thing Kaplan's book did a decent job of teaching. The big thing is not just reading it, and finding practice problems to apply what they are writing. If you have access to one of the Kaplan white books with the practice problems, those are outstanding for practicing chemistry problems. One area that Kaplan does need to address for general chem is maybe some lab stuff. I had a lab type question on my chem section that caught me off guard, and looking back it was very easy, but I just hadn't reviewed it.

In regards to the balance, I didn't really notice that in the Kaplan book. The fundamental chemistry stuff (Lewis Dot's, radius size, energy of ionization, etc.) has so much stuff that you can be tested on. You should know the fundamentals very well. Electron orbitals, enthalpy of reactions, etc. I thought it was probably more from Chemistry 1 than 2 if anything, but I'm sure it varies.

 

[dentalWorks]

I'm studying Kaplan blue book right now and Comparing the information with my chemistry book. I'm seeing mostly chem 2 being covered in Kaplan so is it safe to assume that mostly gen chem 2 questions will be asked. This excludes the part of gen chem 2 basing off of fundamental gen chem 1?

does it matter what a bunch of strangers (who I may add know NOTHING about which DAT version has more of the chem series) tell you?

 

[SoulPower]

does it matter what a bunch of strangers (who I may add know NOTHING about which DAT version has more of the chem series) tell you?

What?

I was just merely saying you shouldn't skimp over stuff you learn in your actual class just cause Kaplan doesn't delve into it as much. The DAT is a very comprehensive test that can literally test on anything in basic sciences. That's it.

 

[dentalWorks]

What?

I was just merely saying you shouldn't skimp over stuff you learn in your actual class just cause Kaplan doesn't delve into it as much. The DAT is a very comprehensive test that can literally test on anything in basic sciences. That's it.

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my comment wasn't directed at you