so whats on the chem section of the pcat? what are we required to know

[titanlord1]

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im doing rreview for the chem section and i realized there are so many equations, and mass of elements..etc, are we required to know all these things? what are we required to know? please let me know.

 

[Jessica1992]

im doing rreview for the chem section and i realized there are so many equations, and mass of elements..etc, are we required to know all these things? what are we required to know? please let me know.

I'm taking the PCAT next week (AND I AM FREAKING OUT), but based on what I've seen about it, I wouldn't worry about memorizing too many formulas. Maybe some basic ones like, for gen chem, that G=H-TS or q=mcT.

I do not believe we need to memorize any masses, but you should know the basics like carbon and oxygen just from doing so many stupid mass problems. That being said, we also don't need to memorize the entire periodic table, but you should know the basic trends like electronegativity and size.

Lastly, for organic chemistry...who knows. Don't memorize mechanisms (thank goodness) - I've never seen a question about that.

 

[titanlord1]

I'm taking the PCAT next week (AND I AM FREAKING OUT), but based on what I've seen about it, I wouldn't worry about memorizing too many formulas. Maybe some basic ones like, for gen chem, that G=H-TS or q=mcT.

I do not believe we need to memorize any masses, but you should know the basics like carbon and oxygen just from doing so many stupid mass problems. That being said, we also don't need to memorize the entire periodic table, but you should know the basic trends like electronegativity and size.

Lastly, for organic chemistry...who knows. Don't memorize mechanisms (thank goodness) - I've never seen a question about that.

but are you sure? im doing kaplan pcat review and all the problems they gave for general chem requires using a fomula or mass..etc thats not given.

 

[Jessica1992]

but are you sure? im doing kaplan pcat review and all the problems they gave for general chem requires using a fomula or mass..etc thats not given.

I am 90% sure. According to the Pearson Practice tests, which they say 80% of the questions on them are from old PCATs, they give you all the numbers. I have the Kaplan book, too, and that really scared at first! Kaplan is the only resource out of the 3 books + practice tests from Pearson that I have that doesn't give you all the info.