AP Chemistry For Dummies

Review material and expert test-taking tips to help students ace the AP Chemistry exam

In 2006, over 90,000 high school students took the Advanced Placement chemistry exam, and since 2002, there has been a 30 percent increase in the number of students taking AP Chemistry courses in U.S. high schools. AP Chemistry For Dummies includes a detailed overview of the exam and subject reviews of all topics. It features two full-length tests with answers and explanations designed to help students bring their skills up to the collegiate level and maximize their scores on the exam.

Peter J. Mikulecky, PhD (San Diego, CA), teaches science and mathematics at the Fusion Learning Center in Southern California. Michelle Rose Gilman (Solana Beach, CA) is the founder of Fusion Learning Center and Fusion Academy and the author of several For Dummies science, math, and test-prep titles. Katherine Brutlag (San Diego, CA) teaches chemistry and other sciences at the Fusion Academy. Together, the authors also cowrote Chemistry Workbook For Dummies (978-0-470-25152-2).

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Title of ebook: AP Chemistry For Dummies
ISBN: 9780470451434
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Publisher: For Dummies
Internet download file size: 7965 kb
Pages: 408
Published: 11-2008
Released online for download: 11-13-2008
Author of eBook: Gilman, Michelle Rose

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AP Chemistry for Dummies

Chapter One

Knowing What You're Up Against: The AP Chemistry Exam

In This Chapter

* Making sure the exam is right for you

* Breaking down the exam into all its parts

* Ticking through the topics covered on the exam

* Acing the questions

* Understanding your score

Just the words "Advanced Placement" can bring about trembling fits of fear in even the best of Chemistry students. The good 'ol folks at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) - the company hired by the College Board to write and grade the AP exams - have been disseminating this fear for over 50 years, and they've had the time to get quite good at it. Consider this chapter your best bet at releasing your fear, getting some early college credit, and planning what to do with all the free time you'll have in college by not having to take an intro chemistry course.

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