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Acknowledgments
The Princeton Review would like to give special thanks to Nick Leonardi for his hand in revising and updating this title to better prepare students for the AP Chemistry Exam. Nick would like, in turn, to thank the AP Chemistry teacher community from the College Board forums, and his parents, who, despite not knowing chemistry, have contributed more to his success than anybody else.
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Part I
Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score
PREVIEW ACTIVITY: YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR EXPECTATIONS
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YOUR GUIDE TO USING THIS BOOK
This book is organized to provide as muchor as littlesupport as you need, so you can use this book in whatever way will be most helpful to improving your score on the AP Chemistry Exam.
The remainder of will provide guidance on how to use this book and help you determine your strengths and weaknesses
.) We strongly recommend that you take this test before going any further, in order to realistically determine:
your starting point right now
which question types youre ready for and which you might need to practice
which content topics you are familiar with and which you will want to carefully review
Once you have nailed down your strengths and weaknesses with regard to this exam, you can focus your test preparation, build a study plan, and be efficient with your time.
of this book will
provide information about the structure, scoring, and content of the AP Chemistry Exam
help you to make a study plan
point you towards additional resources
of this book will explore
how to attack multiple-choice questions
how to write high-scoring free-response answers