<p>As a senior, I took AP Chemistry as my first chemistry class. My teacher was utterly incompetent, and students who got Cs and lower were students who tried to learn by listening to her abysmal excuses for lectures. Instead of ever paying attention, I read/outlined the pertinent chapters of the Brady / Senese textbook (the one our school district assigned for AP Chem) before being “lectured” on those chapters. Not to sound arrogant, but I was by far the most prepared student in the class for the AP exam, and I thought it was one of my easiest exams this year. AP Chemistry is not hard. Teachers just fail at communicating the material to their students.</p>
<p>Disclaimer: I have an affinity for science that a good number of AP Chem students seem to lack.</p>