chem 6a honors

astrina
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:06:49 +0000

The regular chem 6 series is not any harder than the AP chem curriculum. If you’re capable of a 5, you have learned everything necessary to net you an A in chem 6. Boosting yourself to an A+ requires that you actually remember how to apply your knowledge. But compared to the other students, you’ve already been presented with all the necessary information.

Same is true of folks who scored a 4. You likely have a strong foundation in chemistry, but may be missing pieces here and there. The amount of work required to get you an A/A+ is much, much less than someone who didn’t take an AP-style curriculum in high school and started with chem 6A at UCSD.

It’s worth noting that when the chem department was reviewing various genchem textbooks and deciding which one to adopt for the chem 6 series to replace jones/atkins, there were several AP-level textbooks to pick from. In fact, Silberberg is the one they’re using right now and it’s on this list: [AP Chemistry: Example Textbook List](AP Chemistry Course Audit – AP Central | College Board)