Chemistry (Cliffs AP) |  | Author: Gary S. Thorpe
Publisher: Cliffs Notes
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 656379
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 416
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 076458684X
Dewey Decimal Number: 540.76
UPC: 785555046559
EAN: 9780764586842
ASIN: 076458684X
Publication Date: March 20, 2001
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Product Description
Designed for high school students enrolled in Advanced Placement programs or students taking the AP exams, CliffsAP guides are direct, precise, easy to use, and ideal for classroom use and test preparation. This helpful guide contains:- A review of key chemistry concepts and terms for each subject area covered
- A math self-test to help students identify strengths and weaknesses
- Study tips and strategies for approaching multiple-choice and chemistry essays
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Only helpful in certain areas August 27, 2005
AP Student (LV,NV USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got a 3 on the exam with a teacher and a chem program at school which had never had anyone even attempt the AP test. However, this book alone will not get you a 2. This book is excellent when it comes to teaching you how to do the math but horrible when teaching you concepts. The princton review is excellent at teaching you concepts, but horrible at teaching you how to do the math. So my suggestion is you do them together and with your college Chem book. I pretty much taught myself everything and am proudly probably the first student at my school to pass the Chem AP test. I've also been told Barron's is quite good so you could try that as well. So only accompanying princton review could this book be helpful, labs don't really help much unless you actually do them. Don't be mistaken, this book won't tell you how to do the lab specifically, only skims through them.
 horrible resource February 27, 2005
J. Mock (Portland, OR)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
it has an awesome lab review section, but the review was nonexistant. I did not like how the book was put together or how it had a key terms section which did not explain the key terms. I am surprised that Cliffs would put out a book of this caliber. It's like the review was an afterthought compared to the lab section.
 Poor Option August 18, 2004
Jon (Bryn Mawr)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Don't use this book. The lab guy gives the wrong impression. First off, the lab questions on the AP test are the ones you need to least worry about, usually very straighforward since you can't do a lab in a written test. In terms of the rest of the stuff in the Cliffs book, we used some of it in class and it the book is so riddled with mistakes that we stopped using it. USE PRINCETON REVIEW. Awesome book, straightforward, clear, won't put you to sleep.
 5 stars for getting me a 5! July 17, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Wow. This book is excellent. I had a chemistry teacher who refused to do any lab with us the entire year. We didn't even have a lab room. It was a normal classroom with no sinks or anything. I'm really good at chemistry, but I was really worried about getting a 4 because I had absolutely no lab experience. But, I read part of this book like a week before the AP test and then I totally crammed the labs in the day before the test. Now cramming doesn't normally work for me, but it worked this time! It was like a miracle. I knew every lab question. If it wasn't for this book, there is no way I could have gotten a 5. If you have good lab experience, this book may be of no help to you. But if you haven't done a lab at all in your chemistry class, you want a 5 on the AP test, and you don't want to deal with all the hard to find chemicals and perform every lab at home, then YOU HAVE TO GET THIS BOOK! It will get you a 5 like me. I also recommend Princeton Review AP Chemistry.
Remotely helpful? I think not. March 5, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book to help me, as I'm not the best in the chemistry department. If you are in a similar situation, do not buy this book. It has an extremely minimal amount of actual study material, and even skips over some topics completely, even after listing them in the 'key terms' section at the front of the chapter. Shouldn't a study book actually define the key term rather than leave you to look it up and study it from other sources? You might buy it thinking it looks kind of good, but then the week before a big intermolecular forces test, find out that it doesn't mention so much as a sentence on the topic.
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