Plan B: You Have One Semester to Prepare
This approach uses the assumption that you have completed at least one semester of Chemistry. This calendar
begins in mid-year, and prepares you for the mid-May exam.
12 STEP 1. Set Up Your Study Program
JANUARY–FEBRUARY
— Read Chapters 1–4 in this book.
— Pay careful attention to the Diagnostic Exam.
— Pay close attention to your walk-through of the
Diagnostic Exam.
— Read and study Chapter 5, Basics.
— Read and study Chapter 6, Reactions and
Periodicity.
— Read and study Chapter 7, Stoichiometry.
— Read and study Chapter 8, Gases.
— Read and study Chapter 9, Thermodynamics.
— Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses.
— Re-study appropriate chapters to correct your
weaknesses.
MARCH(10 weeks to go.)
— Read and study Chapter 10, Spectroscopy and
Electrons.
— Review Chapters 5–7.
— Read and study Chapter 11, Bonding.
— Read and study Chapter 12, Solids, Liquids, and
Intermolecular Forces.
— Review Chapters 8–10.
— Read and study Chapter 13, Solutions and
Colligative Properties.
— Read and study Chapter 14, Kinetics.
APRIL
— Take Practice Exam 1 in the first week of April.
— Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses.
— Study appropriate chapters to correct your weak-
nesses.
— Read and study Chapter 15, Equilibrium.
— Review Chapters 5–10.
— Read and study Chapter 16, Electrochemistry.
— Read and study Chapter 17, Nuclear Chemistry.
— Review Chapters 11–14.
— Read and study Chapter 18, Organic Chemistry.
— Read and study Chapter 19, Experimental.MAY(first 2 weeks) (THIS IS IT!)
— Review Chapters 5–19—all the material!
— Take Practice Exam 2.
— Score your exam.
— Get a good night’s sleep before the exam. Fall
asleep knowing you are well prepared.GOOD LUCK ON THE TEST!