Chemblog!

That's the mighty and undefeated Barbaro who dominated 19 other Kentucky Derby thoroughbreds yesterday. An awesome performance. Speaking of which, we have our own big test to dominate on Wednesday (it would have been nice to see A.P. Warrior win yesterday but, what's in a name?).
Thanks to Katelyn and Andrew for coming in and sacrificing their Sunday afternoon; they got some valuable instant feedback on their AP exams.
I will give the hard copy of that test to the rest of the class tomorrow. Make sure that you take the test under strict test conditions, then score the test and see me about ANY question that caused uncertainty or took you too long to answer.

Our tenth practice AP exam is posted for Monday. Including the spring break assignment and the practice exam last week, by Tuesday, we will have completed 12 AP Part II exams and 5 AP Part I exams !!! (not including the part II questions that we started in February!). You have a lot of experience with this test; you will be very familiar with the question types and the exam format. Of course there can always be a few minor surprises but they won't significantly affect the test or your score as long as you deal with those questions methodically (or skip/guess on them if they are troubling you) - stay cool and confident- there are always a few weed out/ psyche out questions purposefully and strategically placed on the exam to destroy those who have poor test-taking skills (i.e. can't move past a question and get upset during the test).
Anticipate that; you've already dealt with those situations during the practice tests! Just go into your AP Chem exam and take control over the test. At this point, that will be a formality.
Good times.