Your advisor will have the results of your exam when you meet with him or her on Wednesday, August 30. If you do not receive credit for 5.111 by passing this exam, your advisor may use your performance on the exam to recommend whether you enroll in 5.111 or 5.112, but the decision as to the course in which you enroll is yours. There is no minimum performance level on this exam for entry into 5.112. Like most MIT subjects, Chemistry 5.111 and 5.112 are oriented toward problem-solving rather than memorization. Nearly all of the problems on the Advanced Placement Exam therefore involve calculations or analysis of information.
None involve mere memorization.
In preparing for this exam, spend your time learning to solve problems of the type listed below quickly and accurately. Many of the problems on the exam will have numerical answers. Most of the credit for solving a particular problem will be given for providing the correct answer together with a clear demonstration of how the answer was obtained. The exam will be accompanied by lists of required physical constants, formulas, and a periodic table of the elements. You may not use notes or books during the exam.