{"id":21,"date":"2007-09-27T06:19:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T11:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/organicchemistry.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/27\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/"},"modified":"2007-09-27T06:19:12","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T11:19:12","slug":"practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the record, all I know is that Halo 3 is a video game that everyone loves.\u00a0 Anywho&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The short answer to that question is YES, practice tests are great. But the real question that should have been asked is &#8220;what practice questions do I want&#8221;?\u00a0 First, you want to get old exams from YOUR professor.\u00a0 Different organic chemistry professors focus in on different things.\u00a0 Your professor might focus in on physical organic chemistry (orbitals and such) where as another prof might focus on synthesis.<\/p>\n<p>Next, if you have the time, will, and extra food, surf the net to find other profs at other schools and their tests.\u00a0 If you can answer both sets (yours and the other guys) of questions, you are well on your way to a nice fat A.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the record, all I know is that Halo 3 is a video game that everyone loves.\u00a0 Anywho&#8230; The short answer to that question is YES, practice tests are great. But the real question that should have been asked is &#8220;what practice questions do I want&#8221;?\u00a0 First, you want to get old exams from YOUR [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-o-chem-help"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr. Michael Pa\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dr. Michael Pa\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/854192b6b8f267c7ee95ddba11dcd4b4\"},\"headline\":\"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-09-27T11:19:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"o-chem help\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/\",\"name\":\"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-09-27T11:19:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"organic chemistry\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Organic Chemistry Made Easy by AceOrganicChem\",\"description\":\"Teaching organic chemistry hacks since 2006\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AceOrganicChem\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/buckyball-AOC-logo-4-clear-background-large-e1641075998975.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/buckyball-AOC-logo-4-clear-background-large-e1641075998975.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"AceOrganicChem\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Organic-Chemistry-Help-by-AceOrganicChemcom-111153708901583\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/drmike0384\\\/_created\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCyRDzOGwK0LFZPjyCgQXD2Q\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/854192b6b8f267c7ee95ddba11dcd4b4\",\"name\":\"Dr. Michael Pa\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08f5ce8a2d08fcadb6f82a051f85da1ffa9545c9257eaf5e99e7d236b8e1fb93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08f5ce8a2d08fcadb6f82a051f85da1ffa9545c9257eaf5e99e7d236b8e1fb93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/08f5ce8a2d08fcadb6f82a051f85da1ffa9545c9257eaf5e99e7d236b8e1fb93?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dr. Michael Pa\"},\"description\":\"Dr. Michael Pa got a bachelors degree in chemistry from Binghamton University, a masters degree in organic chemistry from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Arizona. His research focus was on novel pain killers which were more potent than morphine but designed to have fewer side effects. There may even be a patent or two that came out of it. Prior to all of this, he was a chemist at Procter and Gamble. After all of that, he (briefly) worked as a post-doctoral assistant at Syracuse University, working on novel organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In between, he did NOT compete at the 1996 Olympics, make the Atlanta Braves opening day roster, or become the head coach of the Indiana Pacers, as he had intended. #fail During this entire time, he always loved helping students, especially if they were struggling with organic chemistry. In 2006, Dr. Pa founded AceOrganicChem.com in order to make learning organic chemistry fast and easy. 14 years and about 60,000 students later we are still helping students to learn organic chemistry one reaction at a time at https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/m.facebook.com\\\/pages\\\/category\\\/Science-Website\\\/Organic-Chemistry-Help-by-AceOrganicChemcom-111153708901583\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.aceorganicchem.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/aceorgan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dr. Michael Pa","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/"},"author":{"name":"Dr. Michael Pa","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/854192b6b8f267c7ee95ddba11dcd4b4"},"headline":"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?","datePublished":"2007-09-27T11:19:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/"},"wordCount":145,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["o-chem help"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/","name":"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-09-27T11:19:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/practice-tests-and-practice-questions-good-or-is-the-time-better-spent-playing-halo-3\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"organic chemistry","item":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Practice tests and practice questions: Good or is the time better spent playing Halo 3?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/","name":"Organic Chemistry Made Easy by AceOrganicChem","description":"Teaching organic chemistry hacks since 2006","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"AceOrganicChem","url":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buckyball-AOC-logo-4-clear-background-large-e1641075998975.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/buckyball-AOC-logo-4-clear-background-large-e1641075998975.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"AceOrganicChem"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Organic-Chemistry-Help-by-AceOrganicChemcom-111153708901583","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/drmike0384\/_created\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyRDzOGwK0LFZPjyCgQXD2Q"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/854192b6b8f267c7ee95ddba11dcd4b4","name":"Dr. Michael Pa","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08f5ce8a2d08fcadb6f82a051f85da1ffa9545c9257eaf5e99e7d236b8e1fb93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08f5ce8a2d08fcadb6f82a051f85da1ffa9545c9257eaf5e99e7d236b8e1fb93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08f5ce8a2d08fcadb6f82a051f85da1ffa9545c9257eaf5e99e7d236b8e1fb93?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dr. Michael Pa"},"description":"Dr. Michael Pa got a bachelors degree in chemistry from Binghamton University, a masters degree in organic chemistry from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Arizona. His research focus was on novel pain killers which were more potent than morphine but designed to have fewer side effects. There may even be a patent or two that came out of it. Prior to all of this, he was a chemist at Procter and Gamble. After all of that, he (briefly) worked as a post-doctoral assistant at Syracuse University, working on novel organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). In between, he did NOT compete at the 1996 Olympics, make the Atlanta Braves opening day roster, or become the head coach of the Indiana Pacers, as he had intended. #fail During this entire time, he always loved helping students, especially if they were struggling with organic chemistry. In 2006, Dr. Pa founded AceOrganicChem.com in order to make learning organic chemistry fast and easy. 14 years and about 60,000 students later we are still helping students to learn organic chemistry one reaction at a time at https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com","https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/pages\/category\/Science-Website\/Organic-Chemistry-Help-by-AceOrganicChemcom-111153708901583\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/author\/aceorgan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aceorganicchem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}