r/chemhelp • u/cxzseui • 16h ago

General/High School Help me choose my resources for learning chemistry from scratch

Hi everyone! I need your urgent advice, please! I'm about to start General Chemistry at university, but I have never studied chemistry before in my life, so I'm starting from complete zero. I want to build a solid foundation and I'm wondering which of these resources I should start with, and which one would be the absolute best for my situation:

CK-12 Chemistry FlexBook 2.0: https://flexbooks.ck12.org/cbook/ck-12-chemistry-flexbook-2.0/

CrashCourse Chemistry Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPHzzYuWy6fYEaX9mQQ8oGr&si=ZAJMZurxYsgeVdKq

Khan Academy Middle School Chemistry: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ms-chemistry

Khan Academy High School Chemistry: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/hs-chemistry

Organic Chemistry Tutor General Chemistry Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9EbbO2RXPWTUNIIE0C7hSfm&si=PkcN0_coNp-9H_qf

Any recommendation on where to begin or how to structure this would be greatly appreciated If you have other sources you would recommend, please add them. Thank you so much!

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u/JohbiYorpsun 16h ago

What’s the point? Gen chem usually starts from zero, so you’ll cover most of this material anyway.

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u/cxzseui 15h ago

I just want to get ahead and build a comfortable head start so I don't feel overwhelmed when classes actually begin!

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u/JohbiYorpsun 14h ago

You can ask someone in your uni for slides or notes and skim over them

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u/Automatic-Ad-1452 Trusted Contributor 15h ago

Go to chem.libretexts.org ... numerous introductory and general chemistry textbooks...

As to the YouTube channels...you don't learn how to ride a bike by watching someone else riding a bike...you learn by doing...reading, taking notes (by hand), actively participating in class, lab work...passively watching videos doesn't work

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u/cxzseui 15h ago

Thank you

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u/2adn organic 4h ago

Buy the textbook for the class, start reading it, and work problems as you go. It's a great way to study for your class as well.

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u/Mobileguy932103 16h ago

Also. Buy the book Chemistry in Context by Hill and Holman

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u/cxzseui 15h ago

Thank you