In 2022, the Orange County Section is pleased to resume holding the High School First Year Chemistry Exam after a long hiatus due to the Covid pandemic.
The Exam will be held on Saturday April 23, 2022, from 8:45 AM to 11:15 AM in McCarthy Hall, California State University Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92831.
Click on the buttons below for information on how to participate in this year’s Exam. Read the Registration Letter and Covid Requirements to learn the regulations, and then use the Application Form to register to take the Exam this year.
Please note that CSUF requires a booster, but does not specify a time prior to being on campus. So we will require evidence of a booster (3rd immunization for Pfizer and Moderna, second for J&J) if the student is eligible for one, but not a time period since the booster was administered.
Registration opens on Monday April 4, 2022, at 12:00 noon and closes on Friday April 15, 2022, at 11:59 PM. Late registrations will not be accepted.
Here is an example of a retired ACS 1st-year Exam, and the corresponding Answer Key.
Click here for more information about the annual High School Exam and the High School Awards Banquet, as well as to find links to past events since 2014, including Award-winners’ names and photographs.