EK 1001 and other practice books?
Howdy folks, I'm starting to get into the stage of doing countless practice questions for the MCAT. Since physics and chemistry (and organic chem?) are more or less the same from the old MCAT, I plan...
View ArticleKHAN ACADEMY NEW CARS MATERIAL
Hello Eveeyone, KA now includes CARS material. As mentioned on the AAMC, the collection includes the following: Four overview videos that provide an explanation of what the section is and what it...
View ArticleElectrophoretic Separation & Zwitterion
Electrophoretic separation at pH 6 of a sample of polypeptide 1 (mw 1000) polypeptide 2 (mw 500) and polypeptide 3 (mw 100) would result in which of the following? (Note: the isoelectric point of each...
View ArticleMorphogen vs Inducer
I was hoping that someone could give me a brief overview of the differences between a morphogen and an inducer. It is my understanding that morphogens play a more significant role during the...
View ArticleWhat have y'all scored on the actual MCAT with similar Kaplan/AAMC FL scores?
Hey everybody, I'm taking the MCAT on January 23rd and am just wondering what actual scores my Kaplan and AAMC scores correlate to. Any input from people who have taken the 2015 MCAT would be greatly...
View ArticleTransition Metals Question
I'm having a difficult time understanding how to figure out what role transition metals have in reactions. Some times they lose electrons and sometimes they gain them. Is there any way to tell what...
View ArticleKaplan Course vs Alternative Books
Preparing for MCAT is a daunting experience, and many of us want to make this experience as smooth as possible. I feel that getting the right books for the content review and sample questions is vital...
View ArticleFeeling after exam compared to actual score
Was hoping if anyone could share their stories on how they felt after the exam and then the score they got.
View ArticleWhat full lengths do you recommend? Best full lengths?
I already used Kaplan. Was thinking of using Exam Krackers next. Any thoughts? But then I saw that exam Krakers is $50 per exam??? That's ridiculous. Next step seems to be a reasonable price, but are...
View ArticleMy CARS pattern
I don't know if this is the case for other people, however, when doing the CARS section I have found that I will get 1 question wrong on a passage, or I get the all the questions in the passage wrong....
View ArticleCARS vs Old Verbal
Any idea as to how different CARS is from the old verbal section? Easier/more difficult?
View ArticleHormone Structures?
Hi everyone - I'm going over the reproduction and endocrinology chapters in BR right now. Some of the practice passages require you to know the structures of the different hormones - cortisol,...
View ArticleLatest to take MCAT 2016 without hurting application
I've seen some other threads on this topic but I can't seem to figure this one out. I'm signed up for the April 23rd date, so I get my scores before applying June 1st. Though I need more time to study....
View ArticleLOL @ Next Step
I just did the passages from the AAMC official guide. Has anyone noticed the amount of plagiarism the Next Step half length diagnostic and the AAMC guide passages have? I mean seriously the verbal...
View ArticleOChem problem help!
I haven't taken organic chemistry yet, but I'm attempting practice problems and got stumped. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated for this ochem nooby. Q: Use curved arrows and show the mechanism...
View ArticleHow to Self-Study for the MCAT
Self-Studying for the MCAT More and more people each year study for the MCAT without taking a formal review course. As a little bit of reading around the SDN forums will show you, many of them do...
View ArticleLost focus.... Help!
I have been studying for the MCAT off and on for about a year now, but now that the test date is coming up I have ramped up my studying to about 8 hours a day, every day. And a practice test every...
View ArticleWhat are the uncomfortable side effects regarding Alpha Fuel 720?
What are the uncomfortable side effects regarding Alpha Fuel 720? Simply no, it can be thoroughly free of unfriendly effects in addition to specialists furthermore advocate its operation. There is a...
View ArticleMCAT psychology/sociology section = a missed opportunity
After taking some practice MCAT psychology/sociology, I have to admit to being about 9/10ths furious about the section. About 80-90% of the questions have the word "theory" in it, and amount to nothing...
View ArticleEK 101 Verbal Passages - Natural Science List
Does anyone know which of the EK 101 Verbal Reasoning passages contain irrelevant topics for the new MCAT (i.e. natural science passages )? I imagine at some point someone made a list of them (I hear...
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