#mcat

[idekstudies]

15 april 2023.

what a crazy week it's been ㅠㅠ

[er-cryptid]

Chemistry Notes (December 2021)

Acid-Base Equilibrium Side Ex 1

Acid-Base Equilibrium Side Ex 2

Arrhenius vs Bronsted-Lowry Acids and Bases

Calculating [OH-] with Kw Ex 1

Change in Entropy for a Change of State Ex 1

Classification of Amines

Complex Lewis Structure Formal Charges Ex 3

Constitutional Isomers Ex 1

Finding Percent by Mass Ex 2

Identifying Functional Groups Ex 2

Intermolecular Force of Water

Moles of Product Ex 1

Naming Cycloalkanes Ex 1

Naming Cycloalkanes Ex 9

Nonmetal Listing Order

Order of a Reaction Ex 2

pH from [OH-] Ex 1

Products of an Acid-Base Reaction Ex 1

R,S Naming of Fischer Projection Ex 1

Spin Quantum Number

Stereoisomers with Multiple Chiral Centers Ex 1

Stronger Acidity and Electronegativity Ex 1

Vanadium (III) Oxide

Weaker Acidity and Electronegativity Ex 1

Weaker Acidity and Electronegativity Ex 2

[grad-premed-suffering]

2024.07.28 | On the MCAT Grind

Hello! Another day and more MCAT prep (focusing a lot on chemistry and physics now). Khan Academy is saving me at this point!

Today’s goals:

Review: electrostatics & circuits, light & optics, sound

Practice electrostatics & circuits, light & optics, sound

Sobriety meeting (10:00-11:00)

Aerial classes (13:15-15:30)

Hope you all are doing well and having productive days!

[a-is-away]

transitioning into mcat studying

my finals are finally OVER. now i begin studying for the mcat on june 15th. i've been doing some light studying throughout the past few months but now is really the time to hit the books

the goals/plan:

study 7-8 hours every day, with half days on sundays

take a practice exam every week and a half

focus on uworld for the first two to three weeks, then change to aamc content

do a daily cars passage

i really want to make higher than a 510, but my dream score would be a 518. realistic goal is 512 but striving for a 520+ always

shoot for the stars, friends. happy studying.

- a

[maxiimedii]

11/25/2023: Physics: Electrostatics and Magnetism

[wowwforever]

studying for my fucking mcats by making shit like this

[1one1ylesb1an]

Listening to the frankenstein musical while frantically studying for the MCAT feels so insane especially when paired with the fact that I used to think frankenstein was onto something back when I was a child and that was one of the reasons why it was so easy to convince me to be a doctor as a youngin

[castametric]

I live for that specific feeling of seeing something scary that I barely remember from ochem in the ochem mcat book and having it immediately followed up by “this is beyond the scope of the MCAT so we’re not going to get into it”.

[dr-arugula]

it's just me pomodoro and my owala against the world.

[justkidneying]

Q: Are the eyes and optic nerve (aka CN II) part of the central nervous system or peripheral nervous system?

A: CNS

I know we say that the PNS has 12 cranial nerves, but that is false. It has 11 (CNI,CNIII-CNXII). How do we know this? Embryology, my dude (and pathology)

So the eyes come out of the brain around 3 wks after fertilization. They are a diverticulum of the brain (as everything in your body is a diverticulum of something else). The retina and optic nerve come out of the neural ectoderm. The lens comes from the surface ectoderm. If you know embryology, everything in medicine and anatomy will become so much clearer, trust me.

*we are like balloon dogs, just one long tube that got twisted around a bunch*

Anyways, pathologically, we can tell that the eyes are part of the CNS as well. What does Multiple Sclerosis do? It demyelinates the CNS....and the optic nerve. What does Guillian-Barre do? It demyelinates the PNS...but not the optic nerve.

So why do we call the optic nerves...nerves when they should be a tract? (remember that axons of the CNS are called tracts, and in the PNS they are called nerves) Honestly, I have no idea. It was probably some dumbass anatomist...and he probably also thought humans have one heart...

[tiredacedemia]

A little Anki timelapse

[er-cryptid]

Alpha-Carbon Deprotonation - Ex. 1

Patreon

[quererqueer]

I’ve been delaying mcat review for 3 years now all because I’ve been so scared with the thought of getting a lower score (to compensate for my lower than median gpa). But after taking a long hard look at my long-term goals, I don’t think I can delay it any longer. This was me last night, catching up on chemistry fundamentals. Needless to say, I got my work cut out for me 🥴

[a-is-away]

my mcat study routine (for this week)

the key, for me at least, for studying for a big exam like the mcat consistently for several weeks, is to switch things up. rigid and strict routines make me not want to do them, especially if they are not enjoyable in nature.

this week has been all about finishing up content review. i'm doing 4 chapters a day from a different subject. for example, today i'm studying chapter 6 of chemistry, chapter 5 of biology, chapter 10 of physics, and chapter 3 of organic chemistry. i'm using the review books from the princeton review because they have practice questions and practice passages after each chapter. sometimes it does tend to get into the weeds, but content is content.

i start at 8 am and do one hour of the milesdown anki deck. this gets my brain prepped for the day. i have a nintendo switch remote that i use to flip through the anki cards which immediately makes it more fun and less taxing.

then, i break for breakfast. my breakfasts are either half a bagel with cream cheese, oatmeal with fruits and granola, or a breakfast sandwich. i also have a cup of coffee or an energy drink (depending on my energy levels), a hydroflask full of water, and a fairlife protein shake.

from there, i study in one hour intervals until lunch. i read through the chapters and make flashcards for unfamiliar terms and concepts. each chapter normally takes me an hour to an hour and a half, meaning i get about two chapters done in the morning and two chapters done in the afternoon.

after i finish my chapter reviews, i do 3 practice cars passages from the aamc review deck. i'm a little rusty on cars, so doing daily practice is necessary to keep both my reading stamina up and to work on my "aamc logic."

this past week has been really busy with having things to do in the evenings, so post mcat study if i'm free, i will eat dinner and then watch some tv or read or game. it's whatever i feel like, which is a great feeling.

i've been averaging about 5 hours of studying a day, but that will ramp up as i finish up content review and go into practice problem and practice section sets.

this is the routine that works for me right now! i'm sure this will change as time goes on and i continue to study for this pretty grueling exam.

for those of y'all out there studying for this thing, we've got this. for those of y'all that aren't, you lucky bastards.

- A

[maxiimedii]

story of the week, had to figure out how to crack the content, now i’m ready to practice elaborative interrogation and figure this mess out!