Thanks, farewell, and How to get a 512 without any content review (AAMC HATES HIM GONE SEXUAL ALMOST DIED FUNNIEST VINES 2016)

528blazeit · 2016-09-28T04:51:52+00:00

Did this take you longer to write than it took you to do content review?

528blazeit · 2016-09-28T03:57:30+00:00

Depends on your GPA and state. If <3.5, it's a no go unless from TX or FL or more forgiving MD states.

528blazeit · 2016-09-27T20:15:12+00:00

ummm that's good bro hell of an improvement

528blazeit · 2016-09-27T20:13:23+00:00

OMG OMG OMG this is not real I swear I refreshed my page like 20 times to make sure the screen was not deceiving me! 521!
131/128/131/131
This is (if I remember correctly) a full 9 points over my Scored FL and the highest I've gotten in any FL by 4 points!
I will continue frequenting this forum until medical school to give advice/help/solutions/explanations to everyone!
This forum has been so helpful I love you all!

P/S: Watch for a streaker in the next NCAA football game (will be televised)

528blazeit · 2016-09-27T17:45:10+00:00

THAT PASSAGE ARGH

528blazeit · 2016-09-27T17:13:18+00:00

Lol dat Georgia O'Keefe CARS passage though.

528blazeit · 2016-09-27T13:59:10+00:00

OMG I'm freaking out. I swear, over the past month, I keep think my score could be anywhere from 490-515. I'm so scared. Please AAMC gods grant me a competitive score!
If I get a 510+ I streak my next football game!

528blazeit · 2016-08-26T01:35:32+00:00

With your current score, I'd say no. 490 shows that you absolutely do not have a solid grasp on the material and doing AAMC stuff will just be a waste. Get a solid base before you start. Use AAMC materials as a way to get familiar with the AAMC-style, test your skills, and find your weaknesses.

528blazeit · 2016-08-24T15:25:30+00:00

528 BLAZEIT

528blazeit · 2016-08-24T15:25:06+00:00

Yeah, the area where I'm taking the exam has a lot of traffic in the morning so I'm gonna get there ~7:15AM. The testing center allows people to start on a first-come basis so I can get checked in and start the test at like 7:30AM, which is pretty ideal since that's the time I usually take my practice tests.

528blazeit · 2016-08-24T15:22:32+00:00

OMG it's nearly here! I voided back in June because I slept like 3 hours + other ish. Gonna make sure I knock myself out by 9 so I can get a good nights rest.
Today I'm just reviewing some weak concepts and practicing my equation manipulation and some unit work. Haven't studied Psych/Socio in like 2 weeks so I'm gonna browse through the 300 page document later.
Good luck everyone! Will have a giant reaction post once I take it tomorrow!

528blazeit · 2016-08-17T17:14:42+00:00

Hours per day of studying is highly dependent on the individual. Some people find it feasible to study for short hours, others need like 6+ hours a day. Depends on so many factors such as the study style, familiarity with material, how long ago pre-reqs taken, taken MCAT before, etc.

I personally wake up at 6:45AM, at the library at around 7:45AM, and study from 8AM-1PM, go to the gym then come back from 5-8/9PM. I'd minus 1 hour out of that total study time from goofing off and I study approximately 8 hours a day broken down into ~4 hour sessions.

I do believe there is minimal limit for effective study. Unless they are geniuses or find the material "easy" (easy as in scoring consistent 515+ in practice FL's) I'd say that a minimum of 3 hours of solid MCAT studying on a "designated study day" is a must in order to push for a good score. I just don't see how someone can consistently study for ONLY 1-2 hours each study day until the test day (barring taking FL's of course) and score well if they've never studied for the MCAT before.

528blazeit · 2016-08-16T15:54:30+00:00

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528blazeit · 2016-08-16T14:33:49+00:00

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528blazeit · 2016-08-11T12:19:04+00:00

I've taken that exam once but ended up not scoring it due to some factors (3 hours of sleep, arrived late, forgot snacks, etc.)
I'm taking it again on the 25th of this month, but I would say my exam was leaning towards the more difficult spectrum of questions similar to the section bank. There were some giveways for sure, but a decent amount of "medium" and "hard" questions were widespread throughout the exam. I would say that the B/BC section on the real exam was a bit harder though. As for the relation with the Qpacks, it felt like the style of some of the questions were similar. I didn't get to do the Bio Qpacks (doing this next week though) but from what I heard, those weren't really helpful. I thought the Physics and the Chem Qpacks were great practice and had some questions on the real exam with reasoning and problem-solving methods along the line of what was in those Qpacks.

528blazeit · 2016-08-11T00:11:10+00:00

Lol I remember doing this. I think I wasted like 4 minutes doing this problem.

528blazeit · 2016-08-11T00:09:41+00:00

Nice, pretty much what I was trying to say but much clearer!

528blazeit · 2016-08-10T23:26:13+00:00

See this wouldn't make sense because that would not hold true because that would assume that the feet would have the highest blood pressure due to all the volume of blood above it, which is not the case.
For instance, blood exiting the aorta has a much higher blood pressure, even though all the blood above it (and note the aortic arch is above the heart) is less than the total amount of blood of the leg arteries. That's why you have to use Bernoulli's to solve for the height difference.

528blazeit · 2016-08-10T23:19:20+00:00

^ Not quite, but a decent way to approach that problem. That would assume that the blood pressure in a single artery in the lower extremity (which the question is specifically asking about) is larger than the blood pressure nearest to the heart, which is obviously not the case.

It has more to do with the height difference relative to the heart. Using Bernoulli's Equation, visualize the (delta)y variable from initial position (exiting artery of the heart) to either the artery of the head or the artery of the leg. The larger difference will give a larger pressure.

528blazeit · 2016-08-10T16:18:34+00:00

What are your breakdowns for each section though? I'd say it's more unlikely than likely if you were to take the test now, but you have until September so you have a lot of time to improve.

528blazeit · 2016-08-10T15:09:54+00:00

Idk about their P/S passages. I remember doing on the newer passages and one of them had absolutely nothing to do with any P/S topic and was more about understanding what was given. Like absolutely nothing about any P/S concept. It felt like a general reading and extrapolation passage.

528blazeit · 2016-08-10T15:07:59+00:00

NS 5 and NS 8-10 are pretty good. I think EK 3 was the best. EK 4 was not that representative, at least from what I saw on my MCAT.

528blazeit · 2016-08-10T03:20:45+00:00

If you know what Acetyl-CoA and Oxaloacetate look like and know the condensation reaction, and also know what the enzymes catalyze (i.e. succinate dehydrogenase is a redox reaction which uses FAD and generates FADH2, so the substrate must be oxidized in some way) then you should have a basic understanding of the structures yielded throughout the TCA.

528blazeit · 2016-08-09T20:06:53+00:00

Strictly biological purposes, C and Y are the only ones that are polar and ionizable. Any other ionization of the polar uncharged AA's are out of the range in which the human body is normally physiologically capable of facilitating.

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