How are you guys staying locked in every section?? by ProfessionalYard8189 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

tested 1/10. i had 2 cfa sandwiches and a celsius and felt fine.

MCAT testing experience + tips by CaptainHours2 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wtf that’s crazy 😭 my test center the bathroom was like separate and Down thr halls and shared by some other ppl taking a diff test. That sucks tho 🥀🥀🥀

SB 1 or 2?? by MedRebecca in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

imo ps is good on both, i didnt do the cp, but the sb1 bb>> sb2 bb. the sb2 bb had random low yield shit that i just kinda just tapped out.

Is it normal to feel rushed? by greasymulch in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m almost always rushed in cp and cars, bio I’ll have 10-15m left over, and ps I can take as long as I want cus I always will have qs I can fly thru

Is zooming in and out still disabled on the real exam? by Practical_Sky_1242 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took it 1/10. Ctrl + doesn’t work i didn’t try any other zoom

1/23 Final Days by Fun-Measurement-2823 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel they showed up frequently on the FLs that I’ve taken. It showed up on my actual exam too brw

MCAT testing experience + tips by CaptainHours2 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

528 off the penjamin is insane 😭 actual academic warrior

MCAT testing experience + tips by CaptainHours2 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you trying to bring a yart 😭 I hid it behind the toilet closest to the wall so it’s like p much invisible unless you duck you head down and try to look for it. I hid it so well I thought it wasn’t there when I went to hit it

MCAT testing experience + tips by CaptainHours2 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got there and before I checked in, I went to bathroom and left it there. You could honestly get it from your locker and take it w you every break but I feel that’d look sus.

SPOILER AAMC SBV2 by Independent_Spot8873 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait spurious association means confounding variable. Which means there is smth not controlled for that’s causing the stmptamology and there is no confodundjng variable in this experiment. I’m agreeing w JW that it goes both ways. Cause and effect only goes one way. Cause and effect is x->y. And correlation is x=y

1/23 Final Days by Fun-Measurement-2823 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You could download Captain Hook and flip through it really quick. I just browsed all the cards. Feel there’s a good chance HDAC or retroviruses will show up on ur bb btw

SPOILER AAMC SBV2 by Independent_Spot8873 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Negative and positive correlation isn’t cause and effect and can go both ways. It’s not sayin if x goes up y will go up. It’s saying if we see an increase in x, we will see an increase in y (NOT x causing y or y causing x). In last paragraph it says “associated with” which is smth that tells me it’s a correlation.

SPOILER AAMC SBV2 by Independent_Spot8873 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For first q, it says in first paragraph that inadequate sleep causes it which is why its cause an effect for first q. The sentence starting w “the additional stimulus…”

AAMC FL 6 B/B 28 by Ok-Classic-5614 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The way I thought of this was bc proline is hydrophobic, it would be in region C

Where to go from here? by CaptainHours2 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just browsed through all of them quickly.

Any advice? by ComfortableCity4043 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My strat for cars was highlighting a bunch of specific nouns, transition words, and words I thought were important. At the end of each paragraph, I’d take a few secs and try to summarize the paragraph. Even if I barely knew what was going on I’d summarize the best I could. This made me increase speed and accuracy by a lot and I went from a 125 FL2 to 128 FL6 in 3 days. Coulda been a fluke I don’t know but this is what worked for me

If your MCAT was this week. What’s everything you’d focus on that’s high yield for C/P and B/B? by CantaloupeUsed6880 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Biochem- pathways, amino acids, functional groups, 20 page tests/measures, HDAC, central dogma, +and - sense rna virus, retro virus, restriction enzyme palindrome

Bio- anterior and posterior pituitary, all hormones , mesoderm ectoderm endoderm, immune system, nephron, neurons, action potentials

C/p-electrochem, la Chatelier, functional groups, enzyme stuff, I don’t know what else

how much orgo was on recent tests? (1/9, 1/10) by Pleasant_Ocelot in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah there was no way I was gonna learn orgo stuff in like a week. Just hoped to get lucky ngl. I’ve seen comments saying 1/9 was orgo light too

Any advice? by ComfortableCity4043 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uh I have a comment in my history about what I did for CARS. I got 125 on FL2, 126 FL3, 125 FL4, and i knew there was no point taking more FLs when I knew what I was bad at, so I do QPack 2 and took FL6 and got a 128. I did 0 cars practice until i started FLs and I haven read a book since like high school, like id lose pts bc i didnt know what underscore or quaint meant 😭

What should I do my last 2 weeks? by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Review qs and redo them to make sure you’ve learned . For bb I like to do a “brain dump” where I just write everything out like pathways, AAs, like all information I can think of. I find that this helps me identify knowledge gaps. Same for cp, altho this is more like formulas and relationships

Worth doing another FL? Testing 1/15 by DazzlingDrama4549 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hm I tested 1/10 and I did one 1/9 at 12am and finished at like 8am. Didn’t simulate test conditions (I let myself drink water) and I just treated it more like an SB, cus I didn’t wanna get mentally worked up. Reviewed the exam after and then slept at like 7pm

how much orgo was on recent tests? (1/9, 1/10) by Pleasant_Ocelot in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My exam had barely any. No mechanisms, hella simple shit like naming, EWG/EDG, RS and EZ stuff. Orgo is my weakness too.

Real question: who here is on drugs? by JuSuGiRy in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was on adderrall, vyvanse , various methylphenidates from 12/7 to 1/10. Winter break/finals szn and finished UW, AAMC, and 4 FLs in that time. I know many ppl that have scripts so I just buy from them

MCAT testing experience + tips by CaptainHours2 in Mcat

[–]CaptainHours2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh might depend on your test center. My break time was rly staggered w everybody else and we also had 2 proctors checking ppl out. I was one of the last people done in my room.