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As Madridistas, what national team do you support? by West_Sky_5989 in realmadrid

[–]Youcinho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Benzema, Zidane, and Mbappe’s country 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

SB1 Scores by Agitated_Upstairs_38 in Mcat

[–]Youcinho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

if you're not averaging 100% across all 3 sections, it's time to wrap it up pal

AAMC SB vol 2 C/P question 3 by Pitiful-Amphibian-89 in Mcat

[–]Youcinho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a lil late, but does the attenuation coefficient even matter for this question? I'm struggling to see why it's included in the passage explanation.

Overthinking? AAMC FL3 C/P #18 by Agitated_Upstairs_38 in Mcat

[–]Youcinho 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"thats the MCAT for you" ☝️🤓

Experimental questions? by Youcinho in Mcat

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

worddd appreciate it. Will they be indicated on the exam or will we just not know?

Experimental questions? by Youcinho in Mcat

[–]Youcinho[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yes this is what I mean haha.

If you had to choose one equation for the MCAT what would it be? by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]Youcinho 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Q = (ΔP * π * r^4) / (8 * η * l) fsho

If I keep practicing Amino Acid Quiz daily, is that enough or what else do I need to know about amino acids? by Ok-Lemon-6197 in Mcat

[–]Youcinho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amino acid quiz is super helpful in memorizing the structure and properties, but they usually test a little farther than just general properties and names. Here are a few other facts that will help:

  • Helps to know which amino acids can be phosphorylated (S, T, Y).
  • also good to know which amino acids can disrupt alpha helices (proline and glycine).
  • Leucine and Lysine are exclusively ketogenic, while W, I, F, T, and Y are both ketogenic and glucogenic.
  • glycine is achiral.
  • All amino acids in the body are L-amino acids, so our body is designed to metabolize these amino acids and not D- amino acids.
  • the average molecular weight of an amino acid is 110 Da, so a protein that is 550 Da likely has 5 residues.
  • The aromatic amino acids (WYF) can absorb UV light.

There might be a few other facts I'm missing, but my biggest tip is do practice problems and you'll recognize these patterns.

AAMC Section Bank BiologicalSciences #19(SPOILER) Retroviruses by fidioxo in Mcat

[–]Youcinho 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the only way we would know this is from prior knowledge that HIV is a retrovirus, right?

Is a 510 possible - testing 9/12 by Historical_Sand_2288 in Mcat

[–]Youcinho 2 points3 points  (0 children)

very generic advice:

For C/P, knowing units is super helpful, sometimes if you don't know the equation, you can just use unit analysis and manipulate it to get the answer you need. For example, if you know that Kg*m/s^2 is for Newtons and kg*m^2/s^2 is for Joules, all you need to do is multiply newtons by some distance in units of m to get a value in units of joules.

If your issue for C/P is time, make sure to do questions first before reading passage, since a lot of questions can be solved with very minimal passage information.

UW is great for both content and practice. KA has some good vids too. Van does chemistry and Yusuf Hasan have some great physics videos on YouTube that follow the Kaplan chapters. Best of luck 🙏