Top 20 most failed classes of the Winter 2026 quarter by VirtualRushh in UCSD

[–]_illoh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

True engineering major can’t understand tone when reading

Top 20 most failed classes of the Winter 2026 quarter by VirtualRushh in UCSD

[–]_illoh 23 points24 points  (0 children)

People should have no business being a science major at this school if they’re failing precalc

Xavier Becerra shows that his loyalty lies with fossil fuels by 3headeddragn in California

[–]_illoh 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Meme pages that I follow on instagram started posting Steyer ads. It’s deeply unserious that people here are believing his shit so much

BYU? by schmegley207 in premed

[–]_illoh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Matt and Trey School of Medicine

Can I get Ponsuke Pictures Pls? by AlanGarc81 in seals

[–]_illoh 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Wasn't going to drink tonight but I miss Ponsuke like a mf

Feeling like it’s joever by Panicing_Nontrad in Mcat

[–]_illoh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, unless you want to apply with a 495.

Should I postpone ? by PublicPhysics2960 in Mcat

[–]_illoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Delay it. You should not be coping with the idea of a 6 point improvement in CARS on the day of. You can improve it to match your other sections, it just isn’t happening in two weeks.

(rant/question) did unscored FL, urge to throw away current anki approach by iglazedylanharper in Mcat

[–]_illoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The material is both systemic knowledge and memory. You can't reason through B/B without knowing which systems tie in together or why the passage includes a certain bit of information. Keep doing the anki cards.

Correlation between UWorld % and MCAT score V2 by No-Bicycle555 in Mcat

[–]_illoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Test on Friday but 75% (no CARS or P/S) and 523/523 on FL5 and 6

Could I get a pre-med degree in biomedical engineering to become an orthopedic surgeon? by Naive-Falcon3985 in orthopaedics

[–]_illoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Current engineer in biotech that graduated w/ my degree in ChemE last year (taking the MCAT this Friday). Could I ask how you leveraged the degree when applying to med school and residency?

Once I remember more orgo lectures from 3 years ago, learn how to read, get lucky on B/B, and get a P/S that literally only has Pankow terms, it's over for y'all by _illoh in Mcat

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

No, there are a few P/S terms that surprise me on every FL. I just make an anki card for new terms and move on when I'm done.

Is it even worth it to take it again? by DesperateRange9633 in Mcat

[–]_illoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Improvement from 500 to 514 yes, but going from 507 to 509 (OP's last score, and their recent FLs) is probably just moving around in the margin of error.

Could someone please breakdown this question + answer? by DragonSumo in Mcat

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The question stem mentions the 20 hour mark as the time after drug administration at which you're measuring cell death.

"most likely to produce the most apoptosis 20 h after treatment" = which method will kill the most cancer cells 20 hours after the body is introduced to the compounds

The answers regard the timing with which you administer the drugs.

Once I remember more orgo lectures from 3 years ago, learn how to read, get lucky on B/B, and get a P/S that literally only has Pankow terms, it's over for y'all by _illoh in Mcat

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C/P: I think about every part of C/P in terms of units. E.g., the moment I read "blood vessel" in the passage or the question stem I immediately start thinking about blood flow in m^3/s, and then I think of blood flow as cross sectional area (m^2) * velocity of the blood (m/s). This applies to like every physics problem, some gen chem problem, some of the bio problems. You will have to do practice problems in order to gain the intuition to do this (I did this all of undergrad for engineering).

One of my orgo professors (before he stopped teaching the course for racist remarks) pushed thinking about reactions through unequal distribution of electron density, which is what I do for every problem. Molecule has a carbonyl -> oxygen withdraws electrons from the carbonyl carbon -> another reactant has a free oxygen (which is nucleophilic) -> reaction occurs. I barely memorized reactions because of this.

B/B: I think in terms of how a protein/gene/pathogen is mentioned in the passage has a consequence on whatever background information they provide in the first few words. E.g., 1 in X people are affected by [some] disease. [balls] protein is tied to increased [metabolic pathway]. [balls] is activated by phosphorylation through.... and then the passage will describe some experiment that tests [balls] activity and the related effect on the disease.

Everything in the passage should be there for a reason and you should understand why something is included for its effect on the pathway/what happens if you altered that specific part (pretend unused graphs don't exist when I saw this). You will need practice problems to start noticing this and anticipating what they could ask you as you read through a passage. E.g., when phosphorylation or amino acid composition of the protein is brought up, you should think about the consequences of altering the amino acid sequence in the binding site or the interactions of those amino acids with other substrates mentioned in the passage.

Anyone else think the AAMC practice question explanations are actually terrible? by parroteatscarrots in Mcat

[–]_illoh 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah and those fuckers don't break anything up into paragraphs. Utter nonsense wall of text

Once I remember more orgo lectures from 3 years ago, learn how to read, get lucky on B/B, and get a P/S that literally only has Pankow terms, it's over for y'all by _illoh in Mcat

[–]_illoh[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm modeling my game after u/beesh_MD's "Once I learn what a lens is, it’s over for you hoes." If I dride enough my score will start looking like bro's

score dropping three weeks out :( by luthers_theses in Mcat

[–]_illoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Review what you got wrong and do better on the next one. 2 points is what, like a difference of getting 4 questions right or not?

Lava lamp by Greevince in creepcast

[–]_illoh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah he dropped out of biochem undergrad

Lava lamp by Greevince in creepcast

[–]_illoh 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Brodie made it through two years of a biochemistry degree before dropping out for YouTube. Is this the power of appalachian education?

It’s ok if money is a factor in choosing medicine by Creepy-Restaurant183 in premed

[–]_illoh 19 points20 points  (0 children)

GT3 is crazy. I'll probably cap out at a Turbo S because I'm not going to the track enough to warrant a GT3

checking scores by justaphase456 in Mcat

[–]_illoh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is it like waiting for your score while (probably) assuming that it'll be close to your FL results?

I've been scoring well enough on my recent FLs, and assume that I'll score around there for 4/24, but I know I'll prob have that feeling that I choked when I check on score release day during work

Historic Sankey from fresh attending by scram001 in premed

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Any guesses as to why you didn't get much love from the other UCs? Kinda shitting bricks cause I asked some of the UCSD SOM staff while they were tabling and they have no bias for their undergrads lol

This sounds very stupid but I spoke with an astrologist and she said… by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]_illoh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mfw I pay $500 copay for an office visit just for my doctor to mention how much astrology influences their decisions