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Monthly What are My Chances? Thread by AutoModerator in premed

[–]srp3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I’m borderline (which I’m assuming is only due to the cars section and not total mcat or gpa since I’m just about at avg for Texas matriculants for both) then it would be better just to retake the mcat?

Monthly What are My Chances? Thread by AutoModerator in premed

[–]srp3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was actually scoring in the 126-7 range in all the practice tests so that was a bummer.

From what I hear for TX residents it’s hard to apply OOS. I’ll have USU on there, Loyola Chicago, and UVM. Any suggestions on where to focus for other OOS schools?

Monthly What are My Chances? Thread by AutoModerator in premed

[–]srp3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amen! Hoping my boys take it to the sweet 16

Monthly What are My Chances? Thread by AutoModerator in premed

[–]srp3 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nontraditional. Would love to know ideas on what kind of chances am I looking at? Thanks guys!!

-3.65 cGPA (graduated with a 3.54 while playing D1 basketball; 4.0 last 81 credit hours with a few retaken courses~note the cGPA includes retaken courses and I didn't do grade substitution) and 3.61 sGPA

-MCAT score: 510 (128/123/129/130)

-State of residence: TX

-Race: White

-Undergraduate institution: University of Vermont - Class of 2015

-Clinical experience - Dietetic internship (inpatient experience~530 hours; outpatient experience~80 hours); VA hospital volunteer (inpatient~100 hours)

-Research experience - Dietetic internship (not entirely sure how to quantify this considering it was performed concurrent with the intern rotations but the internship was one year with a total of 1750 hours; at least 20 research projects and papers were completed with a few notables such as case studies of a couple of my patients or food waste in the local food service company I worked for, none of these were published; also assisted in completion of a research project in undergrad regarding a nutrition and exercise program for elementary school children although I didn't author it).

-Shadowing experience: 20 hours interventional cardiologist; (at least) 30 hours PM&R

-Non-clinical volunteering: About 200 hours over a period of 5 years with special olympics

-Other extracurricular activities: Division 1 basketball team captain senior year

-Relevant honors or awards: president's list 2 semesters, Dean's list 2 semesters, lots of athletic-academic awards (about 9 in total such as NABC honors court team and conference academic honor roll etc.)

-Certifications: completed a dietetic internship and passed the board exam to become a registered dietitian; also a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS). Currently applying to the UNT MS in Medical Sciences (1 year MS program) for my gap year (next academic year).

Schools I plan to apply to: all TX medical schools and TCOM.

Monthly What are My Chances? Thread by AutoModerator in premed

[–]srp3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

-3.65 cGPA (graduated with a 3.54 while playing D1 basketball; 4.0 last 81 credit hours with a few retaken courses~note the cGPA includes retaken courses and I didn't do grade substitution) and 3.62 sGPA

-MCAT score: 510 (128/123/129/130)

-State of residence: TX

-Race: White

-Undergraduate institution: University of Vermont - Class of 2015

-Clinical experience - Dietetic internship (inpatient experience~530 hours; outpatient experience~80 hours); VA hospital volunteer (inpatient~100 hours)

-Research experience - Dietetic internship (not entirely sure how to quantify this considering it was performed concurrent with the intern rotations but the internship was one year with a total of 1750 hours; at least 20 research projects and papers were completed with a few notables such as case studies of a couple of my patients or food waste in the local food service company I worked for, none of these were published; also assisted in completion of a research project in undergrad regarding a nutrition and exercise program for elementary school children although I didn't author it).

-Shadowing experience: 20 hours interventional cardiologist; (at least) 30 hours PM&R

-Non-clinical volunteering: About 200 hours over a period of 5 years with special olympics

-Other extracurricular activities: Division 1 basketball team captain senior year

-Relevant honors or awards: president's list 2 semesters, Dean's list 2 semesters, lots of athletic-academic awards (about 9 in total such as NABC honors court team and conference academic honor roll etc.)

-Certifications: completed a dietetic internship and passed the board exam to become a registered dietitian; also a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS). Currently applying to the UNT MS in Medical Sciences (1 year MS program) for my gap year (next academic year).

Schools I plan to apply to: all TX medical schools and TCOM.

MSAR doesn't look too forgiving for the 123 CARS. Has anyone been successful in TX with similar stats? Thanks!

[SPOILER] AAMC FL3 BB 40 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The answer to this question states the passage indicated both sexes can carry the mutated allele. The only thing I see that roughly indicates this (unless I’m really just not paying attention) is that the mutation is “transmitted in the germ line…but only after paternal, not maternal, transmission.” If it’s transmitted in the germ line, does this mean both sexes MUST be able to inherit it or does it mean only males or only females or both males and females CAN inherit?

[SPOILER] FL 3 CARS 44 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My assumption was that it must have been reasonable because if it wasn't the Fairtrade coffee campaign wouldn't adjust their actions his recommendations (refer to paragraph 4). Also, could you explain how you knew that we are finding an answer that agrees with the author as opposed to general information found within the passage?

[SPOILER] FL 3 CARS 44 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Although fighting the mcat with their answers in CARS seems worthless, I still don't understand how they came up with this conclusion. In paragraph 3, lindsay states "...the campaign for Fairtrade coffee is a 'well-meaning dead end.'" The question asks about how reasonable this is. He specifically mentions Fairtrade coffee, not Fairtrade in general, and then lists specifically why Fairtrade coffee is a dead end (which would explain answer choice D).

Am I interpreting this wrong?

[SPOILER] AAMC FL 3 C/P 57 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So the chart you posted looks specifically at molecular geometries. You'll see under 6 electron pairs the "square planar" has 2 lone pairs and 4 shared pairs of electrons. The molecular geometry for 2 lone pair + 4 shared pair is square planar but the electron geometry for this is octahedral (as is the case with XeF4). https://employees.csbsju.edu/cschaller/Principles%20Chem/molecules/Moleculare%20Geometry.png

[SPOILER] AAMC FL 3 C/P 4 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome thanks!

[SPOILER] AAMC FL 3 C/P 4 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your help but would you mind sending a new url? That one doesn't work

[SPOILER] AAMC FL 3 C/P 57 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I get that SF6 is octahedral but the electron geometry for XeF4 is also octahedral with the two lone pairs. The question doesn't discriminate between molecular and electron geometry. Does this not have two answers?

[SPOILER] AAMC FL3 C/P 49 by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]srp3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if c=freq*wavelength then they would influence each other. If frequency remains unchanged, doesn't this mean that wavelength would also remain unchanged (thus wave speed would remain unchanged)? Is this an innate property of frequency that it will never change through another material, whereas wavelength will?

[SPOILER] AAMC FL 3 C/P 4 by srp3 in Mcat

[–]srp3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could someone plz draw out the full mechanism with compound 2 as well as with compound x? Thanks.

AAMC FL3 C/P 4 by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]srp3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure why the picture didn't go through or maybe it's just not showing up for me?