AAMC FL2 Question for Biological Sciences (HELP!!)
Hey guys! I'm currently stuck on this question that I posted below. How can you analyze the "rate" of histone acetylation by western blot? From my knowledge, I thought Western blot just shows you...
View ArticleMCAT Advice for CARs
I am really struggling on CARs and all the reading techniques are not working. I contacted someone at Cambridge who suggested I take rhetoric and symbolic logic for the CARs section. Does anyone have...
View ArticleVarsity Tutors MCAT practice resources
Hello, Has anyone used Varsity Tutors' practice resources? If so, what did you think, were they helpful at all and is it worth spending time on their resources?
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AAMC FL2 CP #25
I am aware of the Venturi effect where velocity is increased in areas of lower pressure (ie. the opening in the figure). The answer mentions static pressure and I'm not sure how this plays into the...
View Articleself serving bias vs actor observer bias
What's the difference between these two terms? Are they only applied to situations where the person tries to think more favorably and positively about themselves? Also what's attribution theory? how...
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AAMC FL1 BB#31
Just wondering how enzymes alter the local pH. Tried googling it but no luck. Is it because any charged residues they may contain could become protonated/deprotonated? Also, would a serine protease,...
View ArticleAAMC FL 1 CARS Passage 6
I don't know if you remember this passage, but it says in the passage "....not airy generalizations that transcend student experience and lie beyond their powers of criticism....". How does this not...
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AAMC FL1 C/P #16
So after reading over the passage again, I can see how D is a stronger answer than A, since it says that the oxygen levels affect the number of photons emitted. But just in general, can't the...
View ArticleAAMC FL1 C/P #12
"Binding Energy" The answer is straightforward to me and I see why it's correct. But what does the "binding energy" in the last lines of the explanation provided mean? I looked it up on google and it...
View ArticleAAMC Practice Test #1 Chem/Phys Section Q. 53
Hey! I was wondering if someone could explain to me why we can assume Al (s) is more susceptible to oxidation compared to Zn (s). Thanks!
View ArticleElectrochemistry question PLEASE HELP!!!! (from AAMC FL 1)
If somebody would please please please pretty please explain this to me, I would be so eternally grateful... What I understand: Zn(s) + HCl --> H2(g), which means that 1) H+ gets reduced and 2) the...
View ArticleStruggles on CARs/Cambridge Learning Center Course
I'm practing my timing for CARs trying to get up to the recommended timing. I have alway struggled with reading comprehension. I might have to take a course but individuals have said they would tutor...
View ArticleAAMC FL1 #52 C/P
Resistance and temperature.. Does having a higher temperature in an electrical wire increase the resistance of a wire? I know R=(roe)L/A. An alternative answer choice (B) in this question made me...
View ArticleImmune system-positive and negative selection
can anyone explain the difference between these? they were answer choices from EK 4 bio exam and the explanation they provided was "they refer to early events in the T cell maturation process" haven't...
View ArticleSocietal norms definitions
Trying to differentiate between mores, folkways, taboos, laws and some terminology regarding such: - Mores are MORE strict and have to do with our morals ("Right vs Wrong" ex: child abuse - Folkways...
View ArticleSection Bank BB 93
Why would II be necessary here? Does this show that these siRNAs they are using are not knocking out some other protein and thus causing the reduction in cell viability that they are seeing in their...
View ArticleSection Bank P/S 1
Based off the khan academy video, it seems to me that shadowing is when a subject is presented with simultaneous information in either ear, and they must use their selective attention ability to attend...
View ArticleSection bank P/S #2
"Verbal information from the left ear which first go to the auditory cortex in the right hemisphere must be processed by the language areas of the left hemisphere" The statement in bold doesn't make...
View ArticleA few questions about statistical significance and p values
I know that in a graph, when you see error bars, overlap indicates that there is not a statistically significant difference between the data points you are comparing. With data presented in the form of...
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