Memory tricks for the MCAT?
Hi all, I'm wondering how everyone is memorizing all of the info needed for the MCAT. I'm reading through the Kaplan books and taking light notes, but I'm struggling with memorizing everything. I'm...
View ArticleWhen to start studying?
I am planning on taking the MCAT in January and I will be working full time. When would be the best time to start studying? Nothing is fresh in my mind and my goal is +518. Thanks in advance! Sent from...
View ArticleQuestion on enzymes involved in cellular respiration
To what extent should we memorize all the enzymes involved in the Krebs, glycolysis, glucogenesis, pyruvate decarboxylation, pentose phosphate pathway, and electron transport chain? It is just a lot of...
View Articlesubstitution on bond strength and bond energy
For question 4, A is the correct answer because "a less stable reactant yields a greater amount of heat upon reaction, so the pi-bond must be weakest in an unsubstituted alkene (making it the least...
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Question on stereogenic centers?
Does anyone know why the answer is 1 stereogenic center?
View ArticleUWorld Gen Chem Question
One of the questions asks how to titrate sebacic acid and the answer is to dissolve it in a base and then use acid to titrate. I'm just wondering...why do we dissolve in a base if it's an acid? For all...
View ArticleReduction of MnO4- to MnO2
Hi, I just ran across a practice problem during my content review that mentioned that when MnO4- reacts to become MnO2 this is a reduction. I am confused about this because it has fewer electrons since...
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Chem Q-pack question
Hi, maybe im overlooking something but can someone explain this to me. Screen shot attached. The way I am looking at it is (.003 mol) x (22.4L/mol), mol cancels out and you get 67.2L or .0672mL. It is...
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AAMC BIO Q-pack Neurobio Question
I am pretty good with neurobiology and I know the answer I picked is wrong but the explanation is a little tricky. it says a cholinesterase blocker would cause an act buildup in the synapse and prevent...
View ArticleNS #9 C/P
When asking why dipropyl ether and diethyl pthalate dissolved in one another, I said because of london dispersion because that is in all molecules. In the answer it said the london dispersion only...
View ArticleSimilarity and Compliance
Does have more similarity between the person asking and the person asked promote compliance?
View ArticleCARS Basics Question
My last practice was 511 130/122/130/129. I have to be missing something in the basics of CARS. I have been studying since march and been doing ALOT of CARS the past week especially. I have not moved...
View ArticleAmino Acids
I know all of the amino acids, structures, 3 letter and 1 letter abbreviations, and their functions very well. My question is what amino acids are hydrophilic? I know it sounds like a stupid question...
View ArticleQuestion on Chirality!
What is the total number of isomers with the formula C3H6O that are either cyclic or chiral? The answer was 6 isomers on Khan Academy, and the hints are provided below. But I don't seem to understand...
View ArticlePsychology Emotion Theory Question
I came across this question in the AAMC Sample test and am confused. I watched the Khan Academy P/S videos which stated: 1) James-Lange Theory: event -> physiological response -> interpretation...
View ArticleWhy do acid / base indicators not affect a reaction?
Don't they protonate / deprotonate in order to change color, thus raising or lowering the pH of the solution (even just by a little)?
View ArticlePsy/Soc question
What is the difference between a sensory stimulus and a proximal stimulus? I have read some definitions online and they sound similar. Is there something I am missing? Thank you!
View ArticleKaplan FL 7 C/P - Question 44
Could someone explain the answer to this question? Thanks in advance! Pulmonary hypertension increases the amount of pressure required to deliver the same amount of blood. What effect would this have...
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AAMC FL C/P 58 explanation
A tall tube is evacuated, and its stopcock closed. The open end of the tube is immersed into a container of water (density 103 kg/m3) that is open to the atmosphere (pressure 105 N/m2). When the...
View ArticleTBR - Dampened Harmonic Oscillation
Hello, I am stuck on a question about the energy of a system that is undergoing dampened harmonic motion and I feel like the given answer may be wrong, although I could just be misunderstanding what it...
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