Hello,
I'm taking the MCAT on the 31st of this month (May). I'm not totally "freaking out" but I do have a couple concerns. I feel fairly confident in Physics and Gen-Chem all except for Electricity and Magnetism, especially the latter. I've memorized all the important equations, but as far as Magnetism goes, I just get more and more confused when I read through it. I understand the right hand rule, F=qvb, and that Force, velocity, and B are always perpendicular to each other, but what else do I need to know here?
Also, with electricity, I understand most everything except that sometimes I have trouble seeing when resistors/capacitors are in series or parallel. I've been using Examkrackers, and I'm not sure if there are typos in the "1001 Questions" books, or if there are just some strange rules that aren't discussed on this topic. For example, and bare with me as this is tough to explain: if you have a circuit with a resistor on the left side (vertical), and after that at the bottom your circuit turns to the right, then goes up, and then back to the right into a resistor, this is termed as parallel in this book. But it sure appears to be in series. Is there an easy way to see this?
As far as my other subjects go, I am not completely confident in Verbal yet. I often find myself losing myself in the reading and needing to re-read the passage. On the first practice test I took, I did well on Verbal. I was very confident, focused, and understood everything (This was AAMC practice #5 I believe). I got a 10 on the section that time and it gave me a lot of confidence, but since then when I take a Verbal I don't have the confidence or focus that I had. I guess that this is a personal endeavor and I must find the me that took the verbal that first day.
I am most comfortable with Biology, and understand most concepts that they could throw at me. The only weaknesses I consider myself as having there are specifics in mitosis/meiosis and population studies. I've studied bio a fair amount, and I think I know what I need to know. Organic is a different story, I did very well in Orgo I and II in college (1 year ago) and I feel like I just "get it". I have tried studying it a bit but I'm not memorizing every little reaction. So far, in practice tests, I have been able to figure out 90% of the organic questions that I don't already specifically know. Is this just luck? Or do I probably just know my organic?
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to hear from my peers. And I want to get down Electricity/Magnetism because with my luck, if I don't get them down I'm destined to have a full passage on them
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