I got a 512 on NS1 and like a 508 equivalent on the unscored and never higher than 65% on EK full lengths, so i think yes haha. I definitely don't expect a 512 on the real thing (altho i'd obviously be very happy with it!), I think my true score is closer to the AAMC. I also think a lot of it depends on what your strengths are, the NSFL1 had passages that played to my strengths, whereas the unscored did not.
You're so welcome. That rusty door opened for me while I've been studying this round and it's crazy how many questions there were in the Section Bank regarding simple stoichiometry.
When I took Gen. Phys. last semester, there was a whole intense section about ice fish in the Antarctic (really cool actually) and that they could live without having hemoglobin because there was so much dissolved oxygen in the waters. Cold = lots of oxygen in water solved that solubility dilemma.
I hear ya on the Section Bank scores! Reviewing those things were intense and time-consuming, but definitely filled some gaps. I look over my correction notebook every day and it's helpful!
Haha this is killing me. Lmao wishing you the best!
http://bitesizebio.com/580/how-sds-page-works/
In the tertiary structure of the protein, there are many factors that constitute to the stability (hydrophobic interactions of the nonpolar AA / hydrogen bonds/salt bridges/disulfide bonds).
The graph shows 1/km at the intercept, so when km is lowered, 1/km gets larger.
In order taken:
Yeah. It really helps if you know the pathway of glycolysis and TCA cycle. Luckily gluconeogenesis is almost the exact opposite of glycolysis (except for 3 steps) but otherwise, it would help.
I'm planning on taking it Monday. Won't have a big enough block of time to take it under test conditions until then. I don't see it being a problem.
Same, my goal is 510, though I'd probably be satisfied with a 508 if that's what it comes down to. Feels like I'm close to there, but not comfortably so.
I think part of the problem with the section bank is that it focuses on a few particular topics and completely ignores others, while it seems like the actual exams have a bit more variety. So while the section bank might be "hard", hard on those topics might not correlate to hard on other topics on the actual exam, if that makes sense.
and guessed on the last couple of questions on CARS. Passages were much easier to read than what I've been practicing but the answer choices were much harder to choose from. I got a 502 on NS1 last week.
Taking my lunch in the middle of NS2 full length.. I took an extra 6 minutes on C/P
For those asking about Kaplan vs NS exams. I have all of the Kaplan full lengths but decided to buy the 4 NS exams because they are more similar to AAMC. Taking the MCAT for the first time last summer I got way too used to Kaplan's testing and I think it effected me negatively.
It probably wont work now since its late but I was so upset leaving the test center May 20th I went and reread the kaplan chem and phys prep books again. Focused on the stuff I was a little hazy on and then I've been working through next steps tests, focusing on chem. I've been doing fairly decent. 127+ on them but I guess my case is a bit different since I knew what i needed to focus on. I think 65% on the chem phys section bank is really good, dont be discouraged. You're on the right path. Just go in expecting it to be that hard and you'll be better off is my advice. You'll pay more attention to detail as you're going through the test. Im going to rereview my section banks tuesday and wednesday but my next step scores arent spectacular either. Im getting 505-508. My scored was a 507 and my unscored was a 77% overall.
It sort of seems counterintuitive that both Vmax AND Km decrease, but think about it: an uncompetitive inhibitor binds to the ES complex after the substrate binds to the enzyme. Basically, the inhibitor "locks" the ES complex so tightly together that it just stops functioning. The super tight association looks like an increase in affinity of the enzyme for the product, when in reality, it's just giving it a really tight bear hug. Since it's squeezing the substrate, it can't accept new substrate, and therefore the Vmax decreases.
Good luck!Still haven't even taken the sample test or scored test LOL. Just finished all the section banks and reviewed them all, so I'm about to look up some random terms...seriously thinking about taking tomorrow off, but probably not and take saturday and sunday to do both of them. Monday for review. Tuesday and Wednesday for final brush up of concept review.
