physics

Hello everyone, so I am trying to figure out my schedule for the second summer session at my university. I am currently signed up for General Chemistry 2 with the lab, but really want to get the physics I lecture out of the way before the regular school year starts. Is taking both classes...

Hello SDN users! I'm attempting to learn MCAT Physics on my own with a year of high school physics under my belt (eh, not much---I know). I purchased TBR and TPR, but I have yet to crack open TPR because I'm so OVERWHELMED by all the formulas in the TBR chapters. The book is literally like...

Hello everyone, I am looking for insight into the plausibility and general effectiveness of what I have been considering after my undergraduate studies. I am currently planning on receiving a degree in physics with a possible emphasis in medical physics within the next 2 - 2.5 years. I have been...

For sale are a bunch of older MCAT books I am selling: The Official Guide to the MCAT, 1st edition Kaplan MCAT Practice Tests, 8th edition EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Biology EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Chemistry EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Organic Chemistry EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Physics EK MCAT...

Hey, I was hoping someone with a bit of experience could help me out with this. I'm trying to generate a list of 15 MD schools and 7 DO schools. Demographic: Questionably low income (family on border of being government assistance eligable), but not EDA. White, NY resident. I'm gathering a...

Was planning on taking algebra-based physics due to it being more similar to the MCAT content, but has anyone actually come across schools that require calc-based physics?

I'm struggling with this question: A red blood cell and a leukocyte collide from converging arteries. The RBC, being lighter, ricochets obliquely off the vein's longitudinal axis while continuing to move to the right. What is the direction of the RBC's acceleration? The answers are just...

Hello, I am planning to take physics over the summer at Harvard. Although I would like to take it at cheaper public schools, I live in NYC and CUNYs don't offer physics I and II together. I am also considering taking it at NYU as well. I saw that Harvard only has a single 7 week session so I...

I just finished my 4th semester and it did not go to well. My GPA dropped from 3.50 to a 3.42. Physics kicked my butt and I finished with a B-. The frustrating part was that I felt it was a class I could have done much, much better in. I had an o-chem exam every day before my physics exams...

I was wondering whether they would calculate upper Math and Physics courses into sGPA, which i took when i was aiming for Engineering major?? Currently attending UCSD and took 20c(Calculus and analytic geometry), 20d(Linear Algebra) and Physics 2c(Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics)

hey people, I just took physics this semester and I did not do well to say the least. I think I will finish the semester with a C- if I'm lucky so needless to say I am taking the course over again. I really want to take it in the summer but the school I was planning on taking it is only offering...

Question: The human body can only withstand a vertical g-force of about 5g before the body has difficulty pumping blood out of the feet and into the brain. Approximately how much upward force could be applied to a 60kg person at sea level before that person risked fainting? Answer: A person...

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I have an 8-book set of The Berkeley Review (TBR) MCAT review books, 2013 edition, that I am selling. I have 2 biology books, 2 organic chemistry books, 2 general chemistry books, and 2 physics books. There is some writing in the content review parts, but the practice sections are clean with no...

One of the questions on NextStepTestPrep's Full Length MCAT #2 Physical Sciences Section has got me stumped. It's about uniform circular motion, and in the explanation the formula they give doesn't make sense. As far as I know the formula should be v=2pir^2/T, but instead they have written...

I'm currently enrolled in Physics 1, and I'm doing fairly well in it. After this semester, I will begin taking my upper-level science courses. With my major, I am required to have all "common body of knowledge" courses (General biology and chemistry, math, physics, organic chem, etc) completed...

Hi, In physics 1 I received a B-, and I anticipate a C in physics 2. I *want* to retake physics 1 to solidify my learning/understanding of the topic especially for the MCAT, but should I? Would look bad if I retook it at a CC and messed up and got a B+ or something? That's what I don't want to...

Hi everyone! I needed some advice on what pre-reqs are accepted by med schools. I am about to graduate with my biology degree and originally had planned to go to PA school, but had a change of heart recently and decided to pursue med school instead. Since I had not intended to apply to med...

Hi all! I go to a school that's pretty good in STEM, mainly engineering. As a result, our physics is pretty tough. Would taking physics online hurt my chances of applying to medical (or pharmacy) school? Thanks!

I've heard from some people that especially for chemistry, I should take as much as possible at my home institution. I have two classes worth of tuition credit for this summer and was thinking of taking a semester of chemistry (gen chem 1) and a semester of physics (physics 2), or two semesters...

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With my degree plan, I'm required to complete all of my lower-level science courses before I begin the Fall 2016 semester. Because of this, I'm required to take physics 2 over the summer in order to meet the deadline. Also, I need to start studying for the DAT, and I've concluded that I will use...

Hi, I'm confused when to use the right hand rule and when to use the left hand rule. I thought when the directions of current and magnetic field are given, we always use the left hand rule to find the force. But the following question of the day from Kaplan state otherwise. Question...

Hey everyone, Need your advise as to how to go about learning physics for the new MCAT. I haven't taken a course in ages and I suck at physics in general. So far, I have EK supplemented with TBR. I feel like EK tells you necessary concepts but it doesn't give much content review. On the other...

Hello all, I know that when you consider the total cross-sectional area of different types of blood vessels, capillaries are said to have a lower velocity of blood moving through them than arteries. Got it. But directly after a graph depicting the above, Examkrackers has a graph showing...

This lady will save the day. She is a great lecturer for the really tough concepts! She is on the YT channel for the college but her name is Eeris Fritz.

I thought that less dense media made sound travel more slowly, e.g. sound travels slower through water than through a solid. Why, then, would a less dense medium (helium) produce a higher pitch (i.e. faster) sound wave vs. normal air?

Hello, I have contacted admissions and they simply stated the physics pre-req simply must cover motion and movement. I am enrolled in a CCConline conceptual physics course which seems like it does....I live overseas so have few options to go to a normal college to accomplish the pre-preq...

I am kind of having a little difficult time in understanding Electric Potential. I understand that (+) and (-) charges attract and thus want to decrease their potential energy as shown with a (-) sign in their PE. But what I don't understand is how this relates to Electric Potential. If two...

“Balls A and B of equal mass are floating in a swimming pool, as shown below. Which will produce a greater buoyant force? A). Ball A B). Ball B C). The forces will be equal. D). It is impossible to know without knowing the volume of each ball.” Excerpt From: Kaplan. “Kaplan MCAT Physics and...

“Objects A and B are submerged at a depth of 1 m in a liquid with a specific gravity of 0.877. Given that the density of object B is one-third that of object A and that the gauge pressure of object A is 3 atm, what is the gauge pressure of object B? (Note: Assume atmospheric pressure is 1 atm...

Over a decade ago I was a mechanical engineering major. I took ME 235 which is a thermodynamics class but it's taught by the Mechanical Engineering department. On the AADSAS website they say "Physics" classes include Thermodynamics. However, I've also been told that the class should only...

Hi, I am currently at my last semester at a 4 year college and I have taken all of my pre-requisites for vet school except for Physics II. For some vet schools it says that "lower division" courses taken at a community college will be accepted but I am not sure if Physics II is considered a...

Hey all, Conceptually I'm missing something about how distance is related to electric field and potential. Electric field is force per unit charge and potential is force per unit charge applied over a distance. Right? Well, the force changes with distance by getting larger when objects are...

Hello all, I'm a bit confused on why dielectrics do what they do. I know that when the electric field of a capacitor exists, the dipoles of a dielectric orient themselves in the direction of the capacitor's electric field and, thus, the dielectric produces an electric field that opposes the...

I'm sure this question has been asked in some variation, although I'm looking for specifics. I'm for all intents and purposes a junior and came to my college specifically to do a biomedical science program as all of the classes are pretty literally the list of pre-reqs for med school, which I...

If you have only a semester of orgo, a year of bio, a year of chem, a semester of sociology and psychology? So this would basically be excluding orgo 2 and a year of physics, and biochem Is biochem generally a semester long? If that's the case, I could try to just take it this summer. This is...

Kaplan's physics review textbook claims that the work done by air resistance and gravity is equal at terminal velocity. However, I'm inclined to believe that they've made an error. For gravity, the angle theta between force and displacement is 0 degrees. However, for air resistance it is 180...

I am wondering if lots of people do this/if it's recommended: I plan on taking Physics 2 and Biochem the spring of my junior year, and I was wondering if it is a good idea to take the MCAT in May, right after finishing those two courses, or even in April when I have yet to completely finish...

I am currently a 2nd semester sophmore bio major with a 3.0 gpa. w doubts on whether if i should go on to Med School . My Last resort would be carribean or a foreign med school or even PA school. - Freshman Year took pre calc, macroeconomics, intro to psychology, english, I have received...