2 PCAT Questions.

[haitianbelle]

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1. Should I memorize the periodic table for the PCAT?

2. What tips can anyone give me to study for it?

 

[imperial frog]

The Pre-Pharm area has a lot more information for you on the PCAT, but to answer your questions:

1. You probably won't be asked anything past the first 2 rows so I would focus on these...H, He, C, N, O, and F comes up an awful lot in just about any class...maybe Na, P, S, and Cl too just to be on the safe side. I can't remember exactly what they asked but I'm pretty sure that they gave the relevent info for the elements when they asked questions but it won't hurt you to know these for pharmschool anyways.

2. The only advice I can give other than to get a couple practice books and try your best to learn the basics. It really doesn't get too indepth but the test covers a lot of area so you need to know a little about a lot of things, not a lot about a few things. The most important advice I can give is to do a lot of timed practices on the math...no one ever seems to have enough time to finish even though the problems are pretty simple. My mistake on this part was realizing I knew I could solve the problems but then ignoring how long it would take me to solve them. I had to christmas tree about 20 of them because the time ran out.

 

[haitianbelle]

THANKS A LOT FROG

The Pre-Pharm area has a lot more information for you on the PCAT, but to answer your questions:

1. You probably won't be asked anything past the first 2 rows so I would focus on these...H, He, C, N, O, and F comes up an awful lot in just about any class...maybe Na, P, S, and Cl too just to be on the safe side. I can't remember exactly what they asked but I'm pretty sure that they gave the relevent info for the elements when they asked questions but it won't hurt you to know these for pharmschool anyways.

2. The only advice I can give other than to get a couple practice books and try your best to learn the basics. It really doesn't get too indepth but the test covers a lot of area so you need to know a little about a lot of things, not a lot about a few things. The most important advice I can give is to do a lot of timed practices on the math...no one ever seems to have enough time to finish even though the problems are pretty simple. My mistake on this part was realizing I knew I could solve the problems but then ignoring how long it would take me to solve them. I had to christmas tree about 20 of them because the time ran out.

 

[haitianbelle]

1. Should I memorize the periodic table for the PCAT?

2. What tips can anyone give me to study for it?

 

[jamboo54]

1. Should I memorize the periodic table for the PCAT?

2. What tips can anyone give me to study for it?

No its not necessary to memorize the periodic table for the PCAT. However, you do need to remember trends just in case they are asked. If you've been studying for the pcat or taken genchem recently you should have a pretty good handle on the period table anyways.


As far as tips for studying for the pcat, there are some other pretty good threads on this forum that deal with this topic.

 

[Glycerin]

This belongs in the pre-pharmacy forum. Also, it's extremely helpful to read the FAQ and to use the search function. There are umpteen different PCAT threads with this type of information already available.

 

[bananaface]

This topic was posted in both Pharm and Pre-Pharm. I am going to merge the threads. Please post only once and in the most appropriate forum.

Anna 🙂

 

[DrPharm]

1. Should I memorize the periodic table for the PCAT?

2. What tips can anyone give me to study for it?

1. Should I memorize the periodic table for the PCAT?
YES, MEMORIZE IT ALL or you'll be screwed. Uh....what do you think!?!? After taking at least 2 gen chem classes and some orgo, you should be familiar with at least the first 2 rows as mentioned.

2. What tips can anyone give me to study for it?
Study a year in advance and everyday til the exam date. Uh...jk again. It's all dependent on you. Everyone is different. How long it takes another person might be different for u. Some ppl are geniuses and only need 2 days, 2 weeks and some ppl need 2-3 months.

 

[kwakster928]

i was a semi genius and studied for only 2 weeks

 

[bananaface]

I didn't study for the PCAT. 😀 I figured that if the coursework I took prepared me for Pharmacy School, it would also prepare me for the test.

 

[Caverject]

1. Should I memorize the periodic table for the PCAT?
YES, MEMORIZE IT ALL or you'll be screwed.

2. What tips can anyone give me to study for it?
Study a year in advance and everyday til the exam date.

I have to agree with Dr Pharm on this. Also, make sure you memorize the nuclear elements while your at it.