A bad sign ?

[Columbia09]

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I was in Barnes and nobles today looking at a Princeton review mcat physics book. I looked over the problems in the back of the kinematics section and noticed that I couldn't understand or do any of them. Is this a bad sign ?

 

[TriagePreMed]

If you've studied, yes. If you haven't, no.

 

[Darthberghen]

It's a sign that your teacher did a crappy job teaching and/or you did a crappy job learning.

 

[Elevencents]

You already know the answer.

 

[edgerock24]

Virtually all students who BEGIN their studying for the MCAT need to heavily refresh/learn certain concepts. This is because nobody has a perfect professor that teachers material FOR the MCAT. This is even especially more true at larger universities, as many professors have the freedom to heavily focus on certain aspects of a course more than other aspects... which can leave premeds clueless in particular areas.

You'll be fine in the long run. Just commit yourself to learning "new" topics if needed. This is actually a main reason why test prep companies are in existence--some students simply have a really tough time learning concepts they should have been taught previously on their own.

 

[NontradCA]

Columbia: For your countless panicky, absurd, and baseless doubt filled threads you have been bestowed the award for most Neurotic Pre-med of 2013. Congratulations.

 

[Columbia09]

Columbia: For your countless panicky, absurd, and baseless doubt filled threads you have been bestowed the award for most Neurotic Pre-med of 2013. Congratulations.

Yyyyaaaayyyy

 

[advair250]

"Most likely to stay pre-med" award. - just kidding,this sounds mean. Good luck OP.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I was in Barnes and nobles today looking at a Princeton review mcat physics book. I looked over the problems in the back of the kinematics section and noticed that I couldn't understand or do any of them. Is this a bad sign ?

I mean if the problem was find the final velocity of something traveling from point a to b in a certain time then yes.

 

[NontradCA]

I mean if the problem was find the final velocity of something traveling from point a to b in a certain time then yes.

I forgot how to do this 😛

 

[Columbia09]

I mean if the problem was find the final velocity of something traveling from point a to b in a certain time then yes.

I wish

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I wish

Projectile motion problems are usually manageable with proper technique. But generally kinemetic problems max out at projectile motion off a cliff which requires you to do a 2 problems and add the answers to get the data.

But yah, there's ways of doing things quickly.

 

[Doctor Bob]

I was in Barnes and nobles today looking at a Princeton review mcat physics book. I looked over the problems in the back of the kinematics section and noticed that I couldn't understand or do any of them. Is this a bad sign ?

I had that same problem a few months back...

Then again the MCAT was 10 years ago for me and I'm not sure I could have answered any of those questions 2 months after taking the exam...

 

[Pisiform]

Just chill - if you have studied and understood the subject thoroughly before don't panic. It will come back when you sit and concentrate

 

[costales]

That stuff can be learned in a couple of hours if you know gravity points down.

 

[KinesiologyNerd]

I had that same problem a few months back...

Then again the MCAT was 10 years ago for me and I'm not sure I could have answered any of those questions 2 months after taking the exam...

I'm pretty sure I couldn't do those problems the day I took the test, but here I am a week from orientation. So calm down, OP.