Audio MCAT

[Mr. Furious]

Has anyone actually heard this? There's a CD set that supposedly prepares you for the MCAT, and it's entirely in audiobook format. They sell it on Amazon.com for something like $299!!

Mr.

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[PMPMD]

Yes, it exists...here's the link:
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1893858235/qid=1013771290/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_5_1/102-2698688-2129730" target="_blank">Examkrackers MCAT Audio Osmosis with Jordan and Jon</a>

It retails for $199.95

Having taken the MCAT last year, I think its a bunch of BS. I mean how can you learn orgo or physics by audio? It might be helpful for verbal. But if you've got $200 to blow, why not?

 

[nochaser]

I am currently using MCAT Audio Osmosis CD's along with the books and the practice tests from AAMC, and I find them pretty helpful. While the lectures are kind of lame in terms of humor, they actually help me remember key concepts. Guess I'm more of an auditory learner than I thought. I like this a lot better than sitting in on the lectures at school, which is what I originally planned to do to help prep for Gen Chem and Orgo. Couldn't afford the Kaplan course <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

 

[oldman]

I suppose it is cheaper than Kaplan. Personally I do best by doing. Give me non-stop full-length practice tests. I'll wish I was dead, but I'll be ready for the exam.

 

[Mr. Furious]

Nochaser, let me know when you're done, I'll make you an offer for the set once you no longer need it. I hope it really does prepare you for the MCAT. I went to the link provided by PatDaddy and there are no customer reviews. So I am thinking that maybe not a lot of people have the guts to buy an MCAT audiobook sound unheard.

Would you believe I actually did a search on Audiogalaxy to see if anyone had any sample mp3s from the CD set? Dang, no luck there. I just want to know how on Earth they can teach that way.

 

[nochaser]

MrFurious,

You can order a CD Sampler direct from ExamKrackers: 1-888-KRACK'EM, or try the web site

<a href="http://www.examkrackers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.examkrackers.com/</a>

I'll keep you in mind when I'm done with the set.

 

[Mr. Furious]

Thanks for the link. From there I found out that if I buy it from Bn.com (if you don't want to sell yours for any reason) it will cost only $159! Good price!

Here are the contents, for anyone else interested:

Track Listing for Audio Osmosis

CD 1

Introduction

Track 1: Intro
Track 2: How to Use These Recordings
Track 3: Other Products by Osote Publishing
Track 4: The MCAT

Physics Lecture 1: Translational Motion

Track 5: Five Step System
Track 6: Vectors and Scalars
Track 7: Component Vectors, Trigonometry, and Triangles
Track 8: Translational Motion: Conceptually
Track 9: Translational Motion: Application
Track 10: Vertical Projectile Motion
Track 11: Distance Traveled
Track 12: Translational Motion Formulas
Track 13: Example in Projectile Motion
Track 14: Air Resistance

Physics Lecture 2: Force

Track 15: Mass and Weight
Track 16: Rotational Inertia
Track 17: Summary of Mass and Weight
Track 18: Center of Mass
Track 19: The Four Forces of Nature
Track 20: Types of Contact Forces
Track 21: Newton?s Laws of Motion
Track 22: Newton?s First Law
Track 23: Newton?s Second Law
Track 24: Newton?s Third Law
Track 25: Explanation of Horse and Cart
Track 26: Newton?s Law of Gravity
Track 27: Why Objects Appear to Float in Orbit
Track 28: Centripetal Acceleration
Track 29: Radius of Curvature
Track 30: Centripetal Force
Track 31: Inclined Planes
Track 32: Friction
Track 33: Static and Kinetic Friction
Track 34: Formulas for Friction
Track 35: When Does Friction Oppose Motion?
Track 36: Tension
Track 37: Hooke?s Law

CD 2

Physics Lecture 3: Equilibrium, Torque, and Energy

Track 1: Equilibrium
Track 2: Equilibrium Example
Track 3: Non-Equilibrium
Track 4: Non-Equilibrium Example
Track 5: Torque
Track 6: Example of Torque
Track 7: Energy
Track 8: Types of Energy
Track 9: Gravitational Potential Energy
Track 10:Elastic Potential Energy
Track 11: Systems
Track 12: The First Law of Thermodynamics
Track 13: Work vs. Heat
Track 14: Work
Track 15: Another Formula for Work
Track 16: Conservative Forces
Track 17: Work and Conservative Forces
Track 18: Friction and Work
Track 19: Power

Physics Lecture 4: Momentum, Machines, and Radioactive Decay

Track 20: Momentum vs. Inertia
Track 21: Momentum Defined
Track 22: Elastic vs. Inelastic Collisions
Track 23: Collision Example
Track 24: Solving Collision Problems
Track 25: Reverse Collisions
Track 26: Impulse
Track 27: The Reason for Machines
Track 28: How Machines Work
Track 29: Ramps
Track 30: Levers
Track 31: Pulleys
Track 32: Halflife
Track 33: Alpha Particles
Track 34: Beta Decay
Track 35: Positron Emission
Track 36: Electron Capture
Track 37: Gamma Rays and Annihilation
Track 38: E = mc2
Track 39: Fission and Fusion

CD 3

Physics Lecture 5: Fluids

Track 1: The Nature of Fluids
Track 2: Intensive and Extensive Properties
Track 3: Density and Specific Gravity
Track 4: The Concept of Pressure
Track 5: Units of Pressure
Track 6: Fluids at Rest
Track 7: Gauge Pressure
Track 8: Pascal?s Principle
Track 9: A Hydraulic Lift
Track 10: Archimedes Principle
Track 11: The Buoyant Force
Track 12: Fluids in Motion
Track 13: Ideal Fluids
Track 14: The Continuity Equation
Track 15: Bernoulli?s Equation
Track 16: Non-Ideal Fluids
Track 17: Surface Tension
Track 18: Stress and Strain
Track 19: Modulus of Elasticity
Track 20: Thermal Expansion

Physics Lecture 6: Waves

Track 21: Wave Characteristics
Track 22: Velocity of a Wave
Track 23: Surface Waves
Track 24: Intensity
Track 25: Wave Phase
Track 26: Beat Frequency
Track 27: Standing Wave
Track 28: Simple Harmonic Motion
Track 29: The Doppler Effect

CD 4

Physics Lecture 7: Electricity and Magnetism

Track 1: Electric Charge
Track 2: Electrostatic Force
Track 3: Derivations from Newton?s and Coulomb?s Law
Track 4: Fields and Lines of Force
Track 5: An Electric Dipole
Track 6: Resistivity
Track 7: Movement of Charge
Track 8: Circuits
Track 9: Capacitors
Track 10: Energy of a Capacitor
Track 11: Circuit Elements
Track 12: Solving Circuits
Track 13: Power
Track 14: AC Current
Track 15: Magnetism

Physics Lecture 8: Light and Optics

Track 16: Electromagnetic Waves
Track 17: Light
Track 18: Geometric Optics
Track 19: Chromatic Dispersion
Track 20: Diffraction
Track 21: Images
Track 22: Types of Lenses and Mirrors
Track 23: Radius of Curvature
Track 24: Focal Points
Track 25: Power
Track 26: Ray Diagrams
Track 27: Magnification
Track 28: The Thin Lens Equation
Track 29: A System for Optics
Track 30: Double Lens Systems

CD 5

Verbal Reasoning

Track 1: Why Verbal Reasoning is on the MCAT
Track 2: What Kind Improvement Can I Expect
Track 3: The Structure of the Verbal Reasoning Section
Track 4: Verbal Strategy Part 1: Energy
Track 5: Verbal Strategy Part 2: Focus
Track 6: Verbal Strategy Part 3: Confidence
Track 7: Verbal Strategy Part 4: Timing
Track 8: Verbal Tactics Part 1: The Five Second Break
Track 9: Verbal Tactics Part 2: Read Every Word
Track 10: Verbal Tactics Part 3: The Main Idea
Track 11: Verbal Tactics Part 4: The Four Tools to Find the Answer
Track 12: Tool 1: Going Back to the Passage
Track 13: Tool 2: The Main Idea
Track 14: Tools 3 & 4: The Question Stems and Answer Choices

Chemistry Lecture 1: Atoms, Molecules, and Quantum Mechanics

Track 15: Atomic Structure
Track 16: Elements and Isotopes
Track 17: Avogadro?s Number and the AMU
Track 18: The Periodic Table
Track 19: The Periodic Trends
Track 20: Ionization Energy
Track 21: Electronegativity and Electron Affinity
Track 22: Bonds
Track 23: Empirical and Molecular Formulas
Track 24: Reactions
Track 25: The Structure of Solids
Track 26: Quantum Mechanics
Track 27: Quantum Numbers
Track 28: The First Quantum Number
Track 29: The Second Quantum Number
Track 30: The Third Quantum Number
Track 31: The Fourth Quantum Number
Track 32: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Track 33: The Aufbau principle
Track 34: Degenerate Orbitals
Track 35: Hund?s Rule
Track 36: Planck?s Quantum Theory
Track 37: The Photoelectric Effect
Track 38: Electron Configurations

Chemistry Lecture 2: Gases, Kinetics, and Chemical Equilibrium

Track 39: Ideal Gas and Kinetic Molecular Theory
Track 40: No Volume
Track 41: No Attractive Forces
Track 42: Elastic Collisions
Track 43: Temperature and Kinetic Energy
Track 44: The Ideal Gas Law
Track 45: Standard Molecular Volume
Track 46: Dalton?s Law
Track 47: Temperature and Molecular Kinetic Energy
Track 48: Effusion and Diffusion
Track 49: Real Gas Behavior
Track 50: Reaction Kinetics
Track 51: The Collision Model

CD 6

Chemistry Lecture 2 continued?

Track 1: The Arrhenius Equation
Track 2: The Rate Law
Track 3: Exponents in the Rate Law
Track 4: Catalysts
Track 5: Chemical Equilibrium
Track 6: LeChatelier?s Principle
Track 7: The Reaction Quotient

Chemistry Lecture 3: Thermodynamics

Track 8: What is Thermodynamics
Track 9: Isolated Systems
Track 10: Closed Systems
Track 11: Open Systems
Track 12: The First Law of Thermodynamics
Track 13: Conduction
Track 14: Convection
Track 15: Radiation
Track 16: Work
Track 17: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Track 18: State Functions
Track 19: Internal Energy
Track 20: Temperature
Track 21: The Third Law of Thermodynamics
Track 22: Enthalpy
Track 23: Standard State and Heat of Formation
Track 24: Heat of Reaction
Track 25: Endothermicity and Exothermicity
Track 26: Energy Diagrams
Track 27: Entropy
Track 28: Equations for Entropy
Track 29: Gibbs Energy
Track 30: Gibbs Energy Formula

Chemistry Lecture 4: Solutions

Track 31: What is a Solution
Track 32: Types of Solutions
Track 33: Colloids
Track 34: Solvation
Track 35: Ions
Track 36: Units of Concentration
Track 37: Solution Formation
Track 38: Vapor Pressure
Track 39: Raoult?s Law
Track 40: Deviations to Raoult?s Law
Track 41: Solubility
Track 42: The Solubility Product
Track 43: Spectator Ions and the Common Ion Effect
Track 44: Solubilities
Track 45: Solubility Factors

Chemistry Lecture 5: Heat Capacity, Phase Change, and Colligative Properties

Track 46: Phases
Track 47: Heat Capacity
Track 48: Specific Heat
Track 49: Calorimeter

CD 7

Chemistry Lecture 5 continued?

Track 1: Heat Curves
Track 2: Thermodynamics of Phase Change
Track 3: Phase Diagrams
Track 4: Colligative Properties
Track 5: Boiling Point Elevation
Track 6: Freezing Point Depression
Track 7: Osmotic Pressure

Chemistry Lecture 6: Acids and Bases

Track 8: Definitions
Track 9: The Hydronium Ion
Track 10: Acid Strength and pH
Track 11: The Log Function
Track 12: Acid and Base Reactions
Track 13: Structural Characteristics of an Acid
Track 14: Acid/Base Equilibrium
Track 15: The Acid Dissociation Constant
Track 16: The pH of a Strong Acid
Track 17: The pH of a Weak Acid
Track 18: Titrations
Track 19: Buffered Solutions
Track 20: The Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
Track 21: Indicators
Track 22: Titrations of Polyprotic Acids

Chemistry Lecture 7: Electrochemistry

Track 23: Electrochemistry
Track 24: Oxidation States
Track 25: Redox Reactions
Track 26: Redox Titrations
Track 27: Half Reaction Potentials
Track 28: The Galvanic Cell
Track 29: An Example of a Galvanic Cell
Track 30: Gibbs Free Energy and EMF
Track 31: The Nernst Equation
Track 32: A Concentration Cell
Track 33: Electrolytic Cells

CD 8

Biology Lecture 1: Molecular Biology

Track 1: Water
Track 2: Lipids
Track 3: Proteins
Track 4: Primary and Secondary Structure
Track 5: Tertiary Structure
Track 6: Quaternary Structure
Track 7: Carbohydrates
Track 8: Nucleic Acids
Track 9: Minerals
Track 10: Enzymes
Track 11: Enzyme Inhibition
Track 12: Glycolysis and Fermentation
Track 13: Aerobic Respiration
Track 14: The Electron Transport Chain

Biology Lecture 2: Genes

Track 15: The Gene
Track 16: The Structure of DNA
Track 17: Replication
Track 18: RNA
Track 19: Transcription
Track 20: Post-Transcriptional Processing
Track 21: DNA Technology
Track 22: The Universal Genetic Code
Track 23: Translation
Track 24: Mutations
Track 25: Chromosomes
Track 26: The Cell Life Cycle
Track 27: Mitosis
Track 28: Meiosis

Biology Lecture 3: Microbiology

Track 29: Microbiology
Track 30: Viruses
Track 31: The Viral Life Cycle
Track 32: Types of Viruses
Track 33: The Structure of Bacteria
Track 34: The Phospholipid Bilayer
Track 35: Membrane Transport
Track 36: Bacterial Envelope
Track 37: Bacterial Movement

CD 9

Biology Lecture 3 continued?

Track 1: Genetic Recombination and Reproduction in Bacteria
Track 2: Endospores
Track 3: Sources for Energy, Carbon, and Electrons
Track 4: Fungi
Track 5: Yeast

Biology Lecture 4: The Eukaryotic Cell; The Nervous System

Track 6: The Nucleus
Track 7: Endocytosis
Track 8: Two Sides to Every Cell
Track 9: The Rough ER
Track 10: The Golgi
Track 11: Lysosomes
Track 12: Peroxisomes
Track 13: The Smooth ER
Track 14: The Cytoskeleton
Track 15: Flagella and Cilia
Track 16: Mitochondria
Track 17: The Glycocalyx
Track 18: Cellular Junctions and the Matrix
Track 19: Multicellular Organization
Track 20: Intercellular Communication
Track 21: Physiology of the Nervous System
Track 22: The Action Potential
Track 23: The Synapse
Track 24: Neuroglia
Track 25: The Structure of the Nervous System
Track 26: Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
Track 27: The Brain
Track 28: Sensory Receptors

Biology Lecture 5: The Endocrine System

Track 29: Exocrine vs. Endocrine
Track 30: Classes of Hormones
Track 31: How Peptides Function
Track 32: The Second Messenger System
Track 33: How Steroids Function
Track 34: How Tyrosine Derivatives Function
Track 35: Negative Feedback
Track 36: The Hypothalamus
Track 37: The Anterior Pituitary
Track 38: The Posterior Pituitary
Track 39: The Thyroid
Track 40: The Parathyroid
Track 41: The Pancreas
Track 42: Glucagon
Track 43: Insulin
Track 44: The Adrenal Cortex
Track 45: Aldosterone
Track 46: Cortisol
Track 47: The Adrenal Medulla
Track 48: Male Reproductive Hormones
Track 49: Female Reproduction
Track 50: Embryology

CD 10

Biology Lecture 6: The Digestive System; The Excretory System

Track 1: Digestion
Track 2: Anatomy of the Digestive System
Track 3: The Mouth and the Esophagus
Track 4: The Stomach
Track 5: Small Intestines
Track 6: The Pancreas
Track 7: The Large Intestines
Track 8: Absorption
Track 9: Absorptive Fate of Carbohydrates
Track 10: Absorptive Fate of Proteins
Track 11: Absorptive Fate of Fats
Track 12: The Liver
Track 13: Function and Anatomy of the Kidney
Track 14: The Renal Corpuscle
Track 15: The Proximal Tubule
Track 16: The Loop of Henle
Track 17: The Distal Tubule
Track 18: The Collecting Duct
Track 19: The Juxtaglomerular Apparatus

Biology Lecture 7: The Cardiovascular System; The Respiratory System

Track 20: Cardiovascular Anatomy
Track 21: The Action Potential in the Heart
Track 22: Breathing
Track 23: Anatomy of the Respiratory System
Track 24: Gas Exchange
Track 25: Oxygen Dissociation Curves
Track 26: The Chloride Shift
Track 27: The Lymphatic System
Track 28: The Blood
Track 29: Blood Cells
Track 30: Innate Immunity
Track 31: Humoral Immunity
Track 32: Effect of Antibodies
Track 33: Cell Mediated Immunity
Track 34: Blood Types

Biology Lecture 8: Muscle and Bone

Track 35: Types of Muscle
Track 36: Skeletal Muscle
Track 37: The Structure of Skeletal Muscle
Track 38: Mechanism of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
Track 39: Motor Units
Track 40: Skeletal Muscle Cell Types
Track 41: Cardiac Muscle
Track 42: Bone
Track 43: Compact Bone
Track 44: Cartilage and Joints

CD 11

Biology Lecture 9: Populations

Track 1: Mendel
Track 2: Mendel?s Second Law
Track 3: Other Methods of Expression
Track 4: Ramifications of Being Diploid
Track 5: Evolution
Track 6: What is a Species?
Track 7: Reproductive Strategies
Track 8: Convergent and Divergent Evolution
Track 9: The Hardy Weinberg Principle
Track 10: The Origin of the Universe

Organic Chemistry Lecture 1: Molecular Structure

Track 11: Molecular Structure
Track 12: Lewis Dot Structures
Track 13: Structural Formulas
Track 14: The Important Functional Groups
Track 15: Other Functional Groups
Track 16: Nomenclature
Track 17: Bonding
Track 18: Hybridization
Track 19: Shapes and Bond Angles
Track 20: Delocalized Electrons
Track 21: Rules for Drawing Resonance Structures
Track 22: Dipole Moment
Track 23: Intermolecular Bonding
Track 24: Conformational Isomers
Track 25: Structural Isomers
Track 26: Chirality
Track 27: Absolute Configuration
Track 28: Relative configuration
Track 29: Observed Rotation
Track 30: Enantiomers
Track 31: Diastereomers

Organic Chemistry Lecture 2: Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, and Substitutions

Track 32: Alkanes
Track 33: Physical Properties of Alkanes
Track 34: Cycloalkanes
Track 35: Combustion
Track 36: Halogenation of Alkanes
Track 37: Alkenes
Track 38: Synthesis of Alkenes

CD 12

Organic Chemistry Lecture 2 continued?

Track 1: Catalytic Hydrogenation
Track 2: Oxidation of Alkenes
Track 3: Electrophilic Addition
Track 4: Hydration of an Alkene
Track 5: Oxymercuration
Track 6: Hydroboration
Track 7: Halogenation of an Alkene
Track 8: Benzene
Track 9: Electron Donating and Withdrawing Properties
Track 10: SN1 Reactions
Track 11: SN2 Reactions
Track 12: Nucleophilicity
Track 13: SN1 vs. SN2
Track 14: Alcohols
Track 15: Alcohols as Acids
Track 16: Alcohol Synthesis
Track 17: Reactions with Alcohols
Track 18: Ehters
Track 19: Order of Acidity

Organic Chemistry Lecture 3: Carbonyls and Amines

Track 20: The Carbonyl
Track 21: Physical Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones
Track 22: Chemical Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones
Track 23: Aldehydes and Ketones with Alcohols
Track 24: Aldol Condensation
Track 25: conjugation
Track 26: Carboxylic Acids
Track 27: Chemistry of Carboxylic Acids
Track 28: Reactions of Carboxylic Acid and Derivatives
Track 29: Amines
Track 30: Reactions with Amines
Track 31: Nitriles

Organic Chemistry Lecture 4: Biochemistry and Lab Techniques

Track 32: Fatty Acids
Track 33: Amino Acids
Track 34: The Isoelectric Point and Electrophoresis
Track 35: Carbohydrates
Track 36: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Track 37: Peak Position in NMR
Track 38: Spin-Spin Splitting
Track 39: Integral and Digital Traces
Track 40: An Example of NMR
Track 41: NMR Summary
Track 42: IR Spectroscopy
Track 43: Chromatography
Track 44: Distillation
Track 45: Crystallization
Track 46: Extraction

Mr.

 

[Doctora Foxy]

Maybe if you listen to this stuff while you sleep you'll be really smart when you wake up. <img src="http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/otn/wink/wink_2.gif" alt="" />

 

[Mr. Furious]

I was thinking exactly the sme thing! I still have a couple years before the MCAT, I could listen to this day and night.

If that doesn't cure me from the ardent desire to be a doctor, nothing will.

Mr.

I admit, Dr. has a nice ring to it...

 

[ducam]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Doctora Foxy:
•Maybe if you listen to this stuff while you sleep you'll be really smart when you wake up. <img src="http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/otn/wink/wink_2.gif" alt="" />•••••Does that even work? If it does, why wouldn't people just listen to a taped lecture while a sleep or listen to themselves read their own notes.

 

[Doctora Foxy]

I think it would give me nightmares! When I used to study for the mcat all day, I had dreams about vectors and triangles and little stick figure men......oh the agony!