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[donkeykong1]

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I'll be taking a full year of physics my junior year and i'm planning on taking the mcat in may. is physics2 like orgo2 which is not covered so much on the mcat or is in depth knowledge of physics 2 a must. i'm planning on taking kaplan but my final for physics2 is going to end up sometime around my mcat date. not sure if i'll be prepared enough for the PS section.

 

[noshie]

I'll be taking a full year of physics my junior year and i'm planning on taking the mcat in may. is physics2 like orgo2 which is not covered so much on the mcat or is in depth knowledge of physics 2 a must. i'm planning on taking kaplan but my final for physics2 is going to end up sometime around my mcat date. not sure if i'll be prepared enough for the PS section.

I recently retook Phys I for an indepth MCAT review. Based on my experience, and by going through the whole EK Phys book, Physics I is totally tested, but Physics II is only needed for these subjects:

Electricity and Magnatism
Light and Optics

Now just looking at these two parts, it doesnt seem like its a lot of material, and I actually went through them in depth by myself in a real physics book to review. Its probably about 10 chapters worth of information just to get an indepth understanding of these subjects. And it will most definitely be on the MCAT in some form or another. My advice is if you know you are taking the MCAT right after completing Phys II, you could just study it on your own before you get to it in your class.

 

[sportsfreak]

I recently retook Phys I for an indepth MCAT review. Based on my experience, and by going through the whole EK Phys book, Physics I is totally tested, but Physics II is only needed for these subjects:

Electricity and Magnatism
Light and Optics

Now just looking at these two parts, it doesnt seem like its a lot of material, and I actually went through them in depth by myself in a real physics book to review. Its probably about 10 chapters worth of information just to get an indepth understanding of these subjects. And it will most definitely be on the MCAT in some form or another. My advice is if you know you are taking the MCAT right after completing Phys II, you could just study it on your own before you get to it in your class.

I might be wrong as its been a while since I took Physics II, but aren't the 2 topics mentioned above basically cover almost all of Physics II

 

[Moose A Moose]

Sometimes they throw in a round of nuclear physics at the end of second semester.

 

[sportsfreak]

Sometimes they throw in a round of nuclear physics at the end of second semester.

oh yeah

 

[J ROD]

I would take and know all of Physics I and II. Same for Ochem I and II.

It might not be on there and it might be on there.

They are called prereqs for a reason....

Be prepared for anything and you will be prepared for all!!...👍

 

[da Vincis World]

I would take and know all of Physics I and II. Same for Ochem I and II.

It might not be on there and it might be on there.

They are called prereqs for a reason....

Be prepared for anything and you will be prepared for all!!...👍

👍I agree...it's a total crap shoot. You can get questions from all over the place. Do lots and lots of practice.

 

[ronaldo23]

yerp. the last thing you want to do is go into the mcat playing russian roulette with your strong/weak areas.