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Berkeley Review.


Buy their PS review material and read it and do their practice problems. You will be a Physics wiz in no time. I thought the physics portion of my brain was developmentally challenged until I got the BR books.


Good luck.
 
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Hi sdsweetie... i totally agree with Substance P on the Berkeley Review books... in addition, if you want help understanding some of the concepts, you may want to check out Page 3 of the September 10, 2009 MCAT club thread.. I have posted links to excellent videos - although the math there goes way more in depth than you need for MCAT, Professor Lewin explains the material very well
 
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would TPR plus Examkrackers Physics do the trick? I already paid so much for those two... I don't really want to get another book.
 
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If you have TPR Hyperlearning Physics AND the TPR Hyperlearning Science Workbook, that's enough. If you don't have both of these, then your present combo of TPR and EK is not enough.
 
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i have TPR physical science review, TPR science workbook, EK Physics, and EK 1001 Questions for physics. Should be good, right?

Which ones do you suggest that I do first?

Thanks!! 🙂
 
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onebeautifulday said:
i have TPR physical science review, TPR science workbook, EK Physics, and EK 1001 Questions for physics. Should be good, right?

Which ones do you suggest that I do first?

Thanks!! 🙂
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Those are the Hyperlearning right? If so, yes that's enough.

Follow the content review in the TPR Hyperlearning Physics books. Then work through the corresponding problems in the EK 1001, EK Physics, and TPR Hyperlearning Science Workbook. Only do every third problem/passage. After about 1 week, do the second third. Finally, complete the last third in your final month.
 
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SN2ed said:
Those are the Hyperlearning right? If so, yes that's enough.

Follow the content review in the TPR Hyperlearning Physics books. Then work through the corresponding problems in the EK 1001, EK Physics, and TPR Hyperlearning Science Workbook. Only do every third problem/passage. After about 1 week, do the second third. Finally, complete the last third in your final month.
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Yep, the TPR Hyperlearning physcial science review book is excellent in physics. Just make sure you do all the in text problems and actually try to do them instead of going straight to the answer. By the end of the book you will be a physicss and math wiz. BTW, the back of the book has a great math section but do that section last because it incorporates stuff from the chapters that won't make sense if you haven't learned it yet.

Hope this helped,

-LIS
 
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physics is the easiest part. Everything was covered in 9th grade physics. There are about 40 equations you have to know max. The stuff I am looking at on exam krackers is 10 times easier than the materials covered in my Giancoli physics for scientists for engineers book. You might get a boost in your gpa by taking a major like psychology, but you pay the price on your MCAT 😉
 
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ChemEngSoonMD said:
physics is the easiest part. Everything was covered in 9th grade physics. There are about 40 equations you have to know max. The stuff I am looking at on exam krackers is 10 times easier than the materials covered in my Giancoli physics for scientists for engineers book. You might get a boost in your gpa by taking a major like psychology, but you pay the price on your MCAT 😉
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Don't be a douche
 
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Check this out:
http://www.freelance-teacher.com/videos.htm

He doesn't have all the topics but a lot of them are there.

Also check this out:

If your interested in these videos contact Derek ownes at his website. I contacted him and negotiated with him for a good price.
http://www.youtube.com/user/derekowens

There is also Khan Academy. Personally, I didn't like his videos on physics. His finance videos are sick.

Also, see what the problem is. Are you constantly getting the same concepts wrong. If yes, find out which ones, and watch videos on them on you tube. So lets say you don't understand the photoelectric effect. Youtube it and there are a lot of videos about it.
 
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EK physics saved my life. Didn't know a damn thing in physics and read through that book a couple times. Got me a decent score. I rec. it!
 
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ChemEngSoonMD said:
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OP: www.khanacademy.org may be of some help. There are MIT lectures on youtube from physics as well and the professor is excellent. Of course, be sure to use this in conjunction with the BR books, and most importantly do not be afraid to do the passages. That's the only real way you can learn physics, not through reading and re-reading content.
 
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I have the Berkeley Review books and did the passages from 1 section but I got a lot of the questions wrong. 🙁 Mechanics is fine for me but I am having a lot of difficulty with the waves/sound & electricity & magnetism part. I read through the content twice but I am still getting most of the questions in the passages wrong, so I don't think I really understand it. 🙁
 
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sdsweetie said:
I have the Berkeley Review books and did the passages from 1 section but I got a lot of the questions wrong. 🙁 Mechanics is fine for me but I am having a lot of difficulty with the waves/sound & electricity & magnetism part. I read through the content twice but I am still getting most of the questions in the passages wrong, so I don't think I really understand it. 🙁
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Try to understand what mistakes you're making. Do the same passage again maybe the next day and see if you can get all the questions, you'll be surprised to find even after reviewing your answers the day before, you will still miss the same question because the concept never truly sank in. BR electrostatics/magnetism section sucked content wise. The passages are excellent but content was lacking big time. For this I recommend the following two links. Physics Classroom and Hyperphysics. You should actually use both of these links with all topics at some time or another, unless you're really comfortable with that topic. Physicsclassroom really explains things from the bottom up. It does not have magnetism and for that you should use random googling / hyperphysics. Also, if you want some visual / actual teaching, youtube has some amazing people who have put up a lot of videos on probably every subject possible in undergraduate physics. Khanacademy is one, MIT lectures, Stanford lectures.. the list goes on. You'd be surprised how much information is out there.

I have a hard time with physics too, but having so many free resources at your finger tips can really bring you far. Just have to not get so discouraged, negativity clouds the mind.
 
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I feel the exact same way about Physics. Nova is what I'm using. It has a ton of practice problems and detailed answer explanations.
 
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