Form CH

[fahimaz7]

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Well, that was fun. PS had like 3 math problems and 1 formula that they didn't give you.

What was up with the last passage in VR? Damn, that **** was not fun

Ah, the nice prompts though.... 🙂

BioScience had lots of genetics related problems.

All in all, I thought it was different than the Kaplan stuff. Very indepth Bio section w/ only 2 Organic passages. The lack of math in the PS was also strange.

Scott

 

[willthatsall]

I had this one too. It wasn't too bad, I thought the VR started out easy and got pretty hard towards the end. Last passage was killer. PS was so so, I would say a little harder than AAMC's. BS was different. All bio until the last 2 or 3 passages which were all organic. A few of the bio passages were pretty tricky. Overall I feel alright, but I think I did worse than I was expecting.

 

[ethanolabsolute]

I had form CM, but it sounds like my test was just like the one u guys took. Maybe if the first letter is C they are the same form? I don't know why they would do thta though. What were some of the specific topics on ur tests? Ill throw out one topic from each one PS: modal frequency on drums (yuck), VR: limestone caves, BS: Glenda and Johnny go boating and get lots of labwork....

 

[plsaxepme]

I had form CM, but it sounds like my test was just like the one u guys took. Maybe if the first letter is C they are the same form? I don't know why they would do thta though. What were some of the specific topics on ur tests? Ill throw out one topic from each one PS: modal frequency on drums (yuck), VR: limestone caves, BS: Glenda and Johnny go boating and get lots of labwork....

I had form CN, and had all those passages too. So I guess the C's must all be the same or something. I wish I hadn't been half-asleep during the first few passages in BS. I remember there being a passage with two charts I couldn't make heads or tails of so I guessed through quite a bit of it. I think it was about pressure and blood flow.

 

[willthatsall]

I had form CM, but it sounds like my test was just like the one u guys took. Maybe if the first letter is C they are the same form? I don't know why they would do thta though. What were some of the specific topics on ur tests? Ill throw out one topic from each one PS: modal frequency on drums (yuck), VR: limestone caves, BS: Glenda and Johnny go boating and get lots of labwork....

Yeah that's the one. I'm not sure if it is the first letter or what. Sounds like a lot of people had drums. I've seen that exact passage before, can't remember if it was a Kaplan FL or AAMC, but it was just like that. Still don't really understand the full concept behind it, but it was pretty easy since I had seen it before. And when I say exactly like it, it had the same questions about the frequencies and the sand and everything. Weird.

 

[ethanolabsolute]

Yeah that's the one. I'm not sure if it is the first letter or what. Sounds like a lot of people had drums. I've seen that exact passage before, can't remember if it was a Kaplan FL or AAMC, but it was just like that. Still don't really understand the full concept behind it, but it was pretty easy since I had seen it before. And when I say exactly like it, it had the same questions about the frequencies and the sand and everything. Weird.

OMG, thats right, there was a passage on one of the practice tests that I took that had that same pasage! and I remember the same sand question. Dang! I didn't remember the specifics though when I took the test today, sadly, so I may have missed a couple of those questions.

 

[ethanolabsolute]

Shoot, I just thought of something, that sucks that I had the same test as u did Will, because u are going to pull the curve up to high heaven! 😱

 

[willthatsall]

Shoot, I just thought of something, that sucks that I had the same test as u did Will, because u are going to pull the curve up to high heaven! 😱

Haha, I hope so, but I don't feel too good about this one. I usually feel like I did worse than I end up doing, but there were a lot of times today when I just didn't know what was going on. That usually doesn't happen much. I definitely did worse on the raw score than I have been. I probably didn't bomb it because that would be a huge drop, but I'm fairly positive I didn't do as well as I have been doing. Anyway, bizarre story from the way home. I was riding behind this car and on the bumper was a huge bumper sticker, probably 9 inches across, and all it said was "CH" in black letters on a white background. Weird.

 

[fahimaz7]

It wasn't the same passage. But, some of the stuff like the nodes had the same ideas.

 

[bgreet]

Hey just wondering on the one with the ****

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[fahimaz7]

B/c Neuronal transmissions are determined by Ca2+ levels in the body. W/o it you can't function and w/ too much you lock up and are hypersensitive.

Scott

 

[bgreet]

But neurons dont use Ca, muscles do.

 

[LiNk]

I had CG but I think it was like CH. Oh man I just don't know. but then again, I always walked out of Kaplan saying "I just don't know." There were some questions in PS about capillary flow and resistance (dogs), those weren't bad. There were some "gimmies" ****

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[barkler]

But neurons dont use Ca, muscles do.

I'm pretty sure neurons need calcium for exocytosis of neurotransmitter vesicles

Did anyone else have form CM? I don't know what to make of it. I have a feeling that ps was easy but I didn't think I did well on it. Anyone remember some questions on the ps section?

 

[bgreet]

Barkler I had CM

 

[barkler]

****...

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[bgreet]

I think I picked H+.. not sure if thats right though

 

[VPDcurt]

But neurons dont use Ca, muscles do.

The Action potential reaches the end of the neuron and opens the Voltage Gated Calcium Channels. Calcium enters and causes the release of ACh vesicles. I had Form CT. I thought VR couldn't have been much easier. PS was a little tougher than I had expected/hoped and BS was a walk in the park! Thank god this crap is over with.

 

[myodana]

Well, that was fun. PS had like 3 math problems and 1 formula that they didn't give you.

What was up with the last passage in VR? Damn, that **** was not fun

Ah, the nice prompts though.... 🙂

BioScience had lots of genetics related problems.

All in all, I thought it was different than the Kaplan stuff. Very indepth Bio section w/ only 2 Organic passages. The lack of math in the PS was also strange.

Scott

i had the same experience with form CH - i thought physics was tough - it kicked my ass and i was really short on time by the end (started out at a good pace, then i think i got stuck up on something or other and slowed down... barely finished, but i managed to mark every oval.
i started out with a bang on verbal, and finished with a whimper. HELLO, limestone? literature canons? those were tough - i remember the last one being hard but i've already blocked out the subject.
bio wasn't bad... different than everything i've studied. lots of genetics... eek. and kind of intuitive. i was psyched that the orgo stuff wasn't bad. yay for enolates!!!

we shall see.

 

[willthatsall]

i had the same experience with form CH - i thought physics was tough - it kicked my ass and i was really short on time by the end (started out at a good pace, then i think i got stuck up on something or other and slowed down... barely finished, but i managed to mark every oval.
i started out with a bang on verbal, and finished with a whimper. HELLO, limestone? literature canons? those were tough - i remember the last one being hard but i've already blocked out the subject.
bio wasn't bad... different than everything i've studied. lots of genetics... eek. and kind of intuitive. i was psyched that the orgo stuff wasn't bad. yay for enolates!!!

we shall see.

No doubt, that VR started out so easy and ended up so hard. I was rolling through the first 5 passages. They got progressively harder, culminating in what might have been the hardest passage I've ever seen if I could even remember what it was about. I just remember it was too hard.

 

[VPDcurt]

am I the only one that liked the limestone passage? this is relative of course.

 

[willthatsall]

Nah I thought limestone was actually not bad. The trouble started after that for me.

 

[SOUNDMAN]

totally agree about the limestone, I actually had form DM, but all of the questions and passages you are talking about were on my form. I hated BS more than anything and the last passage in verbal, I don't even remember what it was about...way too hard.

 

[myodana]

yeah... then we got to bio. "****WOOHOO!

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[VPDcurt]

I think there was one with Thoreau or something that I wasn't too interested in.

 

[akaneko]

Do you remember the passage about calcium carbonate buildup? Specifically, what substance would be used to dissolve it? It's been bothering me since this morning...

HCO3-, common ion effect on solubility.

 

[willthatsall]

I think there was one with Thoreau or something that I wasn't too interested in.

I think that was the last one.

 

[wire]

HCO3-, common ion effect on solubility.

doesnt the common ion effect make solubility go down?

 

[Scottish Chap]

doesnt the common ion effect make solubility go down?

Yes: Le Chatilier's priciple. I did not put HCO3- for that reason.

 

[Mahi]

You know, that question about too much calcium really bothered me. I dont see how it is neuromuscular, and still dont because the uptake of calcium at the axon is dictated by action potentials. If there is normal conduction of action potential then too mcuh calcium wouldnt matter because calcium comes into the cell with its electrochemical gradient anyway. I also put gastrointestinal because i remember something about calcium dictating the force of contraction in smooth muscle cells. Also anyone else remember the bio stand alone question towards the end that asked what would happen when someone was recovering from fatigue. As much as I kept wanting to put lactic acid, i kept reading the question and it said AS someone was recovering from fatigue. I ended up putting ADP because as someone is RECOVERING from fatigue and lactic acid build up they are more and more able to perform aerobic respiration. I ended up putting ADP. That question was bugging me though. Overall I think physics was hard, verbal seemed easy until the end, Im worried the last few passages is whats going to separate the good from the mediocre. Bio was decent, I like physiology.

 

[SensesFail]

Aaaah yeah! That one about RECOVERING muscle... It bugged me for about 3 mins and I just had to move on so I put Lactic Acid. 👎

 

[bgreet]

I don't think I put adp or lactic acid. Anyone remember the two other possible choices?

BTW: I thought the passage on the rail gun was pretty cool, anyone else agree? Never knew how one of those worked till I read it.

 

[VPDcurt]

There were 3 answers to the muscle question that could be grouped together and 1 that didn't fit. It was the one that didn't fit that was correct! I don't want to give away too much because some people haven't taken it yet.

 

[bgreet]

There were 3 answers to the muscle question that could be grouped together and 1 that didn't fit. It was the one that didn't fit that was correct! I don't want to give away too much because some people haven't taken it yet.

Just say what the answer was. They usually don't reuse questions like those.

 

[VPDcurt]

glycogen

 

[bgreet]

Yea thats what I put. Since the body is recovering, its replenishing its glucose source which is usually stored in glycogen. I think it takes 2 days to completely replenish glycogen storages after strenuous activity from what I remember.

 

[VPDcurt]

Yeah the key was trying to distinguish between a muscle having just fatigued and one that is in the recovery state. The wording threw me off for a little while. I also developed a piercing headache during the lunchbreak which didn't go away until, well, i actually still have it right now to be honest with you.

 

[wire]

well the other answer was myoglobin and i put that. wouldn't a muscle recovering from fatigue have a high myoglobin concentration since its trying to replenish it's oxygen supply? ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[VPDcurt]

Nope - myoglobin is associated with injury, not fatigue.

 

[bgreet]

No, myoglobin concentration doesnt change. It's the oxygen concentration binded to myoglobin that changes.

 

[VPDcurt]

Myoglobin concentration can and does change under various circumstances, but it was not the correct choice here.

 

[licious]

am I the only one that liked the limestone passage? this is relative of course.

no, I liked the limestone passage too- straightforward and lots of retrieval questions, you just had to know where to look.

I didn't like the last passage either, I think...

 

[ethanolabsolute]

getting back to those 2 questions tht everyone was debating, I put glycogen for the recovering from fatigue question, cause I think the other choices would only have been right if u were BECOMING fatigued, and the myoglobin was wrong either way because myoglin concenctration wouldn't change. For the calcium ion one, I realize that all 3 kinds of muscle use calcium ions, but does that mean that extra calcium ions would cause harm? I was sketchy on that, I put gastrointestinal because the large intestine has calcium and other salt ions move across it, so i figured if a gradient of Ca built up, then that would mess that up. I don't know for sure though, I just wanted to present my answers and my reasons for them, anyone else put those answers?

 

[fahimaz7]

I did glycogen and neuromuscular. I remember talking about it in my Neurobiology class at UGA and that calcium levels are the strictest, regulation wise, out of all of the hormones/ions in the human body.

Scott

 

[Fusion]

yeah... then we got to bio. "what connects bone to bone?" i was like, YES! that was a LIGAMENT in my knee that i tore! it's LIGAMENT! WOOHOO!

I put ligament as well. However, I debated over "ligament" and "cartilage" because the way the question was worded, it sounded like it was asking about the TISSUE, not the actual structure. Basically, I thought that it may be a subtle MCAT trick, but I went with the safe answer and chose ligament.

 

[Mahi]

yea i think that question was a trick too

 

[Jon Davis]

I put ligament too. Its the only thing that fit.
The other choices were:
Tendon (NO), Cartilage (No, those are the things on the ends of bone, it doesnt connect anything), Synovial (seemed non-sensical).

That limestone one wasnt bad. It basically tested if you could fetch the info they wanted. The literature cannons i did in the last 5 mins and i finished it! I only guessed on 2 for that and the rest of them I hunted them down in the passage. About 7/9 I tore up but the cannons one was a toughy. I think EK 101 verbal did a great job of prepping for the exam.
I desperately want to get the PS section back!!!
Clearly the answer to the heated pipe was Radiator, I put insulator too and what a dumb move.
I found the passage of the intestinal bacteria cool cause I read that SAME article in the same magazine it was published in. They really dumbed it down for the exam. It was cool nonetheless.

 

[Scandal]

I had form CM, but it sounds like my test was just like the one u guys took. Maybe if the first letter is C they are the same form? I don't know why they would do thta though. What were some of the specific topics on ur tests? Ill throw out one topic from each one PS: modal frequency on drums (yuck), VR: limestone caves, BS: Glenda and Johnny go boating and get lots of labwork....

I had DH and had those passages too. Strange.

The guy behind me when the test was over asked the proctor what to do if some of the MCAT questions had errors. He kept repeating "This is absurd, absolutely absurd." Ok, you're a genius. Now shut up.

 

[VPDcurt]

Yeah - cartilage does not connect bone to bone. Synovial fluid is the fluid found in cartilage so that makes it incorrect too. Ligament was the only logical/correct choice...I didn't think this question was tricky - seemed pretty straight forward.

 

[ethanolabsolute]

How bout that Ochem discrete question where it asks which products came from a homolytic reaction? I did not know what homolytic means, so I had to try to make a good guess. I figured since it had the word "homo" in it, that might mean that the breakage of bonds resulted in equal parts, so i picked the free radical products. Was that right? Heh, I guess I could just look this up, but I am being soooooo lazy now that mcat is over 😎