How Many Equations Did You Memorize?

[bark]

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I'm making a list of equations to remember and I was just wondering how many you guys memorized? My worry is that with 4 months until the test, I'll forget a lot of equations I need to solve problems.

 

[zipnogg]

Not too many to memorize for gen. chem. As for physics, so many of them are analogous with each other that all you really have to do is just group seemingly different situations under one common equation and you're set.

 

[Postictal Raiden]

I'm making a list of equations to remember and I was just wondering how many you guys memorized? My worry is that with 4 months until the test, I'll forget a lot of equations I need to solve problems.

Don't worry about memorizing equations, it will come with practice.

 

[OCDOCDOCD]

I memorized over 100. Pretty much everything that was highlighted in EK physics and gen chem and some of the equations from TBR physics and gen chem that I kept seeing.

A lot of these will come with practice, but you should still make flashcards to drill with. I went over my cards after every physics chapter during content review, and then went over them before each FL after content review. In the last couple of weeks before the test I was going over them most days.

Also keep in mind that when learning the equations you should be thinking about them conceptually, not just memorizing the formula. You should understand why each variable is where it is in the equation (ie denominator vs numerator vs left side of the equation vs right side) and what the significance of operations and numbers are (for example, what it means when a variable is taken by the square root, or what it means when a variable in the denominator is multiplied by 4). This is really what the MCAT focuses on when it asks questions that require use of a formula. The questions that are simple calculations using a formula are comparatively rare. In addition, knowing the formulas conceptually makes them much easier to recall.

 

[mcat prep]

I'm making a list of equations to remember and I was just wondering how many you guys memorized? My worry is that with 4 months until the test, I'll forget a lot of equations I need to solve problems.

Of course, understanding is more important that rote memorization but I think you'll find this helpful: www.goldstandard-mcat.com/physics-equation-lists/

 

[DAPI]

The way to do this is to write out the equations on a blank sheet of paper before starting to study. As you learn more equations add them to the previous equations. Do this every time. It only takes a few minutes and eventually you will have them all memorized. Then when you take your practice exams, write out the equations from memory in the 10 minutes before as you would have on test day.

This way, you have memorized the equations, know where they are on that sheet of paper cause you have been doing it for months, and have them easily accessible on test day instead of trying to remember them as you go through the test.

Obviously there are some equations that do not have to been on this sheet that you just know, but you get the idea.

 

[Gauss44]

I'm making a list of equations to remember and I was just wondering how many you guys memorized? My worry is that with 4 months until the test, I'll forget a lot of equations I need to solve problems.

You should do fine if you know the highlighted equations in ExamKrackers. EK aims to give you only what you need to know so you don't waste your time.