How much classical mechanics?

[TXKnight]

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I'm not going to cut corners in my studying or anything but I'm just curious...I really dislike pulleys,crates,center of mass,torque,angular velocity/acceleration, projectile motion and was wondering how much of that you saw on your recent real MCAT. I know its going to be there, but...just how much of it? It's not terribly hard for me, but there's something about those topics that make me feel uneasy. I guess practice makes perfect, right?
On the other hand I enjoy and are proficient with other stuff (gravitation,etc), EM,circuits,waves.
Anyone?

 

[Silverfalcon]

I'm not going to cut corners in my studying or anything but I'm just curious...I really dislike pulleys,crates,center of mass,torque,angular velocity/acceleration, projectile motion and was wondering how much of that you saw on your recent real MCAT. I know its going to be there, but...just how much of it? It's not terribly hard for me, but there's something about those topics that make me feel uneasy. I guess practice makes perfect, right?
On the other hand I enjoy and are proficient with other stuff (gravitation,etc), EM,circuits,waves.
Anyone?

Every test is different. Plus, you do realize that discussing specifics about real MCAT is against the AAMC rules, right?

 

[TXKnight]

Every test is different. Plus, you do realize that discussing specifics about real MCAT is against the AAMC rules, right?

LOL...yeah I though about the specificity of my question but I finally thought it wasn't bad and it was up to the people who answer the question, i.e someone responds back with an actual MCAT passage they memorized somewhat,etc
But you are right to note that each test is different and (as I have argued before too) there's no room for not reviewing fully.Thanks and good luck SilverFalcon.

 

[Silverfalcon]

LOL...yeah I though about the specificity of my question but I finally thought it wasn't bad and it was up to the people who answer the question, i.e someone responds back with an actual MCAT passage they memorized somewhat,etc
But you are right to note that each test is different and (as I have argued before too) there's no room for not reviewing fully.Thanks and good luck SilverFalcon.

What I can definitely tell you (I am retaking so I'm one of those people who took the real MCAT recently 😉) is that you will likely not going to find just Chemistry or Physics passages. Everything will be Physical Sciences - does this make sense?

 

[TXKnight]

What I can definitely tell you (I am retaking so I'm one of those people who took the real MCAT recently 😉) is that you will likely not going to find just Chemistry or Physics passages. Everything will be Physical Sciences - does this make sense?

got you...it totally makes sense Silverfalcon 😉 thank you!

 

[Rabolisk]

Classical mechanics is somewhat math heavy, but not much worse than other physics topics, and I find it to be very intuitive and easy to visualize and understand. Because it's such a broad topic, it will be covered on the MCAT. I wouldn't advise against reviewing it fully.

 

[NYR56]

Mechanics is a critical section of the MCAT Physics, and I would go as far as saying it is the most important section to study. Mechanics questions appear as entire passages, as well as side questions under other topics.