How NOT to study for the MCAT (Rage Comic)

[flatearth22]

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[Monocles]

Dude, keep it to four panels.

 

[texahn]

we should start a subreddit and it would probably not be that good

 

[Ride Big Sky]

anyone else confused by the salt/snow square? wtf?

i'm guessing you're from someplace with a warm climate OP

 

[hiyaman]

anyone else confused by the salt/snow square? wtf?

i'm guessing you're from someplace with a warm climate OP

Isn't that from home alone? He salts the ice and the thieves slip on it and stuff?

 

[DAPI]

anyone else confused by the salt/snow square? wtf?

Yes

 

[Ride Big Sky]

the block is saying throwing salt onto snow would PREVENT it from melting and being slippery. in reality salt is thrown on snow/ice in order to make it melt.

no wonder the mcat was so confusing and caused a little rage. the OP is confused with basics


It's sad when even a simple rage comic can be so completely ruined. I think I just shed a single tear.

 

[Endolas]

Isn't that from home alone? He salts the ice and the thieves slip on it and stuff?

HAHAHAHAHAHA!


Oh, you're serious.



Solutes lower the freezing point, so it has to be COLDER to freeze.


Edit: Also the airfoil explanation is wrong, but most people think it's that too, so no biggie.
Edit 2: I just reread it. It's not only wrong, it's the wrong wrong explanation. Lulz.

 

[mTOR]

OP make another thread and name it "Pre-med memes"

 

[Tappinfool66]

the block is saying throwing salt onto snow would prevent it from melting and being slippery. In reality salt is thrown on snow/ice in order to make it melt.

+1

 

[Ride Big Sky]

hey man just remember once the salt is all gone there is often a little bit of liquid water on top of a layer of ice. that can be some slippery ****

i dont remember the movie, but if thats what happened it can still make it uber slippery



edit: i guess i just took this for some kindergarten knowledge since im from a cold state. people, during the winter you throw down salt on your driveway, the state salts/sands the roads. this is done to lower the freezing point and therefore melt snow/ice and prevent ice from forming on surfaces.

 

[simplyjas]

i think the soda one is completely wrong too.

troll face

 

[alienshards]

i think the soda one is completely wrong too.

troll face

You are correct.

In warm soda, the carbonation completely leaves the soda since solubility decreases, so there is no more dissolved carbon dioxide to make bubbles.

I guess 1/4 isn't too bad...

 

[circulus vitios]

You are correct.

In warm soda, the carbonation completely leaves the soda since solubility decreases, so there is no more dissolved carbon dioxide to make bubbles.

I guess 1/4 isn't too bad...

Uhh, isn't that what it's saying?

 

[MizuNoHane]

This thread is so tragic.

 

[weightyheart]

lol, so 3 out of 4 of the examples are completely wrong. I would have thought this was done on purpose if the torque example wasn't correct. now its just fail 🙁

 

[NickNaylor]

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[circulus vitios]

How is the soda panel wrong? Gases are more soluble at lower temperatures. I think "bubbly" refers to tasting bubbly, not the gas bubbling out of solution.

 

[simplyjas]

How is the soda panel wrong? Gases are more soluble at lower temperatures. I think "bubbly" refers to tasting bubbly, not the gas bubbling out of solution.

i guess it all does depend on his definition of bubbly.

but if he means gas bubbling out, which the picture kind of implies, then he is making a brilliant commentary on how many mcat answers are given. ie a statement and a correct, yet not applicable explanation.

overall, all the panels should have been either right or wrong for this to be a good FUUUUUUUUUUU comic

 

[WhizoMD]

did any of you read the thread title?

 

[gettheleadout]

did any of you read the thread title?

I interpret the title + final panel to be saying don't use MCAT study knowledge in real life and expect that to prepare you for the test. Like someone else said, if the examples were intentionally wrong, they should have ALL been wrong.

 

[LuciusVorenus]

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All in favor of stripping him of his "2+ year member" badge?

 

[Hypaspist]

Tru that on the freezing point one. Entropy is increased from the addition of salt causing higher disorder, and thus no lattices to form. Gen chem w00t