Is everything you learn in Biology fair game on the MCAT

[Fakhter]

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My biology professor told me only certain concepts are on the MCAT.

 

[Bluto385]

My biology professor told me only certain concepts are on the MCAT.

This question would be better directed towards the AAMC...

 

[angemon89]

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/85566/data/bstopics.pdf

 

[TheShaker]

Just pick up a review book (EK, TPR, TBR) when the time comes and they should have everything you need. These days, the bio section is more about analysis and comprehension so while you will have the background knowledge, the passages will likely be about something you have never seen before.

 

[Benedictus123]

No. But it should be.

 

[red doctober]

No. But it should be.

Yeah because we'll really need to know about how that root tip figures out which way is down when we're doctors

 

[Drogo]

Yeah because we'll really need to know about how that root tip figures out which way is down when we're doctors

c'mon brah, understanding gravitropism and how cytokinins and auxins effect root growth is essential in the world of medicine.

 

[appleman123]

i always felt that bio 101 + 102 were useless for the MCAT, and I've always felt that biochem/molec cell = INCREDIBLE for the MCAT. food for thought...

 

[red doctober]

Dont forget about physio

 

[BA11]

No

 

[gettheleadout]

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/85566/data/bstopics.pdf

This.

No. But it should be.

Oh heck no.

 

[calvnandhobbs68]

Just pick up a review book (EK, TPR, TBR) when the time comes and they should have everything you need. These days, the bio section is more about analysis and comprehension so while you will have the background knowledge, the passages will likely be about something you have never seen before.

Fo sho.

Learn what you need to get an A in the class but chances are a decent amount of the stuff in a gen bio class you won't ever see on the MCAT.

 

[MrChance2]

The stuff on the MCAT is generally stuff that is easy to make work on a standardized test. Nephron function, genetics problems, metabolism stuff, menstraul cycle, what hormone leads to what, what part of the cell does what, etc. Biology concepts that you can ask logic problems about is the majority of the Bio MCAT. There is hardly any "what's this protein called" type stuff

 

[cuculici1]

Yeah because we'll really need to know about how that root tip figures out which way is down when we're doctors

Agreed, you also need to memorize this in order to well on the MCAT:

http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/images/taxonomic_key.gif

 

[tima]

Everything listed on AAMC's Content Outline for Biological Science Section is fair game.