MCAT Experiments That We Need to Know?

[thomasfx10]

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I am looking for a list (If there is one), of MCAT experiments (BS mostly) that are likely to be on the MCAT. I did find an old link dated back to 2002 that had a few experiments (Listed below)

If there is a another link, please post, if not then lets start a list here.

It has been awhile since I have done some of these experiments and I want to see if there is a YouTube video I can watch. I am a visual learner.

BS (Bio and OChem Exeriments)
Column chromatography
elctrophoresis experiment
DNA labeling experiment
extraction experiment

PS
Electrochemical cell
An reaction that evolves a gas that is collected
A pendulum experiment (or spring)
RC circuit

 

[apumic]

I am looking for a list (If there is one), of MCAT experiments (BS mostly) that are likely to be on the MCAT. I did find an old link dated back to 2002 that had a few experiments (Listed below)

If there is a another link, please post, if not then lets start a list here.

It has been awhile since I have done some of these experiments and I want to see if there is a YouTube video I can watch. I am a visual learner.

BS (Bio and OChem Exeriments)
Column chromatography
elctrophoresis experiment
DNA labeling experiment
extraction experiment

PS
Electrochemical cell
An reaction that evolves a gas that is collected
A pendulum experiment (or spring)
RC circuit

Honestly, they're usually more obscure or specialized than that. you need to understand concepts well and be able to break things down into simple concepts. It's not so much "knowing about" those as being able to be given any given system and instantly understand its components. For the current MCAT, you'd probably be better served by reading the Methods section of some journal articles and go through the exercise of breaking down how a described machine, system, or experiment works in basic (gen chem/gen physics/gen bio/ochem) terms.

 

[PiBond]

For BS section there's a few lab techniques you'll need to be familiar with like:
Thin Layer Chromatography
Column Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Mass Spec
H and C NMR
Fractional/Simple Distillation
Gel electrophoresis
Extraction
PCR
All the blotting types
ELISA

From my experience, these are the most likely ones to come up in passages. There's a few others I've seen (ie SDS page) that are more rare but the above are certainly high-yield.

I can't help with PS, sorry.

 

[90210]

For BS section there's a few lab techniques you'll need to be familiar with like:
Thin Layer Chromatography
Column Chromatography
Gas Chromatography
Mass Spec
H and C NMR
Fractional/Simple Distillation
Gel electrophoresis
Extraction
PCR
All the blotting types
ELISA

From my experience, these are the most likely ones to come up in passages. There's a few others I've seen (ie SDS page) that are more rare but the above are certainly high-yield.

I can't help with PS, sorry.

Your motto made me lol.

 

[coyotelime]

TBR Gen Chem is great at telling you what experiments you need to know, so look into that for the gen chem ones.