MCAT-related acronyms

[stayathomemom]

Is there a good resource for all of the acronyms that come up in this forum? I feel like I waste so much time trying to suss out what the heck TBR, etc. stands for. It's like trying to learn a language for those of us that are just starting out, a gate-keeping of sorts. A list somewhere would be so helpful.

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[Zenabi90]

Great point.

I'll rattle off a few I know:

The Test Prep Companies
TBR - The Berkeley Review
TPR - The Princeton Review
TPRH - The Princeton Review Hyperlearning
EK - Examkrackers
NS - NextStep
KA - Khan Academy
UWorld - USMLEWorld

The MCAT
CP - Chemistry and Phyisics Subsection
BB - Bioology and Biochemistry Subsection
CARS - Critical Analysis and Reading Subsection (aka Verbal Comprehension)
PS - Psychology and Sociology Subsection

Terms
SB - Section Bank, usually provided by AAMC. Full of practice questions.
FL - Full Length practice exams. Can be third party or AAMC


The Organizations
AAMC - American Association of Medical Colleges
AMCAS - American Medical College Application Service (MDs)
AACOMAS - American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (DOs)

You'll see often in signatures:
1 - Primary applications sent out
2 - Secondaries received and/or sent out
II - Interview Invites
A - Acceptances
WL - Waitlists
R - Rejections

 

[stayathomemom]

Great point.

I'll rattle off a few I know:

The Test Prep Companies
TBR - The Berkeley Review
TPR - The Princeton Review
TPRH - The Princeton Review Hyperlearning
EK - Examkrackers
NS - NextStep
KA - Khan Academy
UWorld - USMLEWorld

The MCAT
CP - Chemistry and Phyisics Subsection
BB - Bioology and Biochemistry Subsection
CARS - Critical Analysis and Reading Subsection (aka Verbal Comprehension)
PS - Psychology and Sociology Subsection

Terms
SB - Section Bank, usually provided by AAMC. Full of practice questions.
FL - Full Length practice exams. Can be third party or AAMC


The Organizations
AAMC - American Association of Medical Colleges
AMCAS - American Medical College Application Service (MDs)
AACOMAS - American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Application Service (DOs)

You'll see often in signatures:
1 - Primary applications sent out
2 - Secondaries received and/or sent out
II - Interview Invites
A - Acceptances
WL - Waitlists
R - Rejections

Thank you so much!

 

[esob]

Oh wow, for a minute I thought you had started the thread that I was thinking about starting, which was a compilation of acronyms or other mnemonics for the MCAT (like ROY G BIV). Does anyone know if such a thread already exists?