Most tested MCAT topics

[kehlsh]

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What are some most tested MCAT topics?

I know every topic can be tested, but I just want to get an opinion from experts which certain topics are highly likely to be on the test so that I can pay special attention to them.

Like, certain topic that makes you go "this is definitely going to be on the test." Based on practice exams, previous MCATs, experience, etc.

Thank you!

 

[phltz]

Titration curves
Kidneys
Menstrual Cycle and Endocrine system
Electrochemical Cells

 

[WhizoMD]

waves~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[ElliottB]

waves~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oof, I do not care for waves. Even light/optics is easier to grasp than stupid waves.

 

[plzNOCarribbean]

I asked this question before. All i ever got was...Just know everything. Study everything. Nice to see you are getting responses.

I would def. say
electrochemistry
nuclear chemistry
optics
waves
and excretory system

 

[seriusdoc]

seems like theres very little mechanics?

 

[venacontracta]

This is a really tough question. I'd say an accurate answer would be that there are not really any low-yield topics that can be ignored completely, but that it is very important to understand the extent of knowledge which is required about each topic. In other words, rather than trying to separate topics in terms of low yield and high yield topics I'd separate them into topics you have a passing familiarity with vs. topics you deeply understand.

Examples:

I wouldn't ignore nuclear chemistry. But it takes 10 minutes to learn what alpha particles, beta particles, electrons, and positrons are (in terms of their symbols with atomic and mass numbers), understand the concept of balancing nuclear chemistry equations, and quickly review an equation for each of the possible types of nuclear decay. That takes 10 minutes and you shouldn't not do it. I wouldn't call nuclear chemistry high-yield because there will only be a few questions about it on any given MCAT, but those questions appear so consistently that it shouldn't be written off as a low yield topic either, considering how little you need to learn to be able to answer the vast majority of MCAT nuclear chemistry questions.

SN1/SN2/E1/E2 you should know very very well, because your understanding of these can be tested by a large number of different scenarios. Clearly something which you should devote a lot of time, if necessary, to developing a good understanding of.

 

[NickNaylor]

There are no "experts" on SDN. Anyone who pretends to be one is exercising their ego. Study everything, because there's no way to predict what you'll see. I didn't see most of the topics people have listed in this thread on the real test.

 

[Dr Optimistic]

waves
v=iR
p=iV
sN2 Sn1 E1 E2 titration curves... anything in the review books that show a graph or a curve
catalysts (what do they do? what don't they do?)

GENETICS!!!!

Lots of conceptual stuff but not a lot of math. Understand what things mean and not just how to plug into a formula. For better or worse my MCAT seemed more intuitive and less plug and chug...

 

[Salient]

Yeah, I felt like there were less math problems on my MCAT than on the official AAMC practice tests. There were several concepts in the PS section that I had never seen on any practice tests, so yeah. Study everything.