nova physics chapter 7

[blackandgold1]

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is it just me or does the torque chapter in nova physics go wayyyyyyy in depth? i understand the concept of torque but the problems in that chapter were basically un-doable and quite difficult. does anyone how much in depth the mcat tests this topic?

 

[NRGStar]

Don't be discouraged - that's a very tough chapter. Try them again, and read the examples in the text very carefully. Torque all boils down to drawing the diagrams correctly, so before you attempt to answer any question, draw all the orthogonal components of forces and the distances they act from the fulcrum. The torque section in Nova is definitely more in-depth and difficult than the torque section of Berkeley Review, which I found simplistic. You never know at which level the MCAT tests torque, but if you can understand the examples in Nova, there will be nothing they can throw at you that you won't know how to solve.

By the way, I combined Nova and BR physics for my preparation and found the combination very effective. Both have great questions (though BR has more MCAT-style questions) and great explanations, with Nova being better at reviewing content in some areas (especially the basics of kinematics and dynamics) and BR being better in others.

 

[Swagster]

Don't be discouraged - that's a very tough chapter. Try them again, and read the examples in the text very carefully. Torque all boils down to drawing the diagrams correctly, so before you attempt to answer any question, draw all the orthogonal components of forces and the distances they act from the fulcrum. The torque section in Nova is definitely more in-depth and difficult than the torque section of Berkeley Review, which I found simplistic. You never know at which level the MCAT tests torque, but if you can understand the examples in Nova, there will be nothing they can throw at you that you won't know how to solve.

By the way, I combined Nova and BR physics for my preparation and found the combination very effective. Both have great questions (though BR has more MCAT-style questions) and great explanations, with Nova being better at reviewing content in some areas (especially the basics of kinematics and dynamics) and BR being better in others.

Thank you for your post. It's super helpful. SDN's list recommends Nova and BR for physics, so it's cool to know someone did well with the combination. Do you think the Nova/BR combination is better than the EK/BR combination? The EK explanations are pretty worthless, so if Nova is better, that's what I'd rather use.

 

[NRGStar]

Thank you for your post. It's super helpful. SDN's list recommends Nova and BR for physics, so it's cool to know someone did well with the combination. Do you think the Nova/BR combination is better than the EK/BR combination? The EK explanations are pretty worthless, so if Nova is better, that's what I'd rather use.

I can't say for certain as I haven't tried EK physics. But I can't imagine it being better than Nova or BR. Both are excellent. I was weak in physics so I completed all of nova then did berkeley review. I found BR questions easier, but in MCAT style. Some of the nova questions are hard. You might also try reading nova, doing the nova practice packages, then on your review/rereading days, read the corresponding BR chapter and do their passages. Should be quite covered.