Physics questions on MCAT

[remonde]

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I will be taking the MCAT this upcoming January. The thing is, I will have finished all of my pre-reqs except for Physics 2 (which I will be taking at the start of the spring semester). Now will the MCAT cover topics that are examined in physics 2 or will it strictly cover only mechanical physics? Physics 2 at my university covers electricity and magnetism.

I am asking for advice as to whether I should go ahead and take my MCAT in January or wait until May when I have finished Physics 2. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Isoprop]

Physics 2 material will be more heavily tested than physics 1 material. Wait until May.

 

[gettheleadout]

Moving to MCAT Disc.

 

[remonde]

So the MCAT will have more electricity problems on it than mechanical ones?

 

[mafunk]

Random comment to Isoprops - I dig your tagline, "I love naps"

 

[xroc]

I have taken the MCAT without taking physycs 2 or analytical chem. Just buy the TPR gen chem and physics book and study that inside out. With those materials as well as a good amount of practice problems/passages you should be fine. I ended up with a 14 on my physical science section and found physics 2 to be the easiest part of it.

 

[centrigeugle]

Optics, sound/waves/SHM, and electrical circuits are extremely high-yield physics topics.

The equations and concepts themselves are very simple, but you will absolutely need to know them.

 

[Oncoloman]

Optics, sound/waves/SHM, and electrical circuits are extremely high-yield physics topics.

The equations and concepts themselves are very simple, but you will absolutely need to know them.

Exactly. It would be like taking an exam you barely studied for. BS is a little different as you can derive most of the information from the concepts ingrained within the passage, yet unfortunately with PS you need to know the exact answer and how to derive it in you head/ on paper. Those concepts learned in Phys 2 will be tested very heavily. Make it easy on yourself and wait until you get Phys 2 under your belt. 👍

 

[Chrome19]

My MCAT was mostly physics I (95-98% I think). I think physics II is easier though.

 

[notbobtrustme]

So the MCAT will have more electricity problems on it than mechanical ones?

The 8-12 exam was like 100% mechanical, so...

 

[Morsetlis]

However, mechanical and thermodynamics are easy and can be contained within like 5 equations and trigonometry.

Electricity and magnetism = ****ing magnets how do they work 😡

I had a question about EM emission from an excited electron dropping down in energy level (emission spectroscopy), with this horrible equation:

and Rydberg formula:

Oh, sure, everything was explained nicely in the question, but I've seen those equations once in my life before 😡