Ps 50/50?

[jrpestana]

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A friend who recently sat for the exam said the PS section was 2/3 Chemistry and 1/3 Physics. Is this the norm or just luck of the draw? I thought it was 50/50...?

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

 

[loveoforganic]

It can't be 50/50 due to an odd number of passages. It's a chance draw.

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

It is definitely a chance draw for both of the science sections, so you shouldn't expect anything. If one person gets a 2/3 g chem and 1/3 physics exam one day, it doesn't mean squat what someone might get the next day.

However, my PS felt 50-50, because they had equal numbers of physics and g chem passages and a passage that was a hybrid of physics and general chemistry. I can't recall exact what the details were, but the gist was an experiment with some transition metal oxides that absorbed specific frequencies of light (that was the general chemistry part), that they had in a machine that made the emitted light coherent (that was the physics part).

Just prepare for both general chemistry and physics, because you're going to see both.

 

[jrpestana]

It is definitely a chance draw for both of the science sections, so you shouldn't expect anything. If one person gets a 2/3 g chem and 1/3 physics exam one day, it doesn't mean squat what someone might get the next day.

However, my PS felt 50-50, because they had equal numbers of physics and g chem passages and a passage that was a hybrid of physics and general chemistry. I can't recall exact what the details were, but the gist was an experiment with some transition metal oxides that absorbed specific frequencies of light (that was the general chemistry part), that they had in a machine that made the emitted light coherent (that was the physics part).

Just prepare for both general chemistry and physics, because you're going to see both.

Thank you kindly for the info. I'll be preparing for both, but physics is 10 yrs old for me... I guess there's nothing I can but pray to be so lucky! 🙂

 

[jrpestana]

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[BennieBlanco]

A friend who recently sat for the exam said the PS section was 2/3 Chemistry and 1/3 Physics. Is this the norm or just luck of the draw? I thought it was 50/50...?

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

I heard they wanted to go with 57/43 split from here on out.

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

I heard they wanted to go with 57/43 split from here on out.

For everyone, or just left-handed test takers?

 

[J ROD]

For everyone, or just left-handed test takers?

What if you can write with both hands!! 🙂

 

[J ROD]

I heard they wanted to go with 57/43 split from here on out.

really?

 

[BennieBlanco]

really?

for the lefties, I guess Berk Rev heard the same rumor.

 

[IndianVercetti]

Mine is going to be a useless post, but the title of this thread just sounds so cool - PS 50/50. Kind of like a game show title or something.

 

[J ROD]

Both times I took the MCAT, I got more Physics than Gchem....and I am SO much better at gchem.

I am such an unlucky bastard!!!

 

[jrpestana]

Mine is going to be a useless post, but the title of this thread just sounds so cool - PS 50/50. Kind of like a game show title or something.

LOL... I was not really thinking as I was multitasking. But it read 1/2 Chem and 1/2 Physics in my head.

 

[jrpestana]

Both times I took the MCAT, I got more Physics than Gchem....and I am SO much better at gchem.

I am such an unlucky bastard!!!

I feel your pain! I see how it varies... Thanks everyone for the replies.

 

[unDRdog]

My MCAT had roughly the same distribution but the PS difficulty was greater bc of the content tested. I had EM/electricity/Optics comprising 40 percent of the Physics. Gen Chem on the other hand was simple solubility/ Periodic table trends...you know the "easy" stuff. All that to say a 50/50 split can really score like a 30/70 because of the difficulty of concepts tested. Know it all....they cant trip you up. GL

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

Both times I took the MCAT, I got more Physics than Gchem....and I am SO much better at gchem.

I am such an unlucky bastard!!!

You must be right-handed, but occassionally use your left hand for eating cereal. That'd be the only way to explain such a distribution twice.

 

[J ROD]

You must be right-handed, but occassionally use your left hand for eating cereal. That'd be the only way to explain such a distribution twice.

I cut my steak up with my left hand!!