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Also I was going through the outline and I totally freaked out because I couldn't remember basic Chem things.. And then it all came back. Butttt it was scary nonetheless.
 
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Ok how predictive are these numbers? This is my mixed-bag practice test but none of it is AAMC practice FL.

AAMC Official Guide Chem - 90%
AAMC Cars question pack (1 test section) - 91%
EK 2 Bio - 84%
EK 2 Psych - 94%
 
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MD.Hopeful said:
From what I've been hearing, getting a 513 on a TPR puts you in a great spot! I would just go over what you got wrong in the P/S section on the AAMC and see if there a trend as to what you're lacking in. I got a 31 last year too, so hopefully we both improve!
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Yeah, I will definitely do that. It's nice that the TPR exams list the areas you need to focus on. I am also going to just read over the glossary in the back of the psych book to refresh myself with the terms.

I guess the main thing I am concerned about is retaking the exam to have it either be the same score or only 1 point higher. Last year I was scoring 32-34 on my practice exams, to get only a 31. But I also heard the practice exams were slightly easier and the real exams got harder each year. Now I'm not sure how the practice exam compares.

Good luck to you as well!
 
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itsallgood92 said:
Are those TPR course test scores? or TPR review test scores? I always get confused when people refer to TPR 1-3.

Either way those are solid scores! (thumbs up)
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TPR core test scores. I'm not sure if people have different programs (mine was an incomplete/discounted course offered through my post bac program where we had access to the books and online modules for all subjects but only had instructors for physics, gen chem, organic chem, and psych). The one I took has 5 core tests and then a separate section for review and supplemental tests. I haven't gotten to the review tests yet since I just haven't had time :/
 
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whoareyou said:
Yes! For example, if q^2 = 0.0025 how is it q = 0.005?? (question 136)
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Yeah I spent a while freaking out about my math abilities on that one. They got it wrong. Reviewing EK1 was really helpful, but the solutions to EK2 were not very good. It's not just you, don't worry 🙂
 
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How long do the AAMC question packs take? Is it all passage-based questions?

I didn't even know those existed until yesterday. I'm testing on Saturday, and I'm not sure it's worth it for me to try to complete them all today, unless they don't take that long.
 
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Not sure if I should take this exam tomorrow. Got a 498 on the last test I took this past Wednesday. Is that a good score for the exam? I'm really lost. 🙁
 
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Question packs are great content review. 120 questions each. I believe they are all passage based but I took them awhile ago and don't remember exactly...
 
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Clarus said:
Not sure if I should take this exam tomorrow. Got a 498 on the last test I took this past Wednesday. Is that a good score for the exam? I'm really lost. 🙁
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Go look at the SDN threads comparing percentiles to practice exams. Plenty of people were scoring in that range and getting 80th percentile and above.
Use those tests for content, only go by AAMC for predictability.
 
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Today I am going over aa's one last time, to make sure. I'm going to to my lessons learned and I'm going to practice writing my cheat sheet for the 10 min tutorial.

I am kind of excited to take this tomorrow. I've never studied so much for a single test.
 
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It definitely is exciting. How much are you guys putting on your scratch paper for the 10 min tutorial? I'm def gonna put aa's, some pka's and then maybe some random formulas that I tend to forget.
 
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Oh and more importantly for food tomorrow:

PBJ, Dark chocolate, a thermos of coffee, small water bottle, gum, and a protein bar.

Caffeine, hydration, protein.
 
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nsharma23 said:
It definitely is exciting. How much are you guys putting on your scratch paper for the 10 min tutorial? I'm def gonna put aa's, some pka's and then maybe some random formulas that I tend to forget.
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What pka's are you going to put down? I never really thought to add that.

I'm putting the lineweaver burke plot for common inhibitors

MNEMONICS. Lots of them. If you guys have any please share

ROY G BIV (light frequencies)
ADEK (Fat soluble vitamins)
GAPVLIMP (hydrophobic side chain)


Stuff like that. And as you said formulas.. I'm going to clump them in categories.. I'm going to write the ones I know cold too
 
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mikil100 said:
What pka's are you going to put down? I never really thought to add that.

I'm putting the lineweaver burke plot for common inhibitors

MNEMONICS. Lots of them. If you guys have any please share

ROY G BIV (light frequencies)
ADEK (Fat soluble vitamins)
GAPVLIMP (hydrophobic side chain)


Stuff like that. And as you said formulas.. I'm going to clump them in categories.. I'm going to write the ones I know cold too
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pKas
CH4 48
Aldehyde ketone 20
Alc and water 16
Phenol 10
COOH 5

Amine group 10

D E amino acids 4
H 6.5
K 10
R 12
 
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mikil100 said:
What pka's are you going to put down? I never really thought to add that.

I'm putting the lineweaver burke plot for common inhibitors

MNEMONICS. Lots of them. If you guys have any please share

ROY G BIV (light frequencies)
ADEK (Fat soluble vitamins)
GAPVLIMP (hydrophobic side chain)


Stuff like that. And as you said formulas.. I'm going to clump them in categories.. I'm going to write the ones I know cold too
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You can just say the BC vitamins are water soluble, like BC powder lol. Thats how I remember it
 
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I've been off coffee for two weeks now and waking up at 6 the past two weeks so i won't be tired for the exam. And yet i still feel tired every day i wake up at 6!
 
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mikil100 said:
Any mnemonics for sugars? I only have glucose's structure memorized. Not sure if we even need that.
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Not sure we will ultimately need it, but kaplan said to be able to recognize glucose, fructose, galactose, mannose, sucrose, lactose, and maltose
 
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piii said:
pKas
CH4 48
Aldehyde ketone 20
Alc and water 16
Phenol 10
COOH 5

Amine group 10

D E amino acids 4
H 6.5
K 10
R 12
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This is perfect 🙂 I only had some AA's pKa's. Like Lys is around 10.6 (I remember it as 11. This is because the 11th letter of the alphabet is K which is the single letter abbreviation for Lys), His is about 6.8ish. Other important things about AA is glycine is the only one that achiral, Proline affects alpha helices, they are in beta turns, Cystein is the only S AA in term's of configuration, hmm.. I think that's about it. Someone please double check this just to make sure I'm not spitting out incorrect info.
 
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Fsh
Lh
Acth
Tsh

Prolactin
Endorphins
Gh

That's what I use for anterior pituitary hormones (FLAT - tropic, like a flat tropical island), (PEG-direct, like a peg goes directly in a hole)

Once I know these I can usually work backwards to the hypothalamus, and forward to other hormones
 
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Which question pack did you guys find the most useful, physics or chemistry?

I just bought the Bio Vol. 1 question pack, finished it in 1.5h and got 90%, so I'm not going to bother with Bio Vol. 2, but I doubt I'll have time to finish 240 chem and physics questions before tonight... Any suggestions?
 
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stressingout said:
They're not representative of the new exam! Just make sure you brush up on the concepts that you weren't quite getting during those packs
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Yeah I'm going through the Chem pack review now and probably going to focus on bio, biochem and psych until the exam. Second time around taking the mcat....just don't want a third time ha
 
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Okazaki Frag Grenade said:
I think I read some feedback from test takers that their MCAT was also fairly light on physio. Someone had mentioned that they focused too much on that in their studies
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Interesting.. Other things I noticed from the sample were:

-Pretty much no mechanics. Very light on sound/light/magnetism. Almost all the physics was electricity or fluids.
-Most of the physiology was actually in the psych/soc section lol.
-Bio seemed to be mostly molecular cell bio, enzymes, and ochem
 
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Does anyone else feel unprepared about psych/soc? I mean Ive memorized a lot of the terms and stuff from TPR and EK, and I feel confident about my data/experimental analysis part, but Jesus there are so many terms how are the all going to stick!?
 
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piii said:
Does anyone else feel unprepared about psych/soc? I mean Ive memorized a lot of the terms and stuff from TPR and EK, and I feel confident about my data/experimental analysis part, but Jesus there are so many terms how are the all going to stick!?
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I'm spending about 6 hours today on psych.. The questions in that section are so damn easy as long as you know the terms. All 6,000,000 of them..
 
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piii said:
Does anyone else feel unprepared about psych/soc? I mean Ive memorized a lot of the terms and stuff from TPR and EK, and I feel confident about my data/experimental analysis part, but Jesus there are so many terms how are the all going to stick!?
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Watching some crash course psychology, I spent the last couple of days freaking out, and feeling overwhelmingly unprepared. But life moves on eh...
 
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jd989898 said:
I'm spending about 6 hours today on psych.. The questions in that section are so damn easy as long as you know the terms. All 6,000,000 of them..
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Honestly, after looking through the AAMC outline, there is not much there IMO. Most of the stuff I was familiar with. Of course they can always go more in dept.
 
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mikil100 said:
Honestly, after looking through the AAMC outline, there is not much there IMO. Most of the stuff I was familiar with. Of course they can always go more in dept.
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Honestly I'm too scared to look at the outline with my test tomorrow. I know that sounds dumb lol. I literally memorized the entire kaplan psych book and I still didn't recognize 2-3 terms on the AAMC fl though.. :/
 
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jd989898 said:
Honestly I'm too scared to look at the outline with my test tomorrow. I know that sounds dumb lol. I literally memorized the entire kaplan psych book and I still didn't recognize 2-3 terms on the AAMC fl though.. :/
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I think if you look at the outline you will be surprised by how general it is. The only area thats iffy is the anatomy of the brain and the functions it has... there is a lot of terminology there. If there is any section that you can "go with your gut" other than CARS, it will be Psych.
 
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Does anyone know what symbols we need to know for the test?
For example, △ (delta) can mean either "change" or "lacking"

what else?
 
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nsharma23 said:
This is perfect 🙂 I only had some AA's pKa's. Like Lys is around 10.6 (I remember it as 11. This is because the 11th letter of the alphabet is K which is the single letter abbreviation for Lys), His is about 6.8ish. Other important things about AA is glycine is the only one that achiral, Proline affects alpha helices, they are in beta turns, Cystein is the only S AA in term's of configuration, hmm.. I think that's about it. Someone please double check this just to make sure I'm not spitting out incorrect info.
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Methionine also has a Sulfur group. Everything else you said is spot on though.
 
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