TPR Physics really bhoring taking forever?

[masterMood]

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Hey all,
If any of you are using TPR physics (princeton review), i find the physics section to be written alright, but for some reason I just find it's taking a lot longer than I intended it to be. Not because it's hard, it's not, but because im frequently zoning out. I feel like I've already learne this stuff and that when reviewing it it's like i'm being taught addition all over again. Like I know all this stuff, but I don't remember it well enough to remember the equations and all the concepts in sharp enoguh detail. What i mean is I am FAMILIAR with the concepts but I don't know them cold.
Does anybody know what I am talking about?

 

[unsung]

Ha, funny, I just came home from a physics TPR lecture tonight. Yes, it feels that way to me too... which is kind of worrying, since it's not like I'm getting all of the questions right or anything. Especially with passages, as it's always a bit tricky. But at the same time, I feel like I *know* this stuff, and there are rarely questions that I flat out just completely don't know or feel like I don't even know how to begin to reason through it...

Which *does* happen to me in gen chem, occasionally. So in that respect, I suppose it's a good thing, at least for the confidence factor. MCAT physics really seems to be on the level of AP physics... compared to the other sections, it seems to require a lot less. I am so glad.. heh.

About the formulas tho', I really find it helpful to just memorize the suckers. Forget what some people (even TPR teachers..) may tell you about not needing to memorize equations, or about how they'll be provided in the passage, etc... don't believe this! If you do enough problems, equations like the all important kinematics equations will just get stuck into your head, and that'll mean you really got it down cold. It saves sooo much time to just know these things, instead of having to rely on passage info. Sometimes it even helps to memorize "extra" equations, like the one for range, that relates it to angle theta. Knowing the equations can really help reason through/remember key facts like 45 degrees is the angle that'll maximize range, etc. etc.

 

[Leathaface2g]

Some of you might not agree with this, but when I took TPR I stopped going to a lot of the lectures. IMO, it's a total waste of time unless you are completely clueless on a topic. All the teachers do (usually kids who just took the mcat) is do stuff out of the book verbatim. The best part of the lecture is when you are able to do timed sections and have the teacher go over the answers.

Some of the lectures in the beginning...say on mechanics are so damn simple that you'd probably better spend those 3 hours reviewing a subject you aren't as familiar with.

The best part of the TPR class was the books, IMO.

 

[jamesrick80]

Well i stopped going to the verbal class, but i attend the rest of the lectures. I'm thinking about not going to biology, it just seems pointless. If you can Study well on your own, then do so; don't waste ya time in lectures you don't need.