Which upper bio class should I take?

[jv00927]

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For those who have taken the MCAT, would you please rank the following upper bio classes in order of decreasing helpfulness for the test?
CELL BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, GENETICS

I know there are different test forms; some forms testing more on one subject than the other. But I would like to know what you thought really helped you or could have helped you when you took the test.

 

[wetlightning]

For those who have taken the MCAT, would you please rank the following upper bio classes in order of decreasing helpfulness for the test?
CELL BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, GENETICS

I know there are different test forms; some forms testing more on one subject than the other. But I would like to know what you thought really helped you or could have helped you when you took the test.

in my opinion:
1) genetics
2) cell bio
3) micro

caveat: genetics and cell tend to be highly stressed, so i don't know if i would put one over the other...they're both high-yield

micro you can pretty much learn on your own, i think -- they don't ask it in significant depth on the mcat

 

[Indryd]

Take some advanced A & P. I didn't learn even half the stuff I needed for the MCAT from my GenBio series. The A & P course I took was way helpful.

 

[bottles999]

For those who have taken the MCAT, would you please rank the following upper bio classes in order of decreasing helpfulness for the test?
CELL BIOLOGY, MICROBIOLOGY, GENETICS

I know there are different test forms; some forms testing more on one subject than the other. But I would like to know what you thought really helped you or could have helped you when you took the test.

I'd also hit Physiology, the anatomy isnt that important for the MCAT, and Biochem.

 

[crazy_cavalier]

I would go cell bio > genetics > microbio.

I say this because my own cell bio class happened to combine a good coverage of genetics and microbio topics. If you are pressed for time and don't know which class to take I would highly encourage cell bio first, because you will definitely get the basic genetics coverage that might be tested on the MCAT.

 

[gujuDoc]

I would say genetics, then cell bio, and then micro.

Micro is not really needed at all in fact...... Most micro topics are covered in the passage.

Genetics, well that depends on how much you learned in your general bio class.

I would know how to do pedigrees, hardy weinberg equilibrium, and basic genetics concepts but not any thing too complicated.

 

[cfdavid]

I've never taken genetics (I will this Fall), but my Cell Bio class was awesome. I had a great professor and learned a ton. Remember that cell bio should cover most of the important genetics stuff that the MCAT would be apt to test. For additional Mendellian genetics, just review EK or Kaplan for that. But for meiosis/mitosis, general replication, transcription, and translation, the cell bio class should cover that in good detail. At least mine did. Highly recommended.