Zero physics knowledge, MCAT in ONE WEEK! - urgent..

[Seekerof24]

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Hi people!

I hope you are all very well and after a bit of browsing these last few days I have finally decided to brave up and join!

I need your help. I am sitting the MCAT in a weeks time and I have absolutely zero knowledge on physics. Literally, zero. I am sitting the MCAT at vey late notice and no time to prepare. I know, I know, not the wisest of decisions. However the good news is I need a score of 24 to "pass" into my medical school of choice. From what I understand, that is not super high.

I know it is too late to cover the whole of physics as a topic, especially starting from ground zero. What topics should I focus on, that usually turn up in the MCAT exam? What are the key raw details I need to know for physics? Formulas? Main concepts that are always tested on?

Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated and whatever marks I can scramble in PS would be much needed (can't say I am great at BS and VR either)

Look forward to hearing from you

Kindest

So24

 

[TheRelevant]

Physics is fairly concept-oriented. But my advice would be to start with kinematics and dynamics. Those aren't the hardest to understand and are a solid foundation for the rest of the material. Once you understand that, you'll want to try to expand onto the other topics. Might want to look into the wiki MCAT videos or go to www.coursesaver.com and watch the physics lecture.

If you're solid on VR and BS, and you spend 15-18 hours a day on physics, you might be able to pull it off. Good luck.

 

[Saxappeal1]

...what happens if you reschedule?

 

[xoxx]

watch all the khan videos on physics. That will almost certainly get you at least a 6 in PS.

 

[ldiaz29]

...what happens if you reschedule?

This. You probably aren't going to listen to this advice, but I would suggest reschedule for a minimum of a month. It would be extremely difficult (impossible) for you to cram two semesters of physics on top of all the other things you need to know.

 

[Saxappeal1]

I agree with Idiaz29. Think of the MCAT as an investment. Physical sciences is one third of the entire test. The world won't end if you stay applying one more year.

 

[Mad Jack]

Reschedule you fool. You think this is a mother******* game?

 

[correctlywrong]

So, the first time I took the MCAT, I hadn't had physics or orgo courses, not at all. I taught myself as much as I could in a few weeks. I did well enough, but my scores were pretty unbalanced. 9/14/9 as I recall.

If you are really on your last week, though, all is not lost.

Invest a little in the videos at Jcoreview.com. I think a week is $20 per subject, or $35 for all 4 topics. Watch them like it is your job. I think there are 50 hours worth of videos total. Focus on the videos that cover things you don't know. It is tempting to use them to cover topics you understand already, but save those for last, if you even get to them.

I only paid for the videos for one week, leading up to my exam. I watched all 50 hours in like 4 days, and then went back to the topics that I needed a little more help with. I brought my score up 5 points through those vids, even though I still hadn't taken a full year of physics or any orgo by the second time I took the course, so that my new breakdown was 12/13/12.

I say take the darn thing, since you have it scheduled. You will either get the score you need, or you won't. If you don't, you will learn what the test is like and be able to plan better to take it early next spring. I hated having to spend a whole extra year preparing to apply, but it has benefitted me, so that I am going into it with all my prereqs out of the way.

You are going to have to take physics anyhow. Do the best you can on the exam that is in front of you, and then once you have taken the course, you can rock the test next time.

 

[sillyjoe]

What medical school will accept you with the formality of getting a 24? Sounds like a sweet deal!

 

[Mad Jack]

Usually a 24 is the minimum aggregate of 8/8/8. If you get a 10/5/9 they probably won't take you.

 

[jacksonlikesturtles]

Reschedule, you will "fail".

 

[Alucard6]

I suggest buying a subscription of Chad's Videos and watching them all. It is only 6 "days" worth of videos and I am sure that will suffice you more than enough.

What exactly do you mean when you say you need a 24 to pass into med school? Sounds too good to be true, I'm afraid you may be a little uninformed.....

What medical school will accept you with the formality of getting a 24? Sounds like a sweet deal!

I assume it is a committed deal. A college next to me has it that if you apply for a guaranteed program and get accepted, all you have to do is score a 24 and you are guaranteed in. The medical school is a very good program, so it is a steal deal. But the most amount of students they ever take is 1 per year, IF that, so it is really difficult to do nonetheless.

 

[el_duderino]

OP sounds well-prepared to enter medical school