WikiPremed MCAT Course Syllabus

Module 10

Main Progression - Intermission

Review & Preview - Finish studying for your first practice test.

Knowledge Mapping - Comprehensive review.

Testing - Take a simulated MCAT.

Review & Preview

Assignments

	Imagine that the real MCAT is this week. Try to make the best of it. You need to cram. Practice taking responsibility for the entire body of knowledge. One thing you might do is study the Examkrackers conceptual discussions from beginning to end in Physics, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biology. You read these discussions from start to finish in the last module. Now try to get as many overview cycles through the material as you can. Read the headings. Browse the text. Look at the figures.
	Read all the cards of the Learning System for Physics from start to finish online or using your printed set. You can access all the cards online HERE.
	Read the Organic Mechanisms Pocketbook again from start to finish or make another cycle through the online Mechanisms HERE.
	Test yourself for complete mastery of the Level 2 vocabulary in the ManDala Premedical Learning System (except for Photosynthesis, Plants and Animals). Use your question slider. Keep the Concept Map nearby. Go from the beginning to the end and take the time to look over the figures in each section. Work especially hard on the conceptual vocabulary of the areas of Biology where there is a great deal of factual information. A big reason to do this at this stage in the course is to get a handle on the memory challenge for Biology early enough in the course.

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Goals

	Be prepared for your first practice MCAT by ensuring that you have at least a reasonable familiarity of the entire body of knowledge required for the exam.
	Be able to picture the four disciplines at the topic level from the bird's eye view.
	Begin to experience a comfortable cover to cover recognition of the individual pages of your study materials.
	Upon encountering an unfamiliar scientific phenomena, be able to place them within the proper field reference within the scientific disciplines.

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Knowledge Mapping

Assignments

Start HERE and re-read the Coaching Discussions in the course up through the topics of Module 9, the Organic Mechanisms. Proceed by clicking 'Next Discussion'.

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Goals

	Deepen your understanding of the design of the course and the order of topics in the Main Progression.
	Consolidate Physics as the conceptual basis of General Chemistry.

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Testing

Assignments

It is time for your first practice test. Hurray! By far the best practice MCATs are located at the AAMC site www.e-mcat.com. These are real computer-based MCATs created by the test-writers themselves with explanations and detailed score reports available. Although one test is free, the service is kind of expensive (boo!) but you really should use the facility for at least two or three of the practice MCATs scheduled in this course.

The MCAT is a five and a half hour test with ten minute breaks between sections: physical sciences (70 min), verbal reasoning (60 min), writing sample (60 min), and biological sciences (70 min). Set aside six or seven hours when you can guarantee you will be undisturbed. Secure pencils, scratch paper, and a clean desk with only your computer. If you have a WikiPremed study group, try to arrange for everyone to take the same practice tests in the same order so that you can discuss them together. Good luck!

As you begin reading each passage in the science sections, practice orienting the subject matter within the outlines of the sciences you have internalized. No matter how dense or difficult a passage seems, the questions will be about fundamental principles. It is a rule that the harder the passage the easier the questions.

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Goals

	The score you make on your first practice test is NOT the score you will make on the MCAT. It's good to do well, of course, but the main purpose of cramming for this practice test has been to make you get through the material at least one time. Your learning goal is to begin to take comprehensive responsibility for the knowledge.
	When you go through the solutions and score report, try to gain as much insight into your strengths and weaknesses. However, take this with a grain of salt. There aren't enough question instances on an MCAT for fine-grained diagnostics.
	Understand the MCAT pace and the nature of MCAT passages and questions. The MCAT is a good test. The more you understand the point of view of its authors the better you will do.

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MECHANICS AND WAVES		Course Modules
	Kinematics Newton's Laws Work, Energy, and Power Momentum and Impulse

*** * ***	Rotation Harmonic Motion Elastic Properties of Solids Fluid Mechanics Waves

FUNDAMENTAL FORCES
	Gravitation Electricity

THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER
	Atomic Theory Periodic Properties The Chemical Bond Intermolecular Forces

	Functional Groups in Organic Chemistry Stereochemistry

THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS
	Temperature and Heat Flow The Ideal Gas and Kinetic Theory The First Law of Thermodynamics Stoichiometry Thermochemistry

	The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines Chemical Thermodynamics and the Equilibrium State The States of Matter The Physical Properties of Organic Compounds Chemical Kinetics

SOLUTIONS AND AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
	Water Solutions Acids and Bases Organic Acids and Bases

ORGANIC REACTION CHEMISTRY
	Nucleophiles and Electrophiles Intramolecular Cationic Rearrangements Reactions with Radical Intermediates Conjugated π Systems and Aromaticity Reactions of Alkanes Reactions of Alkenes Reactions of Alkynes Reactions of Alkyl Halides Reactions of Allylic and Benzylic Conjugation Reactions of Aromatic Compounds Reactions of Alcohols and Ethers Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives Reactions of Amines Reactions of Organic Phosphorus Compounds Reactions of Organic Sulfur Compounds

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BIOMOLECULES
	Proteins Carbohydrates Nucleic Acids Lipids

THE CELL
	Biological Membranes The Prokaryotic Cell The Eukaryotic Cell

BIOENERGETICS AND BIOSYNTHESIS
	Coordination Chemistry Oxidation/Reduction Oxidation/Reduction in Organic Chemistry Electrochemistry Bioenergetics and Cellular Respiration Photosynthesis optional for MCAT Integration of Metabolism


GENETICS & REPRODUCTION
	Gene Expression Cellular Reproduction Mendelian Genetics Recombination and Mutation The Molecular Biology Laboratory Human Genetics

DIVERSITY OF LIFE
	Viruses Monera Protista taxonomy optional for MCAT Fungi Plants optional for MCAT Animals taxonomy optional for MCAT Animal Development and Embryology

	Mammalian Tissues and Histology

HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
	The Nervous System Sensory Systems The Endocrine System The Musculoskeletal System The Cardiovascular System Blood The Respiratory System The Lymphatic System and Immunity The Urinary System The Digestive System and Nutrition The Reproductive System

POPULATION BIOLOGY
	Evolution Ecology

ELECTROMAGNETISM, LIGHT, AND MODERN PHYSICS

	Electricity DC Current Magnetism Electomagnetic Induction AC Current

	The Properties of Light Geometric Optics Wave Optics

	Modern Physics relativity optional for MCAT Molecular Spectroscopy Nuclear Physics

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