MCAT Learning Program Syllabus

Module 20

Main Progression is Completed

Review & Preview - Final practice and study.

Knowledge Mapping - Comprehensive review.

Testing - Practice Practice.

Review & Preview

Assignments

Study the ExamKrackers conceptual discussions from beginning to end in Physics, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biology. Now that you have read these discussions from start to finissh 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. Imagine the real MCAT were this week and you are trying to make the best of it.

Read all the cards of the Learning System for Physics from start to finish. Although the printed copy may be a little more friendly to the attention, if you don't have your printed copy (yet!), you can access all the cards online HERE.

Read the Organic Mechanisms Pocketbook again from start to finish or make another cycle thorugh the Mechanisms online HERE.

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 with a great deal of detailed factual information.

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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.

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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		link to syllabus
	Kinematics	1
	Newton's Laws
	Work, Energy, and Power
	Momentum and Impulse
*** * ***	Rotation	2
	Harmonic Motion
	Elastic Properties of Solids
	Fluid Mechanics
	Waves
FUNDAMENTAL FORCES
	Gravitation	3
	Electricity
THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER
	Atomic Theory	4
	Periodic Properties
	The Chemical Bond
	Intermolecular Forces
	Functional Groups in Organic Chemistry	5
	Stereochemistry
THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS IN PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SYSTEMS
	Temperature and Heat Flow	6
	The Ideal Gas and Kinetic Theory
	The First Law of Thermodynamics
	Stoichiometry
	Thermochemistry
	The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines	7
	Chemical Thermodynamics and the Equilibrium State
	The States of Matter
	The Physical Properties of Organic Compounds
	Chemical Kinetics
SOLUTIONS AND AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
	Water	8
	Solutions
	Acids and Bases
	Organic Acids and Bases
ORGANIC REACTION CHEMISTRY
	Nucleophiles and Electrophiles	9
	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
BIOMOLECULES		10 break
	Proteins	11
	Carbohydrates
	Nucleic Acids
	Lipids
THE CELL
	Biological Membranes
	The Prokaryotic Cell
	The Eukaryotic Cell
BIOENERGETICS AND BIOSYNTHESIS
	Coordination Chemistry	12
	Oxidation/Reduction
	Oxidation/Reduction in Organic Chemistry
	Electrochemistry
	Bioenergetics and Cellular Respiration
	Photosynthesis
	Biosynthesis of Macromolecules
	Integration of Metabolism
GENETICS & REPRODUCTION
	Gene Expression	13
	Cellular Reproduction
	Mendelian Genetics
	Recombination and Mutation
	The Molecular Biology Laboratory
	Human Genetics
DIVERSITY OF LIFE
	Viruses	14
	Monera
	Protista
	Fungi
	Plants
	Animals
	Animal Development and Embryology
	Mammalian Tissues and Histology	15
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
	Populations	16
	Evolution
	Ecology
ELECTROMAGNETISM, LIGHT, AND MODERN PHYSICS
	Electricity	17
	DC Current
	Magnetism
	Electomagnetic Induction
	AC Current
	The Properties of Light
	Geometric Optics
	Wave Optics
	Modern Physics	18
	Molecular Spectroscopy
	Nuclear Physics
		19 break
		20 break