Guest Jochi1543 Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 I'm wondering if I have to memorize all the physics formulas by heart - luckily there are not TOO many of them, but it would be nice if I didn't have to. Do they give you relevant formulas for specific questions on the exam, or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest avenir001 Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4shattered4 Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Sometimes they do within the passage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crimson Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 MEMORIZE THEM! As said above though, sometimes they give you one or two formulas in the passage itself which are used later... but you'll for sure need the formulas that you come across in your study guides and whatnot not just for passages, but in stand-alone questions too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jochi1543 Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Same with constants and stuff? (i.e. Plank's constant, etc) Sometimes I get confused with them since there are like 3 different values for each depending on the measurement units.8o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest crimson Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Oh! No, DON'T MEMORIZE CONSTANTS. I'm pretty sure they always give it to you in the questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jochi1543 Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Oh good, at least there's SOME good news.|I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richmond604 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 i think you need to know about the speed of light, sound...etc....and gravity oh and water density Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest trynit Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Hey, I'm pretty sure that the only constants that you need to know are ones that you probably already have memorized (gravity, density of water, atmospheric pressure, volume of an ideal gas at STP and speed of light are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head). Plank's constant, speed of sound, and even the constant for the ideal gas law will almost surely be given on the MCAT. From the practice exams I've done, the questions that I have missed have almost always be due to a misunderstanding of the concepts, not because I couldn't remember a formula. We only have a few weeks left... I would spend my time learning to tease the answers out of the information given in the passages, not memorizing complicated formulas. For a list of "must memorize" equations, check out the EK material. Happy studying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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