Columbia Review: Intensive Preparation for the McAt

by Bresnick, Stephen D.

• ISBN13: 9780683010275
• ISBN10: 0683010271
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Premeds know that the MCAT is one of the most important exams they will ever take. That's why students in-the-know seek out the Columbia Review Intensive MCAT Preparation Course. Over the past decade, Columbia Review's carefully tailored classes have gained a reputation for adding valuable points to students' actual MCAT performance. Now, many of the effective MCAT preparation materials developed by the Columbia Review for the classroom are available in a comprehensive, self-study manual. Created by Stephen Bresnick, M.D., an MCAT expert, the Columbia Review Intensive Preparation for the MCAT contains the same high-yield materials that give students in his review course high MCAT scores. This book contains intensive review, strategic teaching, and extensive practice testing in the physical sciences, biological sciences, verbal reasoning and sample writing sections of the MCAT. The book emphasizes proven classroom techniques, strategies, and content review which have helped thousands of Columbia Review students ace the MCAT.

Table of Contents

SECTION I Introduction to the MCAT and Basic Strategies
Importance of the MCAT	3	(2)
Format and Content of the MCAT	5	(10)
MCAT Scores	15	(6)
How to Study for the MCAT: Basic Strategies	21	(6)
Strategies for Solving MCAT Science Passages	27	(18)
SECTION II Preparation for the Physical Sciences
Physics Review Notes	45	(128)
Scalars and Vectors	46	(3)
Statics	49	(6)
Kinematics	55	(6)
Dynamics	61	(7)
Work, Energy and Power	68	(5)
Momentum and Impulse	73	(5)
Circular Motion and Gravitation	78	(7)
Rotational Dynamics	85	(3)
Mechanical properties	88	(3)
Fluids	91	(6)
Temperature and Heat	97	(4)
Thermodynamics	101	(8)
Electrostatics	109	(6)
Electrical Potential	115	(4)
Electromagnetism	119	(10)
DC Circuits	129	(7)
Wave Characteristics	136	(6)
AC Circuits	142	(5)
Simple Harmonic Motion	147	(4)
Sound	151	(5)
Light and Optics	156	(12)
Atomic and Nuclear Structure	168	(5)
Physics Practice Tests	173	(36)
Physics Practice Test 1 with Answers and Explanations	174	(10)
Physics Practice Test 2 with Answers and Explanations	184	(11)
Physics Practice Test 3 with Answers and Explanations	195	(14)
General Chemistry Review Notes	209	(90)
Introductory Concepts	210	(9)
Electronic and Atomic Structure	219	(5)
Periodic Table	224	(5)
Bonding	229	(10)
Gases and Liquids	239	(6)
Phase Equilibria	245	(3)
Solution Chemistry	248	(8)
Acids and Bases	256	(11)
Buffers	267	(6)
Thermochemistry	273	(8)
Kinetics	281	(6)
Equilibrium	287	(4)
Electrochemistry	291	(8)
General Chemistry Practice Tests	299	(38)
General Chemistry Practice Test 1 with Answers and Explanations	300	(11)
General Chemistry Practice Test 2 with Answers and Explanations	311	(12)
General Chemistry Practice Test 3 with Answers and Explanations	323	(14)
SECTION III Preparation for the Biological Sciences
Biology Review Notes	337	(158)
Enzymes	338	(5)
Cellular Metabolism	343	(8)
DNA Functions and Structure	351	(5)
Gene Expression: From DNA to Protein	356	(9)
Microbiology	365	(8)
The Eukaryotic Cell	373	(15)
Specialized Eukaryotic Cells and Tissues	388	(14)
The Nervous System	402	(13)
The Endocrine System	415	(6)
The Circulatory System	421	(6)
The Immune System	427	(5)
The Digestive System	432	(6)
The Excretory System	438	(7)
The Muscles and the Skeletal System	445	(6)
The Respiratory System	451	(8)
Skin	459	(3)
The Reproductive System	462	(9)
Development	471	(6)
Genetics	477	(14)
Evolution	491	(4)
Biology Practice Tests	495	(36)
Biology Practice Test 1 with Answers and Explanations	496	(13)
Biology Practice Test 2 with Answers and Explanations	509	(11)
Biology Practice Test 3 with Answers and Explanations	520	(11)
Organic Chemistry Review Notes	531	(94)
General Concepts	532	(13)
Alkanes	545	(14)
Alkenes and Alkynes	559	(5)
Conjugated Hydrocarbons	564	(5)
Alcohols and Ethers	569	(5)
Carbonyl Compounds	574	(9)
Carbohydrates	583	(5)
Lipids	588	(4)
Amines	592	(3)
Amino Acids and Peptides	595	(8)
Phosphoric Acid	603	(2)
Separation, Isolation, and Characterization	605	(20)
Appendix: Nomenclature	617	(8)
Organic Chemistry Practice Tests	625	(32)
Organic Chemistry Practice Test 1 with Answers and Explanations	626	(9)
Organic Chemistry Practice Test 2 with Answers and Explanations	635	(10)
Organic Chemistry Practice Test 3 with Answers and Explanations	645	(12)
SECTION IV Preparation for Verbal Reasoning and the Writing Sample
The Verbal Reasoning Section: Information and Strategies	657	(14)
Verbal Reasoning Practice Tests	671	(38)
Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 1 with Answers and Explanations	672	(18)
Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 2 with Answers and Explanations	690	(19)
The Writing Sample: Basic Strategies and Sample Student Essays	709	(26)
SECTION V Sample Full-Length MCAT with Solutions and Analysis
Sample Full-Length MCAT with Answers and Explanations	735
Interpreting Test Scores	813