the difficulty waxes and wanes haha. but the most representative passages do come from AAMC, yes. The Qpack is generally thought of as more difficult if you're looking for a challenge!
For this passage, on the final question, I got focused on the passage mentioning "blunt" tools for breaking bones and decided on not choosing that answer because it mentioned "pointed" tools. How far do I take the idea that I choose answers that are supported by the passage? I think I am taking that idea way too literally!
Really good question! You want to always pick answers that are supported by the passage, but you need to ask yourself what does it mean to be "supported" on the MCAT? It does not mean that sentence was stated verbatim, it means the idea was talked about an elaborated upon. When you look at it this way, you see that the ultimate supported topic is the main idea. That's why most of the "which of these is most supported" questions are really just asking which answer choice is closest to the Main Idea! I hope this helps!
@@InformingFutureDoctors Thank you for the answer! This makes sense and I shall apply this for the future! Another huge question I have is how to study. So far, I have been noticing that, while I can see the areas I need to improve on in the practice exams, the topics I encounter each week don't seem to coincide with those topics I get wrong. Should I just be patient and just keep following the flow of the program topics, or should I begin to break the order and start jumping around to different topics in different weeks? I'd love to hear what you think!
@@alextse9251 if you are still fairly early in your program, I’d stay the course. Although, it wouldn’t hurt to add a flashcard to a “missed concepts” deck covering the material that you actually missed on a test. If you are < 2 months out from your test, I’d take extra precaution to put some time into those topics you are missing questions on, especially if they are “high yield”. That may mean prioritizing those topics over whatever topics your program has you covering that week.
thank you so much for this
this was really easy, are all AAMC CARS passages and questions like this?
the difficulty waxes and wanes haha. but the most representative passages do come from AAMC, yes. The Qpack is generally thought of as more difficult if you're looking for a challenge!
This is good
Can you please do an AAMC Pych-Socio passage?
We've done a few in the Sample Test playlist but we have a few more coming out soon so be on the lookout!
For this passage, on the final question, I got focused on the passage mentioning "blunt" tools for breaking bones and decided on not choosing that answer because it mentioned "pointed" tools. How far do I take the idea that I choose answers that are supported by the passage? I think I am taking that idea way too literally!
Really good question! You want to always pick answers that are supported by the passage, but you need to ask yourself what does it mean to be "supported" on the MCAT? It does not mean that sentence was stated verbatim, it means the idea was talked about an elaborated upon. When you look at it this way, you see that the ultimate supported topic is the main idea. That's why most of the "which of these is most supported" questions are really just asking which answer choice is closest to the Main Idea! I hope this helps!
@@InformingFutureDoctors Thank you for the answer! This makes sense and I shall apply this for the future! Another huge question I have is how to study. So far, I have been noticing that, while I can see the areas I need to improve on in the practice exams, the topics I encounter each week don't seem to coincide with those topics I get wrong. Should I just be patient and just keep following the flow of the program topics, or should I begin to break the order and start jumping around to different topics in different weeks? I'd love to hear what you think!
@@alextse9251 if you are still fairly early in your program, I’d stay the course. Although, it wouldn’t hurt to add a flashcard to a “missed concepts” deck covering the material that you actually missed on a test.
If you are < 2 months out from your test, I’d take extra precaution to put some time into those topics you are missing questions on, especially if they are “high yield”. That may mean prioritizing those topics over whatever topics your program has you covering that week.
The background noise was kind of distracting.
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Thank you so much!