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Feb
29
A Year in the Life of Six College-Bound Seniors
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A Year in the Life of Six College-Bound SeniorsThursday November 08th 2007, 7:40 pm Filed under: College, College Admissions
The Christian Science Monitor just had an interesting two-part article. It follows six high school students for a year—from October 2006 when they’re ensconced in the college application process until October 2007, when they’re a month into their freshman year at college. It’s worth reading for the view you get Read more
Tags: Bound, College, Life, Seniors, YearFeb
29
Newton’s Third Law - Mcat
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In the classes I teach, a disconcerting number of students don’t really understand Newton’s third law of motion and get confused by the statement:
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
In fact, the law would be more accurately expressed this way:
"For every force, there is an equal and opposite force."
Or, in mathematical terms:
"F1 on 2 = -F2 on 1"##11## Read more
Tags: 8217, MCAT, Newton, ThirdFeb
29
Textbook Rental Saves Money and Trees
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Textbook Rental Saves Money and TreesWednesday June 18th 2008, 10:52 am Filed under: College, Tips, textbooks
I cannot believe humans didn’t come up with this until now: avoiding the tyranny of the textbook-publisher racket by renting textbooks. (Author’s note: It’s entirely possible this rental option was around a few years ago when I was in school, and I was just too snobby to even allow the idea to enter my Read more
Tags: Money, Rental, Saves, Textbook, TreesFeb
28
PCAT Essay: Spelling and Grammar
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Unlike the MCAT WS, spelling and grammar *are* graded on the PCAT essay. So it is especially important for PCAT takers to ensure that their writing is as grammatical as possible. If this is an area of trouble for you, you should get a grammar book, and review your grammar rules, spelling, and punctuation. However, good punctuation, spelling and grammar alone are not sufficient to earn you a good score on the PCAT essay section.
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Tags: Essay, Grammar, PCAT, SpellingFeb
26
Memorizing Cell and Molecular Biology Details
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Flash cards can work for memorization, but I consider them a waste of time. The amount of time you spend making them could be better used working to understand the big picture of what’s going on with metabolism.
The MCAT is not about memorization. The MCAT is about critical thinking. You must UNDERSTAND the equations and concepts, not merely memorize them.
All the concepts that are tested on the MCAT are fairly simple, but the MCAT will ask you questions in such a way that if you don’t have a rock solid understanding of the concepts, and have merely memorized them, you will not be able to answer them.
Tags: Biology, Cell, Details, Memorizing, MolecularFeb
24
‘Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market’
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‘Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market’Friday July 04th 2008, 4:08 pm Filed under: Life, Post-College
According to the Wall Street Journal, recent college grads are giving up on trying to find a decent job in the currently crappy job market, and are opting instead to spend a year or two working and/or volunteering for one of the following world-improvement organizations:
Peace CorpsAmeriCorpsTeach Read more
Tags: 8216, 8217, Altruism, Market, Meets, WeakFeb
24
IELTS Academic Action Plan for IELTS
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Who is Action Plan for IELTS for?
Action Plan for IELTS is a short, self-study guide for IELTS, containing one complete practice test. It is designed for students with a limited amount of time to prepare for the IELTS test or for students who have already completed an IELTS course and would like a last-minute guide to the test.
Book Description Action Plan for IELTS is a short, self-study guide Read more
Tags: Academic, Action, IELTS, PlanFeb
24
Gre ARGUMENT TOPICS
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1. The following is a memorandum written by the director of personnel to the president of the Cedar Corporation.“It would be a mistake to rehire the Good-Taste Company to supply the food in our employee cafeteria next year. It is the second most expensive caterer in the city. In addition, its prices have risen in each of the last three years, and it refuses to provide meals for people on special diets. Just last month three employees complained Read more
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23
‘Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market’
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‘Altruism Meets a Weak Job Market’Friday July 04th 2008, 4:08 pm Filed under: Life, Post-College
According to the Wall Street Journal, recent college grads are giving up on trying to find a decent job in the currently crappy job market, and are opting instead to spend a year or two working and/or volunteering for one of the following world-improvement organizations:
Peace CorpsAmeriCorpsTeach Read more
Tags: 8216, 8217, Altruism, Market, Meets, WeakFeb
23
Basically when you come to one of these questions, the first thing you have to know is - what is the author’s argument? What assertions does s/he put forward, and what conclusions does s/he draw? Something that strengthens the argument will very often be something that supports the assertions - more data, or something that lets you know the author’s assumptions are correct. On the contrary, something that weakens the argument will Read more
Tags: Arguments, MCAT, Questions, Strengthening, Weakening