How to study for Chemistry & Physics.

[RPM Revolution]

Good afternoon folks. I've pretty much finished studying for the Biology portion of the MCATs. My question is, what is the best way to study for the Chemistry & Physics portion. Are there any books out there you guys would recommend looking over?

It's been quite some time since I've taken the general chemistry courses and have unfortunately forgotten most of it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[jameslynton]

Good Question - Barron's MCAT review would be where I would put my money for a review. Also realize the speed of reading the questions is critcal - I had the MCAT last August - they will for the most part just be testing basic principles of general chemistry and physics. So know the F=MA and that kind of stuff - they will use lots of bull to make it sound complicated. So make sure you know the general stuff - one problem boiled down to knowing how to calculate what a mole was for a molecule. Also realize that organic chem is about 65-75% of the biology. So I would spend som serious time on organic. Just my .02's for the day... Also download and work several old tests on the MCAT website - I think for $75 you can download a bunch of old ones. Do those for speed and such.

[JLea]

PV=NRT
F=MA
Figure out the # of moles of a substance using its molecular weight and actual weight
Friction
Lots of stuff about magnetism and electricity on my MCAT

I used the Kaplan book and did well.