Medical College Admission Test

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of General Chemistry Foundations concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Atomic structure: isotopes, average atomic mass, and mass spectrometry interpretation.
• Quantum model, quantum numbers, orbital shapes, and electron configuration rules (Aufbau, Hund, Pauli).
• Periodic trends: atomic/ionic radius, ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity, shielding, effective nuclear charge.
• Bonding and structure: ionic vs covalent character, polarity, Lewis structures, resonance, formal charge, bond order.
• Molecular geometry (VSEPR), hybridization, dipoles, and intermolecular forces.
• Stoichiometry: moles, limiting reagents, percent composition, empirical vs molecular formulas.
• Reaction types: redox, acid-base, precipitation, titrations and quantitative calculations.
• Gases and kinetic molecular theory; ideal vs real gases and common gas laws.
• Solutions: concentration units, solubility rules, Ksp, colligative properties, osmosis and Raoult’s law.
• Thermodynamics, kinetics, and equilibrium: ΔH, ΔS, ΔG, Hess’s law, rate laws, Arrhenius, K, Q, and Le Chatelier.
• Acids/bases: Brønsted-Lowry vs Lewis, pH/pKa, buffers, Henderson-Hasselbalch, titration curves, polyprotic systems.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Organic Chemistry concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Functional groups and nomenclature; constitutional isomers and conformational ideas.
• Stereochemistry: chirality, enantiomers vs diastereomers, R/S configuration, optical activity.
• Hydrocarbons: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes; stability trends and typical reactions.
• Aromaticity and benzene chemistry; directing effects at a high level.
• Alcohols and ethers: synthesis concepts; oxidation/reduction of alcohols; epoxides and ring opening logic.
• Carbonyl chemistry: aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives (esters, amides, anhydrides).
• Core mechanisms: nucleophile/electrophile logic, leaving groups, acid/base effects on pathways.
• Substitution and elimination: SN1/SN2, E1/E2, stereochemical outcomes and competing pathways.
• Carbocation stability, rearrangements, and common mechanistic patterns.
• Lab techniques: IR, NMR, mass spectrometry; chromatography, extraction, and distillation.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Biochemistry concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Amino acids: structure, properties, classification, acid-base behavior, and isoelectric point.
• Peptides/proteins: peptide bond, levels of structure, folding forces, disulfide bonds, denaturation.
• Enzymes: Michaelis-Menten kinetics (Km, Vmax), catalytic efficiency and regulation.
• Inhibition types (competitive, noncompetitive) and allosteric control; zymogens.
• Carbohydrates: mono/di-saccharides, stereochemistry basics, glycosidic bonds, glycogen vs starch.
• Lipids: fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, steroids; membranes and fluidity.
• Metabolism overview: glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, TCA cycle, ETC and oxidative phosphorylation.
• Pathways integration: PPP, gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis, β-oxidation, ketone bodies.
• Molecular biology: DNA replication, transcription, translation and gene regulation.
• Biotech methods: PCR, gel electrophoresis, recombinant DNA and mutation consequences.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Physics for Biological Systems concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Kinematics, Newton’s laws, free-body reasoning, and common biological applications.
• Work, energy, power, and conservation principles; potential/kinetic energy transformations.
• Momentum and impulse; collisions and center-of-mass reasoning.
• Fluids: density, pressure, buoyancy; continuity and Bernoulli in physiological contexts.
• Viscosity and laminar flow; Poiseuille flow and analogies to blood circulation.
• Waves: frequency, wavelength, superposition; standing waves and resonance basics.
• Sound and Doppler effect; qualitative ultrasound concepts.
• Electrostatics: electric charge, fields, potential, and capacitance ideas.
• Circuits: resistance, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s rules and capacitor behavior.
• Optics: reflection, refraction, lenses/mirrors, magnification, and human eye basics.
• Atomic/nuclear: decay, half-life, binding energy and common imaging/medical applications.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Cell Biology concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Cell structure and organelle function; membrane composition and the fluid mosaic model.
• Cytoskeleton components and roles in cell shape, movement, and transport.
• Membrane transport: diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport and secondary active transport.
• Vesicular transport: endocytosis, exocytosis and key conceptual drivers.
• Cell cycle: interphase, mitosis, meiosis, checkpoints, cyclins and CDKs.
• Apoptosis vs necrosis; intrinsic/extrinsic pathways and caspase cascades.
• Cell signaling: receptors, G-proteins, tyrosine kinases and second messengers (cAMP, IP3, Ca2+).
• Bioenergetics: ATP production, chemiosmosis and mitochondrial function.
• Cell-cell interactions and tissue-level organization concepts.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Human Physiology concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Nervous system: neuron structure, action potentials, synapses and neurotransmitters.
• CNS vs PNS organization; autonomic nervous system and major divisions.
• Cardiovascular: heart anatomy, conduction system, cardiac cycle and hemodynamics.
• Blood vessels, blood pressure regulation and oxygen transport principles.
• Respiratory: ventilation, gas exchange, hemoglobin binding and control of breathing.
• Digestive: mechanical vs chemical digestion, absorption, and roles of liver/pancreas.
• Renal: nephron structure, filtration, reabsorption, secretion and osmoregulation.
• Acid-base balance and buffering at the organism level.
• Endocrine: hormone classes, major glands, HPA axis and feedback loops.
• Immune: innate vs adaptive, B cells vs T cells, antibodies and vaccination principles.
• Musculoskeletal: sliding filament theory, muscle contraction, and bone physiology.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Genetics and Evolution concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Mendelian inheritance patterns and problem-solving with Punnett squares.
• Pedigree analysis and interpretation of inheritance modes.
• Linkage, recombination and mapping intuition at the MCAT level.
• Gene expression control and epigenetic regulation concepts.
• Chromosomal abnormalities: nondisjunction, aneuploidy and structural changes.
• Population genetics: Hardy-Weinberg, drift, gene flow and selection.
• Evolution: natural selection, adaptation, fitness, and speciation mechanisms.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Psychology concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Sensation and perception: visual, auditory and somatosensory processing basics.
• Learning theories: classical conditioning, operant conditioning and observational learning.
• Memory: encoding, storage, retrieval, and common memory errors/disorders.
• Cognition: language, intelligence, decision making and problem solving.
• Motivation and emotion: drives, stress response and major emotion theories.
• Personality: trait models and psychoanalytic perspectives (high-level).
• Psychological disorders: mood and anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and related concepts.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Sociology concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Culture, norms, values and socialization processes.
• Social structure: institutions, roles, status and social stratification.
• Demographics: population growth, migration and urbanization.
• Social inequality: race, gender, class and health disparities.
• Group behavior: conformity, obedience, social identity and group dynamics.
• Healthcare and society: access to care, epidemiology and public health models.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.

What you will practice:

High-yield coverage of Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills concepts and MCAT-style applications across core subdomains.

• Active reading for CARS: passage mapping, main idea and structure tracking.
• Author intent, tone and viewpoint; distinguishing claims from evidence.
• Argumentation: identifying premises, conclusions and assumptions.
• Evaluating evidence quality; detecting flaws and alternative explanations.
• Inference: deriving implicit conclusions while avoiding overreach.
• Strengthen/weaken and reasoning-within-the-text strategies.
• Humanities and social sciences contexts: philosophy, ethics, literature and political theory.

Tip: After topic practice, do mixed sets under time pressure and review missed questions immediately.