When you think of a cell membrane, think of a phospholipid bilayer. Think about what you know about cell membranes and what things can go through them and what can’t. The other direction to approach this is from a reasoning perspective.

This is what a lot of people do when they’re studying for this test. You could sit and make your flashcards and memorize all the different things that can go through the cell membrane, and approach it that way. Which of the following is most likely to use a protein channel to cross the eukaryotic cell membrane? You will have to click, say 59 questions before you can find the discrete sets, which is going to take more time than what you’re going to save in the long run. It gives you a better sense of your pacing once you finally go through the difficult questions as to how much time you have to spend on it.īut you don’t have a good way to find all the discrete questions just through the navigation page. If you do easier questions first, they often go much more quickly than the more difficult questions. The rationale behind this question is that being able to get those quicker points helps build momentum and confidence. Should you answer discrete questions first? You don’t have to go back to a passage, scan for information, and worry about which part of the passage will provide the information. Discrete questions are less scary.ĭiscrete questions are actually a little bit less scary because you never have to sit there and wonder if there was something relevant in the passage that you need to include. For example, they give you a vocabulary word, and you have to find out who is the person exemplifying that word. A lot of the psychosocial questions are going to do that. You’re also going to see Skill 2 in discrete questions where you’re asked to apply something that you know to a new situation. By and large, your discrete questions are going to be one of those two. These two skills represent about 40% of all the questions that you’re going to see on your test. Skills 1 & 2 Levels in Discrete Questions Skill 2 questions are the more reasoning-based questions. Skill 1 questions are the basic ones where it’s all content. Jason explains that the AAMC has divided the MCAT questions into different skill numbers. Listen to this podcast episode with the player above, or keep reading for the highlights and takeaway points. If you would like to follow along on YouTube, go to. We’re joined by Jason from Blueprint MCAT. We are covering the second set of discrete questions in the bio/biochem section. Get this half-length for free with a free account at. Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts Session 283

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