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The tips begin at a different place in each module. The advice moves along with the stages of the course.

There is a particular genre of MCAT passage beginning with a paragraph or two of dense molecular biology language. Substance X is an inhibitor of protein Y, a threonine kinase deactivating protein Q, whose binding leads to degradation of transcription factor A, etc. The flow of information is meant to be faster than processing, and the amount of information is meant to strain working memory. Slow down and study it. Put it together. See it all simultaneously. This section will be the foundation for the rest of the passage. The research portion of the passage will unroll like a carpet. The questions will make much more sense because you took a little extra time here. You'll get the time back.

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Module 6 Science Focus

Substitution vs. Elimination
Aldehydes and Ketones
Alcohols
Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives

Suggested Assignments

Science Focus

Study the conceptual materials in your book-set (TBR or Kaplan) covering the organic reaction mechanisms.

Perform the odd numbered (phase 1 ) practice items in your book-set.

Study the Organic Reaction Mechanisms with Biochemistry Examples to preview the content of the course videos.

Watch the videos for Module 6 - Substitution vs. Elimination, Aldehydes & Ketones, Alcohols, and Carboxylic Acids & Derivatives.

Integrated Course practice items:

Choose from the resources available within the Topic Pages to reinforce and supplement learning.

Conceptual Integration

Read the Interdisciplinary Notes for Module 6.

Play Catch Blue.

Take the Module 6 Cumulative Quiz. 

Biology Cycle

Read Ch. 10 - Regulation of Gene Expression in Lippincott - Cell & Molecular Biology. 

This is the module in which we complete the Cell & Molecular Biology Cycle work in your MCAT bookset (TBR or Kaplan).

Psychology

Study the conceptual treatment of Memory in your MCAT book-set and complete the odd numbered problems.

Review the conceptual vocabulary for Memory using the illustrated conceptual primer on this site.

Extend practice using the Essential Concepts ANKI Deck to include the Memory cards. 

Integrated Course practice items:

CARS

Module 6 CARS Lesson What is an argument.

Choose three or four passages you've already performed in the Question Packs. Study them closely in the light of the classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin models of argument. 

MCAT Practice

Begin the Practice Questions from the Official Guide to the MCAT Exam at AAMC MCAT Prep Hub. Spread this assignment out over modules 6 and 7.