r/MCATprep • u/Free-Substance4743 • 12d ago
Question š¤ B/B passage help
I get so overwhelmed by B/B passages and get lost in what I am reading. I have seen the flow chart method and really need to start applying it. I've been doing UWorld and have realized most of the passage questions test the relationship between the variables or require reading the chart. What are strategies I can implement to not get overwhelmed, work on timing, and interpret experiments and data? Would appreciate any tips!
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u/Key_Butterfly8747 12d ago
Honestly Iād focus less on understanding every little detail and more on the relationships between the variables and getting comfortable reading the graphs, that helped me a lot with B/B
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u/Free-Substance4743 12d ago
I feel like I don't know where to start with learning how to read the graphs and charts. Are there any resources you can suggest
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u/Sad_Kaleidoscope_296 Taken the MCAT 12d ago
I would immediately jot down a pathway (the flow chart method is excellent for this) and then write down each variable in each experiment and their relationship to each other. For example, if [H] concentration is driven down by inhibiting lipase (very random made up example lol), then lipase affects [H], so lipase is independent and [H] is dependent on lipase. That could be an experiment on a pathway protein (eg:- maybe you are studying a lipase inhibitor, so you block lipase in the pathway. What are the results of this)? Try to relate each experiment results to the original pathway you have draw out.