MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) study guides

Amino acids, enzyme kinetics, metabolic pathways, and molecular biology are the largest single content area on the MCAT, spanning both B/B and C/P sections.

Cell biology, genetics, and evolution cover organelle function, DNA inheritance patterns, population genetics, and natural selection — tested in the MCAT B/B section.

Stoichiometry, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, and electrochemistry are core MCAT C/P topics tested in quantitative passages.

Reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, functional-group interconversion, and spectroscopy (IR, ¹H NMR, MS) are tested in MCAT C/P passages.

Kinematics, mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, electrostatics, and circuits are tested in the MCAT C/P section with a biological and clinical context.

CARS tests argument comprehension, inference, application, and rhetorical analysis using humanities and social-science passages — no outside knowledge is allowed or useful.

Social cognition, learning theory, memory models, sensation and perception, and biological bases of behavior are tested in the MCAT Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations section.

Social stratification, health disparities, social institutions, cultural influences on behavior, and research methods are tested in the MCAT P/S section.

Experimental design, control of variables, statistical reasoning, and scientific validity are cross-cutting skills tested throughout all four MCAT sections in passage-based questions.

Gel electrophoresis, PCR, ELISA, centrifugation, chromatography, and spectrophotometry are high-yield MCAT techniques that appear as the experimental basis of B/B and C/P passages.