MCAT
Science
Pre-Health Resources
Pre-Health Pre-Reqs
Medical Trivia
100

The MCAT stands for these four words: 

What is the Medical College Admissions Test?

100

These are the three main science topics you will study as a pre-med:

What are: chemistry, physics, biology?

100

True or False: HPAC provides application support to help students prepare for their journey into medical and other health professions schools.

What is: true?

100

This is the year-long course that most pre-med students take in their first year.

What is: general chemistry?

100

This is the main fuel source for the body:

What is: glucose?

200

These are the four MCAT sections:

What are Chemical and Physical Foundations of Biological Systems (Chem/Phys), Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills (CARS), Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems (Bio/Biochem), Psychological, Social, and Biological Foundations of Behavior (Psyc/Soc)?

200

This is a compound that can donate H+ ions:

What is an acid?

200

True or False: You are only allowed to visit HPAC once you are applying to a health professional school.

What is: false?

200

Most pre-health schools only require that you take 1 semester of this class:

What is: Biochemistry?

200

This is the organ is one of the organs that the immune system cannot recognize:

What are: the eyes?

300

This is the length of the MCAT without breaks:

What is 6 hours and 15 minutes?

300

What is the formula for kinetic energy?

KE = 1/2(m)(v2)

300

Are you required to book an appointment for HPAC?

What is: no, you can do walk-ins.

300

This is the pre-req course that can be taken without its first semester counterpart:

What is: Biology 2?

300

This is the largest artery in the body:

What is: the aorta?

400

This is the number of questions on the MCAT:

What is 230 questions?

400

This is the name of the enzyme that transforms succinyl-CoA to succinate in the TCA cycle (Krebs cycle)?

What is succinyl CoA synthetase?

400

This is the building where HPAC is located.

What is: Founder's?

400

 This notoriously hard class is required by every pre-health track besides pre-med:

What is: anatomy and physiology?

400

This is the most common blood type in the world:

What is: O-positive?

500

This is the number of times you can take the MCAT maximum in 2 consecutive testing years:

What is 4 times?

500

These are the factors used to determine how strong an acid is:

What are: orbital character, resonance, electronegativity, inductive effects, atom size?

500

This is the item you require from HPAC to apply to medical school:

What is: a committee letter?

500

Upper-level courses of these majors are recommended as pre-requisites to apply to medical school:

What are: biology and neuroscience?

500

This is the part of the brain is responsible for regulating basic bodily functions like heartbeat and breathing:

What is the medulla oblongata?