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

You may have purchased more than one set of MCAT review books. TBR, Kaplan, EK, and Princeton Review are all perfectly fine, but they have different strengths and weaknesses. Decide which set speaks to you early on and make that one your companion for MCAT review. Make the other set a supplement. Your main set of MCAT books is like the big book of puzzles you would take on a family trip when you were a kid. When you reached the destination, every page would be filled in, all the find-a-words and mazes completed. The other set can be useful for extra practice, but make only one set your companion for the trip.

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Module 9 Science Focus

Zymogens
Connective Tissue Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Nucleic Acids

Suggested Assignments

Science Focus

Study the conceptual materials in your book-set (TBR or Kaplan) covering carbohydrates, lipids, and connective tissue proteins. 

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

Watch the videos for Module 9 - Blood Clotting & Connective Tissue Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Lipids. 

Read Ch. 4 - Fibrous Proteins and Ch. 7 - Introduction to Carbohydrates in Biochemistry (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews). Perform the practice items at the end of each chapter. 

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

Conceptual Integration

Read the Interdisciplinary Notes for Module 9.

Play Catch Blue.

Take the Module 9 Cumulative Quiz. 

Biology Cycle

Read Ch. 17 - G Protein Signaling, Ch. 18 - Catalytic Receptor Signaling, and Ch. 19 - Steroid Receptor Signaling in Lippincott - Cell & Molecular Biology. 

Cumulative review/skim of Lippincott - Cell & Molecular Biology up through chapter 16. 

Psychology

We are budgeting two modules to complete the work for Identity & Personality. Begin study of the conceptual treatment of Identity & Personality in your MCAT book-set and begin work on the odd numbered problems.

Begin reviewing the conceptual vocabulary for Identity & Personality using the illustrated conceptual primer on this site.

Extend practice using the Essential Concepts ANKI Deck to include the Identity & Personality cards. 

Integrated Course practice items: 

CARS

Module 9 CARS Lesson The test writer's perspective.

Perform the thinking like a question-writer assignments located at the end of this module's CARS lesson.

MCAT Practice

Continue working on the Physics, Chemistry & Biology (I & II) Question Packs at AAMC. Look to complete the Question Packs before module 12.