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As I tell my MCAT students, the MCAT doesn't test your understanding of physics, it tests your critical thinking skills- students are only expected to have a very basic understanding of simple physics equation. In fact, the students who have just taken college physics usually do worse than those who have forgotten that class. I can understand why a physics teacher would not like this course (or the MCAT's assessment of physics). However, if you find anything I've written is incorrect, please let me know.

As I tell my MCAT students, the MCAT doesn't test your understanding of physics, it tests your critical thinking skills- students are only expected to have a very basic understanding of simple physics equation. In fact, the students who have just taken college physics usually do worse than those who have forgotten that class. I can understand why a physics teacher would not like this course (or the MCAT's assessment of physics). However, if you find anything I've written is incorrect, please let me know.

Hi Christine,  wise advice.  I am not, however, a prospective physician.  I am a physics teacher who read about SpacedEd in my Harvard magazine and was interested in exploring the pedagogical possibilities for my own practice.  I naturally gravitated to your course for my first experience. Perhaps, you have an expectation that your student already has some experience with MCAT.  I don't and so I don't know how superficial it might be in its assessment of a student's understanding of various physics formulae. I can say that I was frustrated in my first exposure to your course, but I am maintaining an open mind.

Many pre-med students are self-aggrandizing, always thinking they are correct and the test is wrong... but you won't win points on the MCAT that way. It's better to use an open mindset for learning. And if you plan to become a physician someday, you need to learn to be polite when interacting with colleagues.