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Ken Tao

Ken is nationally recognized as a premier MCAT mind. He has worked with thousands of undergraduate students as a graduate teaching assistant and MCAT instructor/tutor for the Princeton Review. At Princeton Review, Ken was the only tutor certified in all subjects, was one of the highest rated MCAT tutors ever and was a teacher trainer. Additionally, Ken worked to found Magoosh's MCAT division. He has written content for dozen's of MCAT books and guides. He is now the Director of MCAT at MedSchoolCoach
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    MCAT Flashcards: 1,3-Diaxial Interactions
    Ken Tao
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    MCAT Flashcards: 1,3-Diaxial Interactions

    What are 1,3-Diaxial Interactions? Ken Tao is an MCAT expert and explains that these are steric interactions between ring substituents two carbons away in the axial position. These are unfavorable, so all large substituents must be in the equatorial position.…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Electromagnetic Spectrum
    Ken Tao
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    MCAT Mnemonics: Electromagnetic Spectrum

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will discuss the electromagnetic spectrum, and show you how knowing that raging martians invaded Venus using x-ray guns will help you remember radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-ray, and gamma…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Glycolysis Intermediates
    Ken Tao
    43,263

    MCAT Mnemonics: Glycolysis Intermediates

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will help you remember glycolysis intermediates with the word trick: Girls get fine food; Gentlemen dine girls; Boys prefer to pick up pepperoni pizza. Learn what that means! Full Transcription Welcome…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Trigonometry
    Ken Tao
    3,436

    MCAT Mnemonics: Trigonometry

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will discuss trigonometry and help you remember sine and cos at 0, 30, 45, 60, and 90 degrees – as long as you know how to count to four! Full Transcription…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Strong Acids
    Ken Tao
    34,244

    MCAT Mnemonics: Strong Acids

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and teaches a word trick to help you remember strong acids. Discover what “So I brought no clean clothes” stands for. Full Transcription Welcome back to another MCAT Mnemonic Monday. I’m Ken…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Purines and Pyrimidines
    Ken Tao
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    MCAT Mnemonics: Purines and Pyrimidines

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and uses clever word plays to convey how purines are as pure as gold, and how pyrimidines prove that pyramids are sharp, they cut! Full Transcription Hey, welcome back to another MCAT…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Krebs Cycle Intermediates
    Ken Tao
    37,234

    MCAT Mnemonics: Krebs Cycle Intermediates

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will discuss Krebs cycle intermediates, while helping you remember Citrate, Isocitrate, α-Ketoglutarate, Succinyl-COA, Succinate, Fumarate, Malate, and Oxaloacetate with a neat word play. Full Transcription All right. Welcome back to another…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Most Electronegative Atoms
    Ken Tao
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    MCAT Mnemonics: Most Electronegative Elements

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will discuss most electronegative elements, and how the acronym FONClBrISCH can help you remember them. Full Transcription Hey, welcome back to another MCAT Mnemonic Monday. My name is Ken and I’m…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Metric Prefixes
    Ken Tao
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    MCAT Mnemonics: Metric Prefixes

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will discuss metric prefixes, explaining how terribly gigantic monsters killed 1 million men napping peacefully can help you remember Tera, Giga, Mega, Kilo, Milli, Micro, Nano and Pico. Full Transcription Hey,…

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    MCAT Mnemonic: Introns and Exons
    Ken Tao
    2,863

    MCAT Mnemonics: Introns and Exons

    Ken Tao is the MedSchoolCoach expert on MCAT, and will discuss introns and exons, and help you remember them as Exons are expressed, and Introns are in the trash. Full Transcription Welcome back to another MCAT Mnemonic Monday. I’m Ken…

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