How to prepare for BMAT Section 2 Chemistry · BMAT Tips series
2017-07-12 · Long video (solo, talking head or whiteboard) · Ali · recording, 3:33 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Medicine and his doctor years · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Aimed at students
In his BMAT tips series Ali applies content, timing and practice to Section 2 Chemistry and splits its questions into factual recall and calculations; for factual recall his advice is to memorise as much of the official Assumed Knowledge Guide as possible, and he promises a separate video on calculations.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Welcome to the BMAT tips series: the approach to Section 2 Chemistry
- ★★★ For BMAT Section 2 Chemistry content, Ali calls the Section 2 Assumed Knowledge Guide your friend and advises learning as much of it as possible. — 00:00:00 · Section 2 Assumed Knowledge Guide, BMAT (exam)
00:00:13 — Content, timing and practice applied to chemistry
- ★★ For a BMAT chemistry topic you do not understand, Ali recommends BBC Bitesize, and notes BMAT Ninja also has notes. — 00:00:29 · BBC Bitesize, BMAT Ninja (website)
- ★★ Ali says BMAT Section 2 chemistry questions are hard on time because their calculations can take a while, with one minute per question. — 00:00:29 · BMAT (exam)
- ★★ Ali says he will make a separate video on BMAT chemistry calculations, going into how to be efficient with time on them. — 00:00:29 · BMAT (exam)
- ★★★ Ali calls bashing through all the chemistry questions on BMAT Ninja, free of charge, by far the easiest way to practise lots of BMAT chemistry. — 00:00:58 · BMAT Ninja (website), BMAT (exam)
- ★★ Ali invites viewers stuck on a BMAT chemistry question to ask a chemistry teacher, use the BMAT Ninja solutions, or comment under the video, and says he will do his best to give a worked solution. — 00:00:58
- ★★ Ali divides BMAT chemistry questions into two categories, factual recall and calculations, each with its own difficulties. — 00:00:58 · BMAT (exam)
00:01:14 — The two types of chemistry question; how to handle factual recall
- ★★ Ali's examples of BMAT factual-recall chemistry: graphite's free electrons, reactivity trends in groups 1 and 7, universal indicator colours, and which element an electronic configuration belongs to. — 00:01:27 · BMAT (exam)
- ★★ Ali says BMAT candidates need not memorise the periodic table: when a question needs one, it is provided next to the question. — 00:01:27 · BMAT (exam)
- ★★ Ali says BMAT Section 2 chemistry is GCSE or O-level standard, so candidates taking A-level chemistry should not find the factual recall too hard. — 00:01:56 · BMAT (exam)
- ★★★ For BMAT candidates who find chemistry hard, such as graduates who last did it long ago, Ali says the best bet is memorising as much of the Assumed Knowledge Guide as possible: there is no shortcut. (hedged) — 00:01:56 · Section 2 Assumed Knowledge Guide, BMAT (exam)
- ★★ Ali says getting good at BMAT chemistry will probably also help in A-level or IB exams. (hedged) — 00:02:26 · BMAT (exam)
00:02:55 — Summary, the coming calculations video, sign-off
Threads in this video
- refine · How do you prepare for the BMAT and UKCAT? — For BMAT candidates who find chemistry hard, such as graduates who last did it long ago, Ali says the best bet is memorising as much of the Assumed Knowledge Guide as possible: there is no shortcut. (00:01:56)
- promised · Ali promises a video on BMAT chemistry calculations — Ali says he will make a separate video on BMAT chemistry calculations, going into how to be efficient with time on them. (00:00:29)
- progress update · Ali promises BMAT Section 2 videos on physics, biology, chemistry and maths (2017) — Ali delivers the third of the promised BMAT Section 2 subject videos, on chemistry, with the calculations to follow in a separate video. (00:00:00)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Ali promises a video on BMAT chemistry calculations — kept
- Ali promises BMAT Section 2 videos on physics, biology, chemistry and maths (2017) — kept
Mentioned
Central: BMAT (exam) · Section 2 Assumed Knowledge Guide
Also: BBC Bitesize · BMAT Ninja (website) · University of Cambridge
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