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MCAT Diaries: Psychology Day 1

Studying for the MCAT can be a terrifying experience if one looms over the reading material and hours of practice, but with efficient reading and studying, the preparation can be less scary. I will be summarizing the material from my Blueprint books to prepare for my test. Join me for the journey! _______________________________________ Much of modern medicine heavily relies on the research of doctors and teams of techs and participants. All of research has led to multiple discoveries in various areas of science, and each of these has independent, or X, and dependent, or Y, variables. ·         X is a manipulated variable that is expected to change Y in some way. X is the vertical axis on a graph. ·         As stated, prior, Y is expected to change with the manipulation of the X variable. If the effect of Y increases or decreases from the manipulation of X, then a cause-and-effect relationship can be inferred. O...

ARC Review: Phantom Wheel by Tracy Deebs

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Being recruited by the CIA to join a top-secret intelligence program should be the opportunity of a lifetime. For Issa, it's a shot at creating a new and better life for herself and her siblings. For clever con artist Harper, it's a chance to bury the secrets of her troubled past and make sure that those secrets  stay  buried. But for Owen--honor student, star quarterback, and computer-hacking genius--it sounds like a trap. He's right.  Owen discovers that instead of auditioning for the CIA, they've all been tricked by a multibillion-dollar tech company into creating the ultimate computer virus. It's called Phantom Wheel, and it's capable of hacking anyone on Earth, anywhere, at any time. And thanks to six teenagers, it's virtually unstoppable.  Horrified by what they've done, the hackers must team up to stop the virus before the world descends into chaos. But working together is easier said than done, especially as the lines start to blur between tea...