Me: Okay! I’ve successfully studied ALL of molecular biology in 3 days! It was hard but by God, I have gone through everything that could possibly be tested! TRY ME NOW, UWORLD.
UWorld: Cool. Let me give you this DNA strand, okay? It looks like this:
3′ ———- ATCTGTTAATCGGATATC —— 5′
Me: Huh. Okay.
UWorld: Now, what’s the last amino acid in the resulting protein? 
Me: … aha. I see what you’re doing..
UWorld: ?
Me: You want me to get tripped up on the 3′ – 5′ thing.
UWorld: … Hmm?
Me: And on top of that, you expect me to confused about the DNA versus RNA thing.
UWorld: Ah.
Me: Too bad for you.
UWorld: … Oh?
Me: YES. Because I studied this stuff. I literally studied it backwards and forwards.
UWorld: I see.
Me: Right. Oh, and the transcriptions versus translation thing? I’m onto that, too. That’s totally MCAT material. So nice try there, but better luck next time.
UWorld: Because..?
Me: Because I can confidently say the answer is “B”.
UWorld: *snort*
Me: …….?
UWorld: 
UWorld: Hahahahahaha, NO. So sad for you. There was a “UAA” in the second codon. That’s a stop codon. Cute try, though.
Me: ………
UWorld: Hey, maybe you should make a little mnemonic for yourself: We stop at the stop codon. Pro tip.
Me: 
Action Potential 
LOL seriously!!.. uworld has something against med students.
Ahaha love the .gif use
Oh my gosh, I wish you were around when I was studying for my Step 1. I could’ve used the comic relief/partner in misery!
Umm, isn’t that UAA out of frame?
Should’ve been “UAG”.
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