Good luck tomorrow everyone
! And honestly I haven't studied half as hard as all you guys (so committed)! However, I have some tips for you all that have helped me when taking practice exams!
For people who are doing bad on the CARS section, I've been getting pretty strong scores on that (>80%), I recommend just looking at all the questions for the section prior to reading and really concentrating on the passage. Take it all line by line and when answering make sure it's answering what the passage is looking for and who the intended audience is (that means, don't put your own bias into it). I also recommend sticking with the passage until you finish all the questions going back and trying to answer the questions can be more time consuming because you have to pretty much reread the whole passage to remember what was going on. Also, pretty much 70% of the questions can be found by just straight up comprehending the passage and regurgitating out what it said (think simple, don't over complicate; if it say this is "A", don't try to say it could probably mean "B" by using outside knowledge).
For C/P, this section is the hardest one for me (65-70%, but I usually have like 35+ minutes left so I probably am just rushing through because it is sooooo tedious) because it actually requires a lot more rote memorization of formulas, etc (even though I'm majoring in BC haha). What has helped me was doing a lot of process of elimination, especially for the math based questions. Usually, you have a sense of what the answer should be, so if you see any huge outliers, just cross those out immediately. Also, for reactions, I've noticed that sometimes the best way to look at it is just to think simple--is it oxidation or reduction--that gets you through a little bit less than half of those questions.
Bio is my best section, 90% with always 45+ minutes left. The best thing you can do there is really understand all the graphs and charts they give you, your answers are always (99.9999% of the time) in the passages. In fact, this is key to remember for all sections:
the answer is there somewhere. It is always one of the choices and it's probably in the passage. Just take your time to connect the dots. If it isn't, then it's most like another process of elimination. Also, when you read a passage and it talks about enzyme regulation or metabolism, the new MCAT doesn't really make remember these cycles--usually they give you it or tell you about it. In that case, just write it down--ex. if x goes up => y goes down => z goes down, so then when a question asks you if enzyme x=>y is messed up, then you know that z concentrations will be higher than usual.
For psych (80ish%), while there definitely are a lot of terms you might not know during the exam, a lot of the time you can derive it using basic latin roots or just thinking what that term is saying/process of elimination. Many times you know what three or two of the four terms are, and if they don't fall in line with what it is asking, then you can cross it out. Also, most psych, sociology stuff can sometimes be answered with using some common sense and thinking about what the question is trying to get at. Also, the graphs and data charts can help too. For all these sections, graphs and charts are your saviors.
Most importantly, just know that you can do it. Take it step by step. Be methodical. Don't let your mind get cloudy and think
clearly. Also, just get a good night's rest please! It's ok to be nervous, but just know that life will have things work out for you whether you do well on this or not. Your life is not defined by your MCAT score and should never be--even if you get a 520. As long as you continue to be diligent and hard working, you can still become successful!