study strategies

How many times should you keep trying if you don't get the DAT score you need? This student's journey is proof that persistence pays off. After five DAT attempts, he committed to a better study strategy, worked hard with Dr. Jim Romano and the DAT Destroyer team, and eventually earned the...

Many students overcomplicate quantitative comparison questions and miss the key relationship. Try this DAT Quantitative Comparison Challenge before looking at the answer slide. Many students overcomplicate quantitative comparison questions and miss the key relationship. What answer did...

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Hello, I am a M1 student and today I had my first biochemistry exam. I made today’s exam harder than it needed to be by overthinking several of the questions on very simple and straightforward questions so I lost points here. I’ve been feeling so down today and have been beating myself because...

hi guys. 2nd year with straight B's from 1st year. 50th %ile in my class. Ive been using anking with ~10k mature cards so far with BnB, sketchy, and pathoma for my learning. I want to incorporate some practice questions and wanted to know what you guys think i should do regarding that. On...

So im a first semester Freshman Pre Med and just started Winter Break. In terms of how the last semester went, one could say that the semester could have gone a lot better. My grades as of now look to be: a B- in General Chem 1, a A in Chem Lab 1, An C-/D+ in Biology 1, a C in Bio Lab, a B+ in...

Hey guys! What resources and study strategies helped you the most with D1 classes? Classes like Gross Anatomy & Physiology, Microbio & Immunology, Nutrition, Dental Anatomy, Perio, all that good stuff. Realistically, sticking to the lecture slides is best, but what other methods and tools did...

Hello everyone, I’m an MS1 and just finished my first med school block (anatomy) with a B. Average was a 85 but I’m slightly below the average. I dont know if I’m doing well enough for the specialty I may be interested in (internal med, radiology, anesthesiology, opthamology). I know not...

Hello! I am planning on taking the March 15th MCAT. I would like to begin studying on Nov. 5th. This will give me 19 weeks to prepare (just under 5 months). I think that I can achieve just about the often cited "500 prep hours." My preliminary plan (hours-wise) is: -about 30 hrs/week for 6...

I'm looking for some advice on the MCAT. I plan on taking it 2018 in March or April (this is not set in stone). I originally started to prepare for the MCAT in July but I wasn't seeing any progress in my FL scores ( I was getting 491~495 :( I know that's bad). I got discouraged so I took a...

Hi everyone! So I am about a month away from my exam and I've been using the Kaplan Test me More feature a lot to try to get some ideas down. As far as you guys know, is this advisable? I only get about 50% on each of these (is that kind of average?), so it's kind of discouraging. Are these...

Hey everyone I am retaking the DAT for the 3rd time. I'm not improving as much as i want to and i was wondering maybe if i changed my study schedule or got different materials it could help? I used Chads videos for Chem and Ochem. Crack the dat pat. And half heartedly used DAT destroyer. Briefly...

My scores: 7/17 ADA sample test: TS 340, AA 350 Bio 310; Chem 370; O Chem 340;RC 380; Phys 340; Quant 400; 7/24 Kaplan full length 1: TS 320, AA 330 Bio 360; Chem 330; O Chem 330;RC 320; Phys 270; Quant 370; 7/30 Real OAT: TS 400, AA 380 Bio 380; Chem 400; O Chem 380;RC...

I have been reading a lot of posts on this forum about people who barely studied in college/undergrad (1-3 hours a day) and transitioned to an average of 5 hours a day of studying in medical school. I don't know if I am abnormally slow or something but I feel like I always studied around 5-6...

"I have never visualized anything in my entire life. I can’t “see” my father’s face or a bouncing blue ball, my childhood bedroom or the run I went on ten minutes ago. I thought “counting sheep” was a metaphor. I’m 30 years old and I never knew a human could do any of this. And it is blowing my...

Hey SDN! I recently took a practice MCAT through an MCAT prep course at my school, through e-mcat.com (AAMC practice test). I scored a 516 (128 physical/chemical, 131 CARS, 129 biology/biochem, 128 psych/sociology), which I know is a very good score. I am planning on taking the real exam in the...