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Have any of yall studied hard for MCAT but did not receive a good score or the score you were aiming for? What did you think went wrong or what would you do differently if you could study for it again? Im taking mine in a few months and im about to start studying for it, and I want to try to get...

Hi everyone! I'm hoping to find some comfort from all of you here at SDN. I'm currently entering my 3rd year of my spring semester at my undergrad university. My plan prior to entering my 3rd year of school this past September was to take the DAT in February/March of 2018 and prepare all of my...

Hey guys! I went to premed advising at my university and it wasn't very helpful. I plan on taking my MCAT at the end of this summer (Early August). I'd like some help knowing how to study. When should I start studying? Do you recommend taking a prep course? How many hours a day is sufficient...

Hello my name is Becca! I have been tutoring for the MCAT, PCAT and OAT for about six years now, most of that time through Kaplan test prep teaching their large courses, live online, summer intensive and private tutoring and mentoring. I also worked for Next Step Test Prep as a tutor and...

Thanks in advance for any input. This post may initially come off as a bit self-involved, but that is just to provide context for a little-articulated issue that I suspect effects many (often extremely successful) pre-med students. In particular, I refer to those students whose approach as...

I am currently a Junior at university with one semester after this current one to go. I have completed both general biologies, English, Psych/Soc, and one semester of physics. This semester, I am currently finishing my second general chemistry semester and first semester of A&P lecture and lab...

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Hi everyone, I wanted to ask the community about a brief plan i had thought about in regards to studying for the MCAT. I plan the take the MCAT at the end of Spring in 2018, so I was thinking I could do some content review in sections i haven't seen in a while. For example, I was thinking...

I am sharing a discount code for the USMLE Rx 360 12 month package. This provides you with access to all their content. I know I will be doing all the practice questions from USMLE Rx, Kaplan, and UWorld before Step. Only available for a limited amount of time. This is a 50% discount from their...

Hey guys! So I took my DAT yesterday after about 4 weeks of good studying and ended up with the following scores: 25 AA 24 Total Science 22 Bio 26 Gen Chem 27 Orgo 25 RC 24 QR 21 PAT To study, I began by reading Princeton Review's Cracking the DAT in it's entirety. I would skip back and forth...

Hi everyone, I've been a casual observer for a while. However I am stuck in a dilemma and so I made this account to seek for advice. Tomorrow marks the first day of my senior year as an undergrad. My target is to apply to the College of Optometry of the University of Houston for this current...

I'm a first year Neuroscience student. I don't know when to take the MCAT; I have seen in various med school videos that I should take it in the Spring/Summer time of my junior year of college. The application timeline really confuses me. Can someone please clarify when should I take the MCAT...

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Hi! Just wanted to ask those who studied for the MCAT during a school semester how they attacked both content review and practice problems/full lengths & What did you think was the greatest tip you received while studying? I'm planning on taking the late January exam! Thank you :)

Hi! I will be taking steo 1 next summer (july maybe) and since I already began my second year of medical school I was wondering at what moment should I start studying for it. Also, what plan would you recomend? And finally, how old is "too old" for a first aid? I have the 2016 version, should...

Short background, entered college as pre-pharmacy. Junior year became interested in Med-School. Took MCAT June 2017, scored a 506 (average for accepted students, 71st percentile). After receiving my score I thought: "well, lets see what the PCAT is like". As I used a lot of Next Step material...

Rising first year medical student here. I'm matriculating this fall having just finished undergrad this past May, and I'd love to hear opinions on what the transition to med school was like. How much were you studying? Was it efficient? Were you able to have a life (hobbies, volunteering...

So I am starting to study for the MCAT early on. But I am stuck on how I should study. I bought the 7 subject Kaplan books, which are amazing, but I am not sure if I should take notes on them while studying or just read through it. So I just wanted to know how you guys studied for the MCAT...

Hey guys, I chose to do both the American and the Canadian board exams as it opens way more options and since I am studying, either way, might as well... I know the studying materials for the American Board and I have them and I am using them and very pleased with how they illustrate the...

Hey all, So I've been running into an issue while studying for the dat. I'm not remembering any of the material that I went over when I first started my studying. I just finished most of the material review (other than Bio) and I just started doing Destroyer Problems. The issue is, I just took...

New here, sorry if I'm not doing this correctly. I took the MCAT last year and got a 499 (Phys/Chem 123, CARS 125, Bio 126, Psych 125). Finding time to study proved to be a challenge with a full time job, as I work M-F 8-5. On top of that I needed my daily gym time, time for dinner, time to...

Hi I just graduated and I want to take my DAT in August. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on DAT preparation courses? I would really like to get the best bang for my buck even if that means spending a little extra. Any suggestions? Also what are the best ways of studying? I want to make...

Hi guys, i'm not taking the mcat this year, i decided to postpone it to next year because i do not want to study for it while i am taking other difficult courses...anyhow...this upcoming semester i am taking my first course of physics to fulfill premed requirements. So i decided to study the...

Curious what peoples experiences/thoughts are with the pre-made Kaplan and AAMC flashcards? Are these worth my money, or should I invest the time into making my own on Anki?

For real. I felt so hollow inside...there was only myself to blame. But now I'm seeing this as an opportunity to rewrite them more effectively. As neat as they were, they didnt really stick with me. Any tips on how I can write good chem notes? I want to save them for college. (chem ap)

So lets say you have roughly ~45 days left till dat day, you have taken the dat last year, didnt do well, and this time you want to take revenge you have went over destroyer's gen chem/bio (plan on going over it a second time after I look over my chads notes) you have done kaplan/cliffs/ and...

Hi all, I will be entering my first year of PT school in the fall and I would love to get some advice on efficient and effective note-taking methods. I am currently a paper/written note-taker but am thinking of switching to typed notes. I've heard that getting a tablet or iPad with OneNote and...

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Hey guys! I created a free DAT and MCAT studying app that is based in practice multiple-choice problems. The app currently has primarily biology questions but more are added frequently. To speak to the "ethos" of this app, I scored in the 99.7 percentile of the DAT and the students helping...

Hey guys, I'm currently a sophomore in college. I've found the transition from high school to college quite difficult, especially relating to science classes and as such my gpa has suffered quite a bit (3C's, 4B's, 1A). A big part of why my GPA suffered so much was related to ineffective...

I'm deciding between June 1st and June 16th for my test date. I graduate in late April, so I'll have about 4 weeks to study full-time if I choose June 1st and 6 weeks to study if I choose June 16th. I realize that it takes about a month for med schools to receive MCAT scores, and they won't...

Hello Happy New Year everyone! I am going to be graduating this upcoming spring, and I am thinking about applying in this year's application cycle. Right now I am in my winter break and am studying for the MCAT and drafting parts of my personal statement. I plan to take my MCAT in April and...

So I'm currently debating if I should start studying for the DAT over winter break and the spring semester. While I study now, I don't plan on dedicating a lot of time towards it just because I'm trying to do other activities to boost up my resume. Or should I only study over summer 2 months...

How many of you have used or taken Adderall? I'm curious to what number of students in colleges have taken it for explicit reasons such as trying to stay up all night to pass an anatomy exam or taking it for actually medically directed reasons by a doctor. It seems like this problem has been...

Hi guys I just had a question whether or not i should be taking the DAT this summer or wait? I am a sophomore at the moment and by the end of this year I will have taken (important classes for Dat ignoring electives and other classes): Physics 1(this year so fresh) Stats 1 and 2 (this year so...

Hello SDN, I usually don't turn to the webs for support/advice but at the moment I feel a little isolated from those who can relate to what I'm feeling. This is my first year at a four year institution and my junior year overall. I'm a bit of a nontraditional and spent my first two years at an...

Hi everyone! Im planning on taking the DAT this coming summer but i will be studying all summer and taking it at the end. I was curious as to what material i should be using? Based on previous standardized exams i'm not the best at english/reading comp. Im currently taking bio 1 now and will be...

Since I'm almost done with chads videos and his quizzes, and I'm wondering how long it takes a person to finish destroyer? I do want to go through it twice, and I'm determined to do so, so I'm curious how long it took you guys that completely finished it. *** I know everyone is different and it...

I went over the class notes and basically memorized everything. Than I did some of the assignment questions (pretty sure I kept looking at the solutions). Than I did a practice midterm. I ended up doing poorly on my midterm. What should I do different next time so I can ace midterm 2 & final

I currently I am in a place where I just need better connections and better information in order to make the best possible decision on pursuing a Medical Degree. Recently I had the opportunity to spend some time in Australia, and I absolutely fell in love with the land down under. I really want...