I want to take the Mcat in 3 months. I work full-time(40hrs) with weekends off. Has anyone been successful with that amount of time ? I started to study in the summer, but I took some months off in order to move to another state. Please share your opinion. Thanks
3 months enough ?
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It depends on how recently you took the pre-reqs, what your target score is, your own intelligence, and your study skills, so I can't really say without more info. I studied for about 3 weeks, but I was coming right off the pre-reqs, otherwise it would have been much, much longer.
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dude, no one in their right mind can answer your question in regards to you... of course people have done it... but each person is different... it could take you 3 months or 3 days to reach your goal... it depends on how you study, when you took your prereqs, how much you remember from your prereqs, how efficient you are, etc etc etc... no one can know how much you know or don't know... only you can...
the way to do this is take a practice test, see how you do, and work your way from there...
good luck!
the way to do this is take a practice test, see how you do, and work your way from there...
good luck!
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Seriously, dude, I think you're overreacting....
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I studied for ten weeks while working 70-80 hours per week in the lab and teaching. However, my part-time job was teaching MCAT classes for Kaplan, and I got a 40 on their diagnostic exam (which I had taken at least once before). So I had to study to prepare for my classes anyway, and I went back and reviewed all of physics and took the five full-length practice tests on my own time. My advice is to take a practice test as a diagnostic to see where you stand. Kaplan, Princeton Review, and the AAMC all offer one free test; go to their websites and pick whichever one you like. Take the test under timed conditions at the library or somewhere else that will have a testing center "feel." If you score far below 30, reconsider your plan. Most of my students started out scoring in the teens, and if that's where you start out, your plan probably won't work. In that case, you will either have to cut back your work hours or postpone the test to give yourself more time to review. Best of luck. 🙂
I studied for ~6-8 weeks before I took my MCAT in April '08. 1 to 2 hours a night during the week and 4-5 hours on the weekend, working ~50-60 hours a week. I graduated back in May of '05, so I'd not really touched a textbook in a while. Got a decent enough score, then an interview and acceptance to my school of choice.
Its doable, but everyone learns/studies/absorbs info differently. Use your time wisely and like Q said, I'd start off with taking a practice test to see where you stand.
Its doable, but everyone learns/studies/absorbs info differently. Use your time wisely and like Q said, I'd start off with taking a practice test to see where you stand.
