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Is there a 5-6 week study plan out there?

Is there a way you guys would recommend using 6 weeks to study?

Like 2 weeks of reviewing content, 2 weeks of practice questions, 2 weeks of practice exams?
 
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If you only need 6 weeks you already know most of the material due to a strong science background. Jump straight into the section bank problems and work through all of the AAMC stuff.
 
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A 6 week study plan is really only recommended for students who already have a solid science foundation and content review will be just that - a brief review. If that's you, then breeze through the content review in 2 weeks or less and start doing practice FLs after that. Near the beginning, you might want to check out the Section Bank and/or one AAMC FL to get a sense of where you are and if you need to return to content review for some subject matters. Then do 4-5 FLs over the course of the next month, including the scored FL. That scored FL will be the most accurate predictor of your score. For at least the two or three days before the actual MCAT, don't do any intense studying/FLs. Take it to do light reading and relax. The morning of the exam, read a couple of news articles or something to get your brain going.
 
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@aldol16 out of curiosity, did CARS seem natural to you when you jumped right into full lengths? And did you already know most of the P/S stuff?
 
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aldol16 said:
A 6 week study plan is really only recommended for students who already have a solid science foundation and content review will be just that - a brief review. If that's you, then breeze through the content review in 2 weeks or less and start doing practice FLs after that. Near the beginning, you might want to check out the Section Bank and/or one AAMC FL to get a sense of where you are and if you need to return to content review for some subject matters. Then do 4-5 FLs over the course of the next month, including the scored FL. That scored FL will be the most accurate predictor of your score. For at least the two or three days before the actual MCAT, don't do any intense studying/FLs. Take it to do light reading and relax. The morning of the exam, read a couple of news articles or something to get your brain going.
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How'd you do on the two AAMC exams?
 
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theonlytycrane said:
@aldol16 out of curiosity, did CARS seem natural to you when you jumped right into full lengths? And did you already know most of the P/S stuff?
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CARS did seem natural and I actually didn't do any CARS prep except for QPacks. I have usually done well in critical reading, so I didn't spend too much time on it. I would recommend to OP to personalize his/her schedule as well according to his/her strengths and weaknesses. I didn't know most of the P/S stuff because I took those intro classes a long time ago. So I read up on the terms in the Kaplan book and did a bunch of practice passages from Khan Academy (great resource for P/S).

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How'd you do on the two AAMC exams?
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Well enough to put me at a good confidence level for the real thing. Those two exams will be the most accurate indicators of your level of performance.
 
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Since I'm a bio major my science background is pretty good but I have probably forgot 95% of the stuff I've learned even though I have a good GPA lol.

However, I have taken the DAT and studied only 4 weeks for it and did well. I did 2 weeks of reviewing content, 1 week practice questions, and 1 week FL exams. Now I know the MCAT is a different story but still, I have always been a great test taker, and I could go 10 hours a day for 6 weeks straight, no problem, so I know the timing won't be an issue for me...

...I just want to make sure I have the right material to study from. Like for the DAT there were online videos for which I did content review for chem, and AP Cliffs for biology. I just want something like that for the MCAT so I have outlined the exact material I need to know for each subjects of the MCAT.

What about a resource for practice questions and full length exams?
 
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aldol16 said:
A 6 week study plan is really only recommended for students who already have a solid science foundation and content review will be just that - a brief review. If that's you, then breeze through the content review in 2 weeks or less and start doing practice FLs after that. Near the beginning, you might want to check out the Section Bank and/or one AAMC FL to get a sense of where you are and if you need to return to content review for some subject matters. Then do 4-5 FLs over the course of the next month, including the scored FL. That scored FL will be the most accurate predictor of your score. For at least the two or three days before the actual MCAT, don't do any intense studying/FLs. Take it to do light reading and relax. The morning of the exam, read a couple of news articles or something to get your brain going.
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Could you maybe tell me where to get these FL exams? And what is the scored FL?
 
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theonlytycrane said:
If you only need 6 weeks you already know most of the material due to a strong science background. Jump straight into the section bank problems and work through all of the AAMC stuff.
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what are the section bank problems? Also, what AAMC stuff in particular? Is it all on their website?
 
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hs2013 said:
Could you maybe tell me where to get these FL exams? And what is the scored FL?
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hs2013 said:
what are the section bank problems? Also, what AAMC stuff in particular? Is it all on their website?
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I think you need to read up on the MCAT more. You need to understand what you're taking before you take it. If you read up on it, you'll find that the AAMC has released a limited set of practice materials for the MCAT and among those are one unscored FL, one scored FL, QPacks, and Section Bank problems. You can find these for sale by the AAMC.
 
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