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Hey guys, so heres the deal...everything you've ever heard from anyone about how to study to get that stellar score is not going to work to be completely honest. You don't need prep companies, you don't need a bunch of speed reading classes or any of that junk. So who the hell am I to be telling you all this...well not really anybody, but I took the Sept 8th MCAT, started studying in July with a whole lot of crap going on and ended up with a 32 (PS 11, VR 10, BS 11, WR T). So it's not some amazing score but its satisfactory to me because sure I could have done a billion things to improve it...but thats just it. You will spend more time thinking about what your neighbor is doing and how he's probably studying much smarter than you to kick your ass and that is why you'll get a bad score.
If you want to get a good score, you have to realize that all you need to do is study...then study...and maybe study some more. DO NOT MEMORIZE. If you find yourself skimming through stuff and not paying attention to the underlying concept, you will fail. It is much more critical that you understand the concepts and leave the rote memorization for later because if you're a biology major, you can accomplish this very easily. This is the main reason that a lot of people show up to the test remembering everything but not knowing how to answer a single question when its rephrased in some obviously simple but obscure way. So unless, you've gotten a graduate degree in Biology, Organic Chemistry, Physics and Chemistry...you will just have to take my word on it.
The most important thing that needs to be done is to set a deadline to when you are going to take the test. Then you need to start studying the day after. If you're using a prep company, more power to you, but I'd rather save that money for a cruise to some tropical island once I get accepted. Now on the note of self-studying, ever hear about those people that talk about studying 25 hours a day...well usually they're full of **** and rarely study as many hours as they do...maybe it just makes them feel better to know they were "studying" when they spent 10 hours watching porn or something. But thats also an important part of studying for the MCAT, you have to take breaks and study smart, not hard. For example, I'd wake up every morning at 8, eat, study hard for 4 hours then watch a movie, eat, and then study for another 4 hours always focusing on the weak areas, doing lots of practice questions.
Well I'm getting tired writing about all the things you can do...but I want to say one last thing...DON'T ****ING FREAK OUT. If you can be cool throughout the whole process, you'll find you do much better than expected. Alright all you suckers...PEACE OUT!
P.S. P.M. me if you want to know what materials I used or anything else (except for my sex life), I didn't want to mention any names here because they already get enough advertisement from all the other supposed "pre-meds" on the forum.
If you want to get a good score, you have to realize that all you need to do is study...then study...and maybe study some more. DO NOT MEMORIZE. If you find yourself skimming through stuff and not paying attention to the underlying concept, you will fail. It is much more critical that you understand the concepts and leave the rote memorization for later because if you're a biology major, you can accomplish this very easily. This is the main reason that a lot of people show up to the test remembering everything but not knowing how to answer a single question when its rephrased in some obviously simple but obscure way. So unless, you've gotten a graduate degree in Biology, Organic Chemistry, Physics and Chemistry...you will just have to take my word on it.
The most important thing that needs to be done is to set a deadline to when you are going to take the test. Then you need to start studying the day after. If you're using a prep company, more power to you, but I'd rather save that money for a cruise to some tropical island once I get accepted. Now on the note of self-studying, ever hear about those people that talk about studying 25 hours a day...well usually they're full of **** and rarely study as many hours as they do...maybe it just makes them feel better to know they were "studying" when they spent 10 hours watching porn or something. But thats also an important part of studying for the MCAT, you have to take breaks and study smart, not hard. For example, I'd wake up every morning at 8, eat, study hard for 4 hours then watch a movie, eat, and then study for another 4 hours always focusing on the weak areas, doing lots of practice questions.
Well I'm getting tired writing about all the things you can do...but I want to say one last thing...DON'T ****ING FREAK OUT. If you can be cool throughout the whole process, you'll find you do much better than expected. Alright all you suckers...PEACE OUT!
P.S. P.M. me if you want to know what materials I used or anything else (except for my sex life), I didn't want to mention any names here because they already get enough advertisement from all the other supposed "pre-meds" on the forum.
