Am I wasting time just using Khan Academy videos for content review?

[GBP12]

Having tried out TBR, KA, and Kaplan it feels like Khan Academy is the most in depth and exhaustive for material, but it is quite time consuming watching the videos.

It is much easier to go through chapters in TBR or Kaplan, but sometimes it is more difficult to understand the texts versus KA videos and they don't seem to go as much in depth.

Would it be a waste of my time to watch all those videos? I feel like I won't be able to get through everything while also giving myself sufficient practice. But I'd rather watch the videos since they seem more exhaustive and are easier to learn from.

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[BerkReviewTeach]

Why choose one or the other? You might be better off using KA when a subject is challenging for you and then use book review for material you know well. If you know something extremely well, then go straight to passages. In general, time spent on content review is not the highest yield.

 

[kuzy]

I felt the Khan academy videos were a bit too exhaustive as well. I basically went through the chapters of my EK/TBR books and I spent most of my time doing practice passages (either in my books or on KA, which has great psych passages). I then used the KA videos to go over anything I was weak on and needed explained to me further than what was in my prep books

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

I felt the Khan academy videos were a bit too exhaustive as well. I basically went through the chapters of my EK/TBR books and I spent most of my time doing practice passages (either in my books or on KA, which has great psych passages). I then used the KA videos to go over anything I was weak on and needed explained to me further than what was in my prep books

That is the ideal plan right there!

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

Having tried out TBR, KA, and Kaplan it feels like Khan Academy is the most in depth and exhaustive for material, but it is quite time consuming watching the videos.

It is much easier to go through chapters in TBR or Kaplan, but sometimes it is more difficult to understand the texts versus KA videos and they don't seem to go as much in depth.

Would it be a waste of my time to watch all those videos? I feel like I won't be able to get through everything while also giving myself sufficient practice. But I'd rather watch the videos since they seem more exhaustive and are easier to learn from.

I only watched videos when I absolutely had to. I'd watch them at double speed until they hit my trouble spot. It felt like unproductive time most of the time, but was helpful for certain challenging topics. Of everything you listed I personally got the most out of TBR science books. Pay close attention to all of their short cuts and read every answer explanation because they stuff some great suggestions in them.

 

[Dhooy7]

I'm debating on what to do. I'm working full-time at the moment. I know I will need to cut down my hours but I have just been doing TBR passages. I haven't really been reading the content and thought about reading and/or watching videos on my weak areas or anything I get wrong.

 

[BerkReviewTeach]

I'm debating on what to do. I'm working full-time at the moment. I know I will need to cut down my hours but I have just been doing TBR passages. I haven't really been reading the content and thought about reading and/or watching videos on my weak areas or anything I get wrong.

Doing passages, as long as you are taking the time to review the explanations and learn from them, is also doing content review. In fact, it is probably the best way to do your content review. Looking at lists of information leads to memorization, which just doesn't help that much. Reviewing material in context and applying it will help you retain the content better. Many people studying for the MCAT make the huge mistake of emphasizing too much content review.

 

[puahate]

Reading would be more efficient.

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

I'm debating on what to do. I'm working full-time at the moment. I know I will need to cut down my hours but I have just been doing TBR passages. I haven't really been reading the content and thought about reading and/or watching videos on my weak areas or anything I get wrong.

Reading is not the best use of time. I focused on their passages at the start, then on AAMC questions and passages, and then FLs. I did very little actual straight reading of content and the test went very well.

 

[Dhooy7]

Reading is not the best use of time. I focused on their passages at the start, then on AAMC questions and passages, and then FLs. I did very little actual straight reading of content and the test went very well.

I think I struggle with breaking down passages. I tried the approach of not reading much and didn't do as well. I just don't retain a lot reading and need passages.

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

I think I struggle with breaking down passages. I tried the approach of not reading much and didn't do as well. I just don't retain a lot reading and need passages.

You HAVE to read the passages. I don't believe people who say they didn't read them. I mean reading review material is unnecessary. This test can only truly be mastered by doing tons and tons of practice passages.