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Hey guys I am a 4th year biomedical science major. I was planning to take my MCAT September 27th but due to low practice test scores and lots of family stress at home I decided to cancel my test and take it in March.
Basically, I started studying in May/June pretty lightly I did the Kaplan books for gen chem, orgo, bio, biochem, and physics. For psych I watched KA vids and tried to read the 300 and then the 86 page documement. I got the EK CARS passage practice book and tried to do a passage a day. Come July I started to study a lot harder but I was also working full-time so I couldn't really put as much time towards my MCAT as I wanted to. Then, my mother had to have heart/vascular surgery and my dad got diagnosed with oral cancer. On top of that, earlier in the year my grandmother got diagnosed with breast cancer (and beat it) and I had a very close uncle of mine get in a horrific car accident. This year has been pretty stressful for me and since I spent so much time taking care of my parents since my moms surgery and dads treatment started the same week I really got behind on my studying. By the time I found out about Anki,and coursesaver, there was just too little time left to improve my score. These are how my practice tests went...
(4/3) NS diagnostic 491 (121/123/123/124)
(8/4) NS FL 1 499 (124/124/125/126)
(8/19) AAMC Sample ~496 (123/125/124/124) used this link to find score-->
(9/2) AAMC FL 1 499 (124/124/125/126)
(9/9) AAMC FL 3 499 (127/123/124/125) (WOW ON THE C/P THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!)
So I have 6 months to study and here is my plan....
1. Go through Kaplan books, make Anki cards on WHATEVER I do not understand or am iffy on
2. watch coursesaver videos (what brought up my CP from 124 to 127 in just 1 week) and make Anki cards on what I do not know
3. read through the 300 page P/S doc and supplement with KA what I do not know. make Anki for what I need
4. finish mile down Anki deck (any other good decks for all around material?)
4. Buy u world (how many of these should I do a day and starting when???) and make Anki cards for all missed questions
5. Do all AAMC material at least twice through and make Anki for whatever I do not get
6. do a jack westin passage everyday and use my EK book too to do extra CARS practice
finish AAMC FL 2 and FL 4 (I will prob take NS FL 1, AAMC sample, FL 1, and FL 3 again some place in my practicing)
My goal used to be a 508 but now I am aiming for 512!! any advice on what I should add or take out??? FYI I am in school until December and I work like crazy in December but I plan to study about 2 hours a day until January and then try to study 5-6 hours a day.
I do not know if I just need to write my thoughts down, need help or even motivation but I will take any advice rn!!!!
Basically, I started studying in May/June pretty lightly I did the Kaplan books for gen chem, orgo, bio, biochem, and physics. For psych I watched KA vids and tried to read the 300 and then the 86 page documement. I got the EK CARS passage practice book and tried to do a passage a day. Come July I started to study a lot harder but I was also working full-time so I couldn't really put as much time towards my MCAT as I wanted to. Then, my mother had to have heart/vascular surgery and my dad got diagnosed with oral cancer. On top of that, earlier in the year my grandmother got diagnosed with breast cancer (and beat it) and I had a very close uncle of mine get in a horrific car accident. This year has been pretty stressful for me and since I spent so much time taking care of my parents since my moms surgery and dads treatment started the same week I really got behind on my studying. By the time I found out about Anki,and coursesaver, there was just too little time left to improve my score. These are how my practice tests went...
(4/3) NS diagnostic 491 (121/123/123/124)
(8/4) NS FL 1 499 (124/124/125/126)
(8/19) AAMC Sample ~496 (123/125/124/124) used this link to find score-->
(9/2) AAMC FL 1 499 (124/124/125/126)
(9/9) AAMC FL 3 499 (127/123/124/125) (WOW ON THE C/P THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!)
So I have 6 months to study and here is my plan....
1. Go through Kaplan books, make Anki cards on WHATEVER I do not understand or am iffy on
2. watch coursesaver videos (what brought up my CP from 124 to 127 in just 1 week) and make Anki cards on what I do not know
3. read through the 300 page P/S doc and supplement with KA what I do not know. make Anki for what I need
4. finish mile down Anki deck (any other good decks for all around material?)
4. Buy u world (how many of these should I do a day and starting when???) and make Anki cards for all missed questions
5. Do all AAMC material at least twice through and make Anki for whatever I do not get
6. do a jack westin passage everyday and use my EK book too to do extra CARS practice
finish AAMC FL 2 and FL 4 (I will prob take NS FL 1, AAMC sample, FL 1, and FL 3 again some place in my practicing)
My goal used to be a 508 but now I am aiming for 512!! any advice on what I should add or take out??? FYI I am in school until December and I work like crazy in December but I plan to study about 2 hours a day until January and then try to study 5-6 hours a day.
I do not know if I just need to write my thoughts down, need help or even motivation but I will take any advice rn!!!!