Audio Osmosis

[iceman132]

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Does anyone here have a good plan on how to use audio osmosis? (Take notes first time and then re listen)

I know some people just listen in the car or in the gym .... Anyone have another take on it?

 

[deep122]

Probably not worth taking notes if you have MCAT prep books you can take notes from. I really just used it to review material as I was walking to and from class. I think that's how most people use it.

 

[stolen_biscuit]

I listened in the car mostly. Towards the end, when I had my weaknesses identified, I listened while looking at my review notes (from other sources). I then took notes to fill in gaps or add some of their catchy mnemonics.

Great resource!

 

[MT Headed]

I got it a year before the MCAT. I dutifully listened and took notes for the whole thing. Took about two weeks worth of evenings. This was before I ever took chem, bio, ochem, or physics.

Then I listened to it in the car. At the time I had a daily 20 minute commute to school, and a 3 hour (one way) road trip every other weekend. I estimate I heard the complete set of CD's about 20 times over the course of the year. I could probably recite them by now.

When I started studying for the MCAT in earnest, I tried to sit and listen to each chapter as appropriate. I kept falling asleep. My friends said they always fell asleep too.

So I guess as long as I was doing something else important (taking notes or driving a car) I was able to follow along with the CDs. I think they helped me in class, and helped me on the MCAT.

 

[mafunk]

I tried listening to it in the car, but found it terribly boring. They are not for me. I prefer books and videos

 

[AACmd]

I had it in my car on my ipod. I would just shuffle so every other track would be an AO 2 min lecture. I would just listen and use it to review and understand in my head what i learned from my books, like recapping. Before I knew it, I had heard every track 2 or 3 times already.

 

[hmainn]

I was a June 2011 MCAT taker and used the Audio CDs with the EK books. I found that to be the best, because it was nice to have the material infront of me while I was listening. I ended up taking notes from the audio and written materials.
It was definitely the nice cheap option. I figured I could get a horrible lecturer during a MCAT course.

Honestly, using the CDs and books together worked for me. I tried to listen to the CDs in the car after I had listened to em a couple of times with the books, but I found that I wasn't paying attention.

If you pick stuff up when not paying attention, you'll only be picking up facts. You also want a good amount of understanding behind the concepts.

 

[kehlsh]

Having basically memorized the entire EK set, I found that osmosis was a nice and lazy way to review whenever i felt burnt out

 

[centrigeugle]

Having basically memorized the entire EK set, osmosis was a nice and lazy way to review whenever i felt bunt out

This.

Also, although the sound effects get unbelievably irritating after the third or so iteration, I found them quite valuable to keep my mind in 'mcat mode' during times that I'd otherwise be listening to music. If I heard something that snagged my attention, I'd repeat it and usually write a flashcard or two on the subject.

Plus it's worth listening to just for the: how do you make a hormone? You don't pay her.

 

[kehlsh]

This.

Also, although the sound effects get unbelievably irritating after the third or so iteration, I found them quite valuable to keep my mind in 'mcat mode' during times that I'd otherwise be listening to music. If I heard something that snagged my attention, I'd repeat it and usually write a flashcard or two on the subject.

Plus it's worth listening to just for the: how do you make a hormone? You don't pay her.

whew... I thought you were gonna comment at my incorrect grammar, I was sweating for a sec

 

[SBAKSHI]

Does anyone here have a good plan on how to use audio osmosis? (Take notes first time and then re listen)

I know some people just listen in the car or in the gym .... Anyone have another take on it?

I listened to them while going to bed. As the time went by, I started getting tired and so did not go with it completely. I would listen to them while taking a "break" too or going to get some food.

 

[excitedtoapply]

When I started running out of time to split up some of the audio lectures and the note taking from the books I decided to try them at the same time and it seems to be working well for me. Basically, I skim a section, then read it and make note cards. I then listen to it while looking at my note cards and adding anything new to the note cards. This might seem a bit silly and redundant all at once but it seems to help me stay engaged. I also listen to them when I am commuting but I have found if they are not sections that I have already gone over, they go a bit fast for me to really think about the topics.

 

[HurricaneKatt]

I used it as a supplement to my studying. My method was this: I went through all of the Exam Krackers books, read, took notes, did all of the questions in each section and the the practice passages. Then I took a practice test on ACMAS. I reviewed all of the answers that I went wrong and looked at what my weak points were. Then I went back and studied those areas more, and took another practice test. Repeat repeat. (I think I took like 6 or 7 practice tests total). During all of this, I used Audio Osmosis when I was in the car, working in a back room at work, before bed, etc. I would try to make sure that I was following the tracks as closely as possible so that I was actively absorbing the info. Their jokes are corny but IMO funny, and I really benefit from analogies to help me learn and remember things. I loved Osmosis.

Have to add as a somewhat off-topic aside. I had Kaplan, Princeton Review, Exam Krackers, and a ton of other study materials. Some I bought, some were passed down to me from the previous year's applicants. Exam-Krackers was by far the best (for me).

 

[Morsetlis]

It would be like me trying to swim without arms.

Or, I'd try to visualize it so much I'd crash the car / whatever I was doing. If I had to put that much effort into visualizing something, might as well watch the video of it or read the book.

 

[HotandCold]

I'd use each one after having read and understood the corresponding passage. Listen to it twice. I chose not to listen to it before I read the book- just didn't make sense to me. It's go study prep though- just obviously not enough on it's own.