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How I studied
I purchased the big kaplan book and went through all of it. Then I made flash cards of the stuff that I knew I was going to need to work on. I hit these really hard. (For example, all the harmonic motion equations were on a card, motion equations, endocrine hormones, ... anything I needed to memorize got flash carded) For org, physics, and gen chem I made a list of all the important equations and made sure I knew them. Org I figured out what reagents were reducers, oxidizers, add carbons to a molecule... I then went through my notes that I took while going through the Kaplan book (which were very sparse as I don't take a lot of notes) and then went through MCAT foundation review notes that I had. These are really an outline of material, but if highlighted stuff that I was not familiar with.
Next up was the Kaplan flash cards. These were much more in line with what came up on the test than the end of section problems. Any flashcard that I did not get or I found the answer particularly useful I set aside to read again. As I finished up with a subject I would do the practice sets in the
small kaplan OAT book (don't buy kindle edition, you want to be able to write in it. These were quite a bit harder than the actual test, but they gave me good practice.
Last thing I did was take the official practice test. I did a lot better on this than the Kaplan ones and it was
way more reflective of what to expect on the actual test. If you are feeling down with your kaplan test don't feel too bad because the real one is better. I would save the official test for right before real test, the momentum of doing well on that will carry you through to the real test."
