So, how did everyone deal with boredom studying for the MCAT? I can't seem to focus because of how monotonous studying can be. I'm finding my self trailing off lately.......
Dealing with MCAT boredom
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I found review so boring I would fall asleep in 5 minutes. Practice problem were at least more "fun". Hang in there 🙂
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Convince yourself that the MCAT is arousing. Train your brain to get excited when you read passages.
Reading passages is entertaining... its the review that's killing me
I think I'm taking too many breaks. Its going way too slow... I've been studying for 4 weeks now and I've only finished reviewing 2.5 kaplan text books.
I'm off campus doing research... I'm pry the only premed here.
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I'm rewatching scrubs... close enough
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Take breaks playing League of Legends
Take so many breaks that you make it to Challanger
Get recruited by a team
Take your team to worlds
Have the most confusing activity section/PS known to man.
In all seriousness, as someone who is a few years away from MCAT studying, I wish you the best of luck.
Take so many breaks that you make it to Challanger
Get recruited by a team
Take your team to worlds
Have the most confusing activity section/PS known to man.
In all seriousness, as someone who is a few years away from MCAT studying, I wish you the best of luck.
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Legit I have pretty study habits. I spread out my MCAT studying over 4 months, about 3 hrs a day dispersed around 6 hrs of draven.
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Gamify it , track progress and check off when review is completed for a section. Track and measure your performance on sections(how many questions you got wrong, what type you got wrong, and why you got it wrong. )
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The only breaks I would take were bathroom breaks.
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Apply the same arousal strategy.
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This is fantastic advice
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Think about how this single exam is worth the same as your entire undergraduate academic record
Nothing motivates like fear/panic
Nothing motivates like fear/panic
Panic is like a proximity warning. Until the date is set and I get too close, I won't feel it.
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What literally helps me keep focus is munching on candy / chocolate every now and then. I mix my studying of content and practice problems, and setting my day like each day is a full length, meaning that I take 1.5 hrs studying, 10 min breaks, another 1.5 hrs, half hour lunch and so on etc etc. it helps me build stamina.
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too much fear/panic can backfire though. this can be a problem for those who are already anxious
I feel you OP. I have exactly 4 months to prep for the MCAT and I just can't bring myself to crack open a review book.
I watched a youtube video on MCAT/Med school study tips and I really liked how she typed up her own reviews and her advice on "active learning." Pretend that you're teaching a class. Try to find new ways to study. Get a dry erase board.
I always tell myself, "this is nothing compared to what's gonna be thrown my way during medical school. You getter suck it up!"
I watched a youtube video on MCAT/Med school study tips and I really liked how she typed up her own reviews and her advice on "active learning." Pretend that you're teaching a class. Try to find new ways to study. Get a dry erase board.
I always tell myself, "this is nothing compared to what's gonna be thrown my way during medical school. You getter suck it up!"
I'm going to sound like a spoiled dingus, but I already have a BMW...
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Nailed itI'm going to sound like a spoiled dingus, but I already have a BMW...
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Cut it into shorter blocks of 45min.
If reviewing material gets monotonous, do practice problems and sections. Review the ones you get wrong and learn it that way.
Workout.
If reviewing material gets monotonous, do practice problems and sections. Review the ones you get wrong and learn it that way.
Workout.
