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what to do when falling behind on content review?
insight and advice?! what to cut? how to catch up?
insight and advice?! what to cut? how to catch up?
Falling behind in content review?
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I'd call that one "debatable" as well. I mean... really... which is more important to you? Your girlfriend or the MCAT? If it's truly the MCAT, well... I'd suggest checking your priorities. Sure, limit that time but to totally "cut" her from your schedule seems a bit much.
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Panic.
Honestly, you should be evaluating yourself throughout your preparation. If you are getting a little behind, make sure you focus on your weak areas despite the fact that going over your strong areas is a great confidence builder. Furthermore, make sure you are getting plenty of practice... unless you can show that you can apply your knowledge, you shouldn't take the MCAT exam.
Honestly, you should be evaluating yourself throughout your preparation. If you are getting a little behind, make sure you focus on your weak areas despite the fact that going over your strong areas is a great confidence builder. Furthermore, make sure you are getting plenty of practice... unless you can show that you can apply your knowledge, you shouldn't take the MCAT exam.
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Agreed. If you start 3-4 months in advance and follow a consistent study schedule, there is no reason to stop the rest of your life...Even Kaplan says to take off one day a week. You do need a little down time.
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What you should do depends on why you're behind.
To really prepare for the MCAT, you must be prepared to give up everything else. This is the Golden Rule of MCAT Prep. The key to success is MCAT, MCAT, and MCAT only. Do you want to do well on the MCAT or do you want to make relationship with someone who might be the mother of your child? I say MCAT, obviously.
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When you make a schedule, just have like 2-3 catch-up days every two to three weeks. That way it'll be easier for you to catch up.
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Don't freak out. I was behind a few weeks into my study plan and never caught back up. You'll figure out what to cut. Go over stuff you feel strong in more quickly; perhaps go over multiple sections each day if you can.
Remember that a plan is just that: it's not something that's written in stone. You're not going to be screwed if you don't follow the plan to the letter.
Remember that a plan is just that: it's not something that's written in stone. You're not going to be screwed if you don't follow the plan to the letter.
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That's what I did. The good news though, is that if you're doing content review now, then your test date is at least 4 months out, which gives you plenty of time to catch up.
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The January exams are about 120 days away. That is a great deal of time to thoroughly prepare for the exam. According to which schedule would you be behind at ths juncture? I would think that if you feel behind on content review, you have probably scheduled too much of it. Revise your schedule.
You get prepared for this test by practice, recognizing your mistakes, correcting your mistakes (which in sokme cases might include some review), and ultimately learning from your mistakes. Redo your schedule to include more passages and less reading.
Review only the areas that you consider to be weaknesses, and don't overdo any subjects that get lightly tested. And specifically to you, make sure your materials aren't so out of date that you are reviewing things that are no longer tested. In another thread, you made a big deal about a typo in a book. It ends up that the typo you were typing about was removed at least five years ago. This means that you are quite possibly using books that emphasize some of the topics no longer tested (benzene reactions for instance). It would more than worth your time to make a new schedule based on the AAMC topic list.
