Finishing Content Review with 11 weeks till test- Looking for Guidance

[kyldishgambino]

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Hi,

So i'm going to be finished with content review by the end of the year. My test date is March 24th. I'm going through the Kaplan books for everything except P/S ( i am doing TPR for P/S). My note taking was basically notecards for everything. So i'll have probably ~1500 notecards. My plan was to then spend a day or two typing them all into Anki and then just letting Anki do its thing for the next 11 weeks.

My question for all you wonderful people is how I can best use my materials over the next 11 weeks.
I will be pretty closely following the Testing Solutions 90 day plan for CARS
My materials are:

10th ed. EK books (except CARS)- I bought these for the 30 min exams
The whole AAMC bundle ( i was planning on saving all AAMC materials for like the last 6 weeks- wasn't sure exactly how to space this out though)
Online kaplan half sections that came with the 3rd edition books
3 TPR full lengths
2 kaplan full lengths
EK 101 verbal workbook
I've heard some pretty good things about Uworld (except that physics is way too hard) so I was thinking of maybe getting a 90 day trial and going crazy on their practice problems
My plan is to take a full length every Saturday for these 11 weeks, but I wasn't sure which full lengths to buy, and which order to take them in. I was planning on Next step, but not sure. I am also considering starting to take full lengths this weekend, even though i'm only like 75% done with content review- does anyone have some insight as to whether this would be a good call?

Could anyone offer some insight as to how to get into the practice phase of my studying. I am planning on 4-5 hours a weekday and then 7-8 for the full length and then 7-8 again for the review.

Any and all input is much appreciated, thanks so much

 

[NextStepTutor_1]

Hi @kyldishgambino -

Just wanted to chime in on one of the questions that you asked: namely, whether it's worth doing practice full-lengths before being completely done with content review. The answer is a strong yes. In fact, I generally recommend that students invest some time in working with realistic practice materials even towards the beginning of content review, because it can only help you to become experienced with how MCAT content is tested and the balance between content and strategy/test-taking skills that you have to strike in order to succeed.

Reviewing practice FLs is where the magic happens, and one of the best ways to do so is to ask yourself, for each question, "What would I have had to know, and what would I have had to do, to get this question right?" If you haven't finished your content review yet, you may find that sometimes the answer to that question might be "well, I'd have to have known this little tidbit about gluconeogenesis [for instance], which I haven't reviewed yet." That's OK -- make a note of it and move on. You'll still be getting tremendous value from all the other material, and from seeing how gluconeogenesis is tested, even if you haven't technically "reviewed" that information yet. So I'd urge you to jump on in!!

 

[kyldishgambino]

Hi @kyldishgambino -

Just wanted to chime in on one of the questions that you asked: namely, whether it's worth doing practice full-lengths before being completely done with content review. The answer is a strong yes. In fact, I generally recommend that students invest some time in working with realistic practice materials even towards the beginning of content review, because it can only help you to become experienced with how MCAT content is tested and the balance between content and strategy/test-taking skills that you have to strike in order to succeed.

Reviewing practice FLs is where the magic happens, and one of the best ways to do so is to ask yourself, for each question, "What would I have had to know, and what would I have had to do, to get this question right?" If you haven't finished your content review yet, you may find that sometimes the answer to that question might be "well, I'd have to have known this little tidbit about gluconeogenesis [for instance], which I haven't reviewed yet." That's OK -- make a note of it and move on. You'll still be getting tremendous value from all the other material, and from seeing how gluconeogenesis is tested, even if you haven't technically "reviewed" that information yet. So I'd urge you to jump on in!!

really appreciate the input, thanks so much.

 

[MoDiddy]

I would start doing NS FL's. CARS isn't too representative but the P/S, B/B, and P/C (besides overdoing the calculations) are very good IMO. Make sure to review thoroughly. Maybe try some EK.. save AAMC material (start doing CARS Q pack soon) until last month

 

[kyldishgambino]

I would start doing NS FL's. CARS isn't too representative but the P/S, B/B, and P/C (besides overdoing the calculations) are very good IMO. Make sure to review thoroughly. Maybe try some EK.. save AAMC material (start doing CARS Q pack soon) until last month

^Thanks, i'm going to be using 7sage's blind review technique to review all my practice material
You think I should just jump into taking my full lengths in one sitting?

 

[MoDiddy]

^Thanks, i'm going to be using 7sage's blind review technique to review all my practice material
You think I should just jump into taking my full lengths in one sitting?

sure

 

[kyldishgambino]

glump