Help! Advice very much appreciated (MCAT related)

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So here's my predicament: I just graduated and I plan on taking the MCAT early next year. I took OChem/Phys this summer and I'm taking OChemII/Phys II until December. I was wondering if you guys could help me out with an efficient study plan.

I originally wanted to follow this:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=623898

But given the time-commitment, I decided to perhaps follow this in January through March when my only obligation is part-time work (I have to work given my predicament), and take the MCAT in April. However, I don't just want to idly wait by in the meantime. I took an AAMC early this summer before any study and got a V:11/BS:7/PS:6 (this is before I took Phys II/OChem II), so just waiting until January for intensive study is too risky.

At this point, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a moderate study regimen I can follow until December (or review mine). I was considering the ExamKrackers 10-Week schedule because its not too bad (2 - 3 hrs per day) as a precursor along w/ reading Economist/Nature articles frequently. However, while EK is good for Verbal/Bio and Chem, I don't really think its teaching me how to problem solve in Phys, and that's my weakness (I'm a humanities major). Before I start intensive studying, I want to pull up my 24 around a 30 in these next few months, which I think is possible w/ my light courseload.

So yeah, input is very much appreciated. Thanks.

EDIT -- Anything like flashcards, etc... any advice is useful (I commute to school)

 

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So here's my predicament: I just graduated and I plan on taking the MCAT early next year. I took OChem/Phys this summer and I'm taking OChemII/Phys II until December. I was wondering if you guys could help me out with an efficient study plan.

I originally wanted to follow this:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=623898

But given the time-commitment, I decided to perhaps follow this in January through March when my only obligation is part-time work (I have to work given my predicament), and take the MCAT in April. However, I don't just want to idly wait by in the meantime. I took an AAMC early this summer before any study and got a V:11/BS:7/PS:6 (this is before I took Phys II/OChem II), so just waiting until January for intensive study is too risky.

At this point, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a moderate study regimen I can follow until December (or review mine). I was considering the ExamKrackers 10-Week schedule because its not too bad (2 - 3 hrs per day) as a precursor along w/ reading Economist/Nature articles frequently. However, while EK is good for Verbal/Bio and Chem, I don't really think its teaching me how to problem solve in Phys, and that's my weakness (I'm a humanities major). Before I start intensive studying, I want to pull up my 24 around a 30 in these next few months, which I think is possible w/ my light courseload.

So yeah, input is very much appreciated. Thanks.

EDIT -- Anything like flashcards, etc... any advice is useful (I commute to school)

Fellow humanities major, hello!! Okay so I had the same issue, had a 23 diagnostic from Kaplan and kinda pretend studied from June-October but then really studied frm January to April for my end of April MCAT date. During that time, I worked around 20 hours/week and had 15 intense credits between my bio and English majors. In fall I had 18. So I used all of the EK study materials which were great! The verbal was especially helpful...much more so than Kaplan. Also, if you are a humanities major, HONESTLY, you will likely be wasting time reading nature etc. Skills needed in verbal section are what we do in class every single day. Passages would be far more helpful. I read Scientific American for a year before my MCAT and it was interesting and all, but not helpful when it came to the MCAT verbal section. In the interest of time, it'd be more beneficial for you to do practice passages than read magazines that many non humanities majors use to allegedly help.

Also, the EK physics was SUPREMELY helpful for me. It is also my worst section even though I did very well in physics and work as a learning assistant for physics. EK physics taught me great problem solving skills and shortcuts I've never even heard of before! As for the EK schedule, it was a little laid back for me. What I did was tackle a subject, say general chemistry (also a weakness for me), do the content review using the EK and audio osmosis material, then go through the 1001 problem book all while taking intense notes. I also studied for 12 hours / day during my spring break which was supremely helpful. I did this for physics from September to December..that's how bad I was at it. Then end of December did in this order general chemistry, organic, then biology and verbal I didn't study for except passages every couple days. I was done all content review by the beginning of march and did full lengths by mid march. I ended up getting a 34--10 in bio, 11 in ps, and 13 in verbal. Btw, I'd never scored a 13 on the EK 101 verbal passages book....I could only make steady 11's in that book, so to me, the EK was harder than the actual but still provided relevant and useful practice. Feel free to PM me if this was helpful and you have any more questions! Good luck!!!