How Can Students Track Their MCAT Study Progress?

[reganpro.haska]

Studying for the MCAT can feel overwhelming, and it’s tough to know if you’re making real progress. Many students like me find it hard to keep track of their practice test scores and study habits. What tips or tools do you use to stay on top of your study progress and ensure you’re getting better?

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[reganpro.haska]

Studying for the MCAT can feel overwhelming, and it’s tough to know if you’re making real progress. Many students like me find it hard to keep track of their practice test scores and study habits. What tips or tools do you use to stay on top of your study progress and ensure you’re getting better?
















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[ClashRoyaleKing]

I didn't track my progress that much, really. You could list all of the book chapters you want to review, practice tests you want to take, other tools (Jack Westin, AAMC study packs, AAMC CARS diagnostic) and organize them according to how you want to progress through them. If you are using ANKI, you could set dates when you would like to have no "new" cards in each deck.

 

[I'mJustCurious]

To track your MCAT practice test scores I would make a graph that way you can see the trend

 

[purpledoc1]

I used an Excel spreadsheet/Google Sheets. You can use this to plan study hours as well as a study schedule. Good luck!

 

[Pile O' Nephritis]

For content review measure just measure progress in how far along you are in your study plan (how many Khan Academy videos, how many Kaplan chapters, whatever).

Others already mentioned tracking practice tests as the most accurate metric when you're in the "second phase". For a more granular metric when you study you can track your % answers correct over time and try to extrapolate that to a predicted MCAT score. E.g. 80% UWorld answers correct is roughly 97-98 percentile which equates to around 519-521. Adjust depending on how well you test.

 

[Pile O' Nephritis]

I used an Excel spreadsheet/Google Sheets. You can use this to plan study hours as well as a study schedule. Good luck!

Related note, I used an Excel spreadsheet to track which problems I got wrong and try to identify weak points