Here's my situation.
I'm currently working this summer, full time. I was all prepared to take the summer off to study, but I wound up getting a last-minute offer at Mayo Clinic to work in their clinic, and I decided it would be unwise to turn that down for future application's sake.
My 'obligation' to work there end around July 20th. I take the MCAT August 18th.
I fully plan on studying from this point on forward, but I'm having a really, really hard time buckling down and putting in the 3-4 hours I need each night to study after an 8 hour workday. I have no doubt this is impacting my learning because I'll often find myself dozing through boring parts of physics and chemistry, specifically.
What I'm thinking is that I should keep up with a light study load until the end-ish of this month (~20th). I will then use the remainin ~month and ramp up my studying significantly (4-8 hours / day depending on what I'm learning). In college I generally did my best studying when I would sit down and study intensively for long periods of time (~ 8 hours), so I'm not concerned about wearing out.
I'm just curious how much I can effectively absorb in a month doing that, along with a light study load for the next 2+ weeks. I'm currently sitting scoring FL#3 - 21, FL#4 - 29. I'm still unsure of whether or not the 29 was a fluke or not as I'm truly struggling with general chemistry and physics at the moment.
I need a solid mid(low) 30s as my GPA is very mediocre. Advice? If I have to push it back, I won't be able to take it until January, which is when my schooling ends and I'll be back to looking for a real full-time job, so I'm not sure if that plan is any better.
Thanks
I'm currently working this summer, full time. I was all prepared to take the summer off to study, but I wound up getting a last-minute offer at Mayo Clinic to work in their clinic, and I decided it would be unwise to turn that down for future application's sake.
My 'obligation' to work there end around July 20th. I take the MCAT August 18th.
I fully plan on studying from this point on forward, but I'm having a really, really hard time buckling down and putting in the 3-4 hours I need each night to study after an 8 hour workday. I have no doubt this is impacting my learning because I'll often find myself dozing through boring parts of physics and chemistry, specifically.
What I'm thinking is that I should keep up with a light study load until the end-ish of this month (~20th). I will then use the remainin ~month and ramp up my studying significantly (4-8 hours / day depending on what I'm learning). In college I generally did my best studying when I would sit down and study intensively for long periods of time (~ 8 hours), so I'm not concerned about wearing out.
I'm just curious how much I can effectively absorb in a month doing that, along with a light study load for the next 2+ weeks. I'm currently sitting scoring FL#3 - 21, FL#4 - 29. I'm still unsure of whether or not the 29 was a fluke or not as I'm truly struggling with general chemistry and physics at the moment.
I need a solid mid(low) 30s as my GPA is very mediocre. Advice? If I have to push it back, I won't be able to take it until January, which is when my schooling ends and I'll be back to looking for a real full-time job, so I'm not sure if that plan is any better.
Thanks
