Index cards and kaplan book?

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Has anybody studied from index cards that they made from the Kaplan book(that is the science sections not the PAT, and the RC)?
I've read the blue book several times attentively but I don't see how anybody could assimilate all that information by just rereading sections and rewriting them.

 

[whiskeysour]

Has anybody studied from index cards that they made from the Kaplan book(that is the science sections not the PAT, and the RC)?
I've read the blue book several times attentively but I don't see how anybody could assimilate all that information by just rereading sections and rewriting them.

i would suggest defining the areas you're weak in and make your own personal notecards for those areas. for instance, i'm strong in gen. chem since i teach it as a TA, but I have not taken a bio class is over a year. therefore, i'm going to focus more on the bio section make notecards for concepts that don't stick.

for the organic stuff, just make a sheet with all the rxns and memorize them...notecards, whatev.

quantitative shouldn't be too much of an issue, as is the same with verbal and PAT --> however, work on these sections just to work out a strategy and get some practice.

hope this works..... not only for you, but for me, too!

 

[Dr. Parm]

I would go further and put EVERYTHING that the review notes have (whether you know it or not) into notecards, and just flipping through the notecards for content review. Notecards make the otherwise overwhelming volume of the information presented manageable. By the end of your prep, you shoud be looking at your own notecards from EACH section of the review notes (the Blue Kaplan Book), and reviewing with the flashcards that Kaplan gives you (if you take the kaplan course).

 

[spud_gal]

I went through the Kaplan review and put info on notecards that (1) Wasn't fresh in my mind or (2) I thought would more than likely be on the test. They come in handy when you don't want to lug the huge Kaplan book around.

 

[Chrono1984]

I completely translated the bio section into my own study guide. I had read through it once, than decided to go through it all again and write down the important facts.

This takes a lot of time...but writing and rereading everything has pretty much cemented the entire section in my brain. I put additional genetics, plant bio, and embryology info in my notes from other texts because I don't feel kaplan did a good enough job covering them. Now I can quickly run through my light weight bio notes..rather than lug that kaplan book around.

As for ochem, I just divided some paper into functional group (alcohol, ester, ect) sections, and wrote down every reaction they can go through.

Gen chem I think is better just to do a bunch of practice problems because the conceptual stuff shouldn't require massive note taking (in my opinion).

The only extra QR section I needed was a simple unit circle for trig. I can visualize sin/cos/tan functions so much better by studying the circle rather than reading words.

I know some people who scored well by barely skimming kaplan or not reading it at all...it depends on how well you retain info from undergrad classes.

 

[Gargamel]

I think your talking about the note cards that comes with the Kaplan course. I found these to be invaluable. I brought them with me everywhere I went last summer and had my fiancé (now my wife) quiz me on them while we were driving and even hiking. I separated them into know and don’t know piles I kept thinning the don’t know pile (then re-reviewed it) I think they were the most valuable part of the Kaplan course!

 

[busupshot83]

I converted the entire Kaplan book into my own note cards. It takes a while, but well worth it.

 

[slashnroses19]

^ same here. i have about 800 cards