MCAT 2015 - How will you study?

[Biology4Life84]

I've downloaded the preview guide for MCAT 2015. Trying to tackle all of the areas that might be tested by listing the topics by course and finding the chapters in my textbooks that correlate with the information.

I've read in Kaplan's book "MCAT 2015: What the Test Change Means for You Now," that Biochemistry, psychology, and sociology topics are better reviewed with a Kaplan review book than an actual textbook...

Anyone have an opinion on studying for the MCAT by Review Book versus Textbook? It seems that most agree there is more information in a textbook than necessary to know for the MCAT.

Also, how do you develop critical thinking skills? I mean it seems that this would be an innate feature of the human psyche...Supposedly its not enough to know the facts when it comes to doing well on the MCAT...Any comment on that? I mean, if you know the topics questioned on the exam, you're not going to do that well? That's kinda depressing to know.

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[yanks26dmb]

I took the LSAT and scored pretty well (equivalent of 33 on MCAT). The LSAT is ALL about critical thinking skills..as well as reading comprehension. While it's obviously not going to help with science knowledge, it will help sharpen critical thinking skills and give you practice completing much harder verbal passages and questions. I'd suggest taking practice lsat's if you want to specifically focus on improving these skills.

 

[JTL4640]

You don't have to make out a c hart of classes, aamc has an excel spreadsheet that's for advisors but is a full list of what will be tested, whether it's a new subject, and what courses to take to learn some of the topics.

 

[JTL4640]

Google "course-mapping tool for the mcat2015 Exam"