Mcat in 30 days, need help paring down content review so I can start FLs!

[resiroth]

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[jtran7]

I think doing the self assessments will give you a good idea of where you stand not sure how similar TBR are to the real AAMC test so i would also purchase and start doing the AAMC practice tests and seeing how your are scoring

 

[Platonic]

There's not enough time for you to do a "full" MCAT prep. But I've seen people get excellent scores with much less prep than you. I would take AAMC 3 pronto. If you are close to an acceptable score, then do the self assessment package followed by a targeted content review on your weaknesses (around 1 week). Then do the other FL's.

If you're not close to your target score on AAMC 3, then save the self assessment package and the other FL's...delay your test date and give yourself more time to prepare. If you're one of those people that can score high without ideal prep, you'd probably be able to do well on AAMC 3 after this much prep.

 

[medemic]

I think doing the self assessments will give you a good idea of where you stand not sure how similar TBR are to the real AAMC test so i would also purchase and start doing the AAMC practice tests and seeing how your are scoring

Second.

 

[Platonic]

Second.

I would recommend saving the SA's and doing AAMC 3 instead. the SA's are an incredibly valuable resource, much more-so than AAMC 3. If the test has to be delayed, then you won't really miss AAMC 3 next time around. Losing the SA would be a big loss.

 

[medemic]

I would recommend saving the SA's and doing AAMC 3 instead. the SA's are an incredibly valuable resource, much more-so than AAMC 3. If the test has to be delayed, then you won't really miss AAMC 3 next time around. Losing the SA would be a big loss.

^He's right. Don't take the MCAT if you feel like if you had more time you could do better.

 

[MedOldAge]

I would recommend saving the SA's and doing AAMC 3 instead. the SA's are an incredibly valuable resource, much more-so than AAMC 3. If the test has to be delayed, then you won't really miss AAMC 3 next time around. Losing the SA would be a big loss.

^He's right. Don't take the MCAT if you feel like if you had more time you could do better.

Good advice! +1

 

[resiroth]

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[Platonic]

I really don't want to delay haha. Otherwise I would somehow have to retain all this info through a semester or something (I go to school out of state without a car and very far away from testing centers).

I think I could do full content prep, but at the cost of only taking a couple FLs. Question is whether that is better than hybrid of ~half (everything but bio) + bio quickly reviewed and ~12 FLs.

I think that's a pretty reasonable plan. I think I may do a day of ek bio + maybe some physics memorizing of formulas (otherwise it would be artificially deflated). Then AAMC3 to see where I am (followed by the self assessment + 5-7 days reviewing as you suggested).

So it would be:

8-10 days total: ekbio + aamc3 + self assessment + 5-7 reviewing.
20 days alternating full lengths (review same day, TPRSW on weak areas)?

For reviewing would you suggest reading TBR + TBR passages or just tons of TPRSW?

Jeez all this makes me miss doing half a practice SAT and scoring extremely well walking in (I know MCAT is very different, just makes me long for that test).

The Self assessments take a long time to finish. Finishing one per day is pretty good, and there are 4 total (excluding verbal. you should save the verbal for later in prep. then again, you are at the end already, haha). Including a day of reviewing all four of them (not as easy as you may think, reviewing 400+ problems!) you are talking 5 days with the SA...

You basically need to stop formal content review NOW. Reading review books is not time efficient for you anymore. Your performance on the SA will tell you what to BRIEFLY review before doing the the rest of your FL's. Again, I'd recommend taking AAMC 3 immediately, followed by SA's. These tasks will take around 1 week. Giving you 3 weeks remaining. Brief, targeted content review for 2-3 days, followed by FL's. You will of course have to do some targeted content review during your FL phase.

Again, take AAMC 3 to gauge where you stand. If you pass out in response to seeing the score report, first thing you need to do when you wake up is delay your test. A gap year >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a bad score.

 

[resiroth]

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