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MCAT in August - study plan?

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colloquialgoth

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Hi All,

I have a test date late this August and I just took the AAMC unscored (166/230). I looked online and I think my score falls around a 505. I feel like I should be happy about this as I took this with essentially no content review (besides classes). My best section was CARS (46/53). My goal is 520+ but I probably would not retake if I got a 515+.

I'm just wondering if I could have some advice on my study plan. I have all the AAMC materials from fee assistance. My plan is to take a full length about every other week and then use those results to guide content review (I'm having trouble seeing good value from anything more than the integrated khan academy) and mainly section bank usage to make it stick. Is this a reasonable cycle? Has anybody else taken a similar strategy to this?

Also, is UWorld worth it? I see people rave about it all the time. Am I going to use up all the AAMC section banks too soon during ~100 days of study?

I'd really appreciate any advice or just hearing from other people who used similar strategies to good (or not ideal!) results.