MCAT Studying

[Superlove]

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I am just beginning my MCAT studying over Christmas break. I am a fifth year senior who has taken all the prerequisite courses needed for the MCAT so I feel like I have a good background of knowledge. I studied about a month during summer but had to quit due to work/lack of time; I am now free and can devote 8+ hrs a day to this. What is the best way to do content review? I am the kind of person that looooves to memorize and I know memorization isn't the way to take this exam, but that is always how I have learned. Also, almost all the practice exams/diagnostics I have taken you need to have quite a bit of knowledge of topics as well as critical thinking to apply that knowledge. Anyways, content review is taking too long. Should I read the chapters in my Kaplan/TBR books first and as I go take notes, use ANKI to memorize those topics and move on? I notice myself spending 3-4 hours on a single 30 page chapter learning every concept/refreshing. Just looking for advice on the best way to do content review.

 

[osteodoc7]

My advice is to do the opposite of what I ended up doing ! If you have taken the classes I would try and focus as much on taking practice exams such as Kaplan and nextstep and doing thorough reviews of the passages and review the content that might have caused you to miss or guess a question. Also Khan academy is super helpful ! I spent so much time reviewing content it was useless. Doing Kaplan practice gives you a good idea of the high yield content and you can focus on that! The only sections I would advise to specifically dedicate time towards content review is psychology

 

[I'mJustCurious]

To be honest I'm taking the same amount of time as you with learning/refreshing every concept. I am also using Khan Academy to help explain some concepts that I'm stuck on. After the content review do a crazy amount of practice questions and using ANKI doesn't hurt for some topics that require you to memorize.

 

[Ho0v-man]

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[treatem-and-streetem]

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