Only using KA + AAMC for content review/practice

[Eye see you]

I just looked into the resources available on KA. I was under the impression that KA is great for P/S and for clearing up confusing topics in other areas. I went over to their MCAT content and they've got pretty much every topic covered! I also have access to all the AAMC materials. My question is: Is KA and AAMC materials enough to at least score a 510? I was pretty much sold on purchasing TBR 8-book set (skipping out on CARS and P/S). But if KA and AAMC is enough, I'd like to save the $300. Thanks!

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[Blueprint MCAT Tutor]

I have had students use exclusively Khan Academy for content review and they were able to score well! However, unless you're on a time crunch, I would recommend finding some extra question sources in addition to AAMC. I would suggest this for two reasons:

1) You want to hone and practice your strategy on other material and then once you have that all figured out, you can use the AAMC material to fine tune things. You want to learn a bulk of the material before getting to the AAMC material. You don't want to use the AAMC material to figure out your strategy. You want to have your strategy set and then make minor tweaks when using the AAMC material. That way you get the best use out of it!

2) Although the AAMC material does have a decent amount of questions, I hesitate to say it's solely enough to fully prepare for the MCAT. It definitely is the most representative and best material, but I always suggest to my students to use other material to supplement the AAMC material to ensure that they see all the different angles a question or concept can be asked from and the AAMC material just isn't extensive enough to cover every topic. The more ways you see a concept or question tested, the less likely you are to be surprised on your exam. For that reason, a third-party source of questions can help fill in those gaps.

I have a link in my signature for the Next Step free practice bundle, so you can give that a look before having to commit to anything! I know it's hard to come by money to pay for extra materials, but I would say that the investment is worth it since doing well on the MCAT will be a major gatekeeper for medical school and if you do well, it will open a lot of doors for you and that would be money well spent. Of course, do your research on what materials fit your study style and timeline best, but if you have time and money isn't extremely tight, I would look into third-party sources as well! If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to ask!

 

[PlsLetMeIn21]

I just looked into the resources available on KA. I was under the impression that KA is great for P/S and for clearing up confusing topics in other areas. I went over to their MCAT content and they've got pretty much every topic covered! I also have access to all the AAMC materials. My question is: Is KA and AAMC materials enough to at least score a 510? I was pretty much sold on purchasing TBR 8-book set (skipping out on CARS and P/S). But if KA and AAMC is enough, I'd like to save the $300. Thanks!

Spend the $300, you'll thank me later. KA is the best resource for P/S and the 300 page reddit doc is the gold standard. But for the science sections nothing is as good as TBR passages. Look at all of the posts from people who used TBR and it's nothing but high C/P and B/B scores. I owe my scores in those sections to TBR.

Do TBR sciences, TPR P/S, EK and TPR for CARS for seven weeks, then AAMC Q packs and section banks for a week, and then FLs for four weeks. Mix in a few other things here and there along the way and you have the formula for a great score. When you see how much it is just to apply, the $300 is nothing.

 

[scoopdaboop]

I used Kaplan and 96 page doc for p/s and some khan for practice problems and got 129 126 130 130. I think khan sciences goes into too much detail on certain things and is not necessary. I think it is definitely the most comprehensive content review if u do all of it but it takes much longer to do som. I found Kaplan to have enough content as well as organized nicely. Idk about tbr but it seems good.