Hi all I just want to briefly describe my problem. Right now I'm using EK solely for content review and plan on doing every single TBR passage out there especially for biology physics and general chemistry after I finish the content review since I'm doing the EK 30 min examination which has passages as well along with each chapter. I want to use TBR after my content review so that the practice of it can still be fresh in my mind as well as the information I gain from it because definitely the passages are going to tell me about my weak areas that I need to refresh myself on as well as teach me new facts and concepts that might not be covered at all in the prep book.
The thing is my MCAT is in aug 23 (still some time I know) and I have 3 chapters left for bio and physics, and 5 chapter left for general chem. Orgo isn't my biggest concern; I have other great notes for it that prepares me well and it will take me approximately 2 days to finish it. After finishing the TBR passages, I plan on doing all AAMC exams (I'm leaving those to the last 25 days since they are the closest to the real thing).
My concern is some people stress out that practice is definitely way more important than content review and I agree to certain extent because with knowledge alone, you won't get the feel of how MCAT is including the timing conditions, the type of passages...etc. But How can I start taking FLs and a lot of practice passages without mastering the content review? I mean if I quickly go over the content review in order to save more time for practice, and then learn from my mistakes in the practice, then these practice scores would come out bad which would demoralize me instead of encouraging me especially for AAMC. I plan in finishing TBR in 10 days (100 passages for each section, total 300 passages for the 3 sections excluding orgo for now (if i have time for it, I will do it later), so I plan on doing 30 a day which seem completely doable to me) 30 should be done under timed condition for about 100 minutes for each 100 questions total of 4-5 hours a day...not so bad. Should I just skim through the rest of content review or still read it carefully and focus on it?
Many people have said that EK is very condensed and to the point. While I agree with this, I disagree that it is easy to finish it fast. Every sentence in EK is important (yes every sentence) because they don't waste time. And I'm the type of person who get obsessed with details so it still take me time to finish a chapter....what you all think?
P.S I know that wasn't brief but I also know there are many people here who are willing to help...thanks in advance!
P.S Please someone move this thread to the general MCAT discussion as this is not a question in the material itself. Sorry!
The thing is my MCAT is in aug 23 (still some time I know) and I have 3 chapters left for bio and physics, and 5 chapter left for general chem. Orgo isn't my biggest concern; I have other great notes for it that prepares me well and it will take me approximately 2 days to finish it. After finishing the TBR passages, I plan on doing all AAMC exams (I'm leaving those to the last 25 days since they are the closest to the real thing).
My concern is some people stress out that practice is definitely way more important than content review and I agree to certain extent because with knowledge alone, you won't get the feel of how MCAT is including the timing conditions, the type of passages...etc. But How can I start taking FLs and a lot of practice passages without mastering the content review? I mean if I quickly go over the content review in order to save more time for practice, and then learn from my mistakes in the practice, then these practice scores would come out bad which would demoralize me instead of encouraging me especially for AAMC. I plan in finishing TBR in 10 days (100 passages for each section, total 300 passages for the 3 sections excluding orgo for now (if i have time for it, I will do it later), so I plan on doing 30 a day which seem completely doable to me) 30 should be done under timed condition for about 100 minutes for each 100 questions total of 4-5 hours a day...not so bad. Should I just skim through the rest of content review or still read it carefully and focus on it?
Many people have said that EK is very condensed and to the point. While I agree with this, I disagree that it is easy to finish it fast. Every sentence in EK is important (yes every sentence) because they don't waste time. And I'm the type of person who get obsessed with details so it still take me time to finish a chapter....what you all think?
P.S I know that wasn't brief but I also know there are many people here who are willing to help...thanks in advance!
P.S Please someone move this thread to the general MCAT discussion as this is not a question in the material itself. Sorry!
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