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Hi there,
I'm a non-traditional student who's been tutoring for years since graduation. I plan on quitting my full time job and committing myself 100% to SN2's MCAT schedule, I was wondering if anyone or SN2 could please help answer a few of my questions regarding the schedule:
1. From my diagnostic, I scored a 6 PS, 5 VR, 6 BS. I guess my science knowledge base is very very very weak and I feel completely foreign to the MCAT critical thinking process of which encompasses the entire exam. Would you recommend the 3 or 4 month schedule for me? Like I have mentioned, I plan on quitting my job, then study in Oct/Nov till March/April and apply in June if all goes well.
2. After days of hunting, I finally tracked down a TPRH Verbal workbook. I scored a 5 on my Verbal Diagnostic so I guess Verbal is my weakest subject also given my extreme struggle while doing them! I left the last 3 passages blank due to overwhelming time constraint. Do you recommend me to purchase a BR Verbal book given that I already have the TPRH Verbal workbook + EK 101 Verbal?
3. I was a biology major (many years ago), thus if anything I'd consider my current limited aging knowledge to be most dominate in biology. I'm contemplating whether to purchase the EK Biology. You mentioned that the EK Bio nails a great majority of the topics tested on MCAT Biology but it lacks depth which I interpret as not sufficient to obtain a good Bio score. My preference between a detailed or non-detailed approach doesn't matter as long as I know the depth of the source can solely help me score a 15. So I was curious if I should buy the EK Bio or should the BR Bio be suffice to obtain a good score?
4. After finding out that I was changing careers, one of my tutees gave me a EK 1001 Questions Biology for my birthday. It doesn't seem like you recommend pre meds to buy it, but since I already have it, do you suggest that I stay away from it and rather stick to BR Bio Passages?
5. You mention do passages (Verbal or Science) within 6-7 minutes. I can barely do them within 10. Any strategies/tips you might recommend? I typically read actively through the passage then answer the questions in order; I refer back to the passages frequently.
Also, I just wanted to let you know that my tutee offered to lend me all her 2009 TPR content books + workbooks. So please let me know if you recommend me using the TPR material alongside the ones you initially recommended, and possibly how I might incorporate them into the schedule.
Once again, thank you very much for for the time and effort you put into these valuable posts. You've helped sparked a dying flame in my life to pursue career that I've always dreamed of since undergrad.
Best,
PreMedSeed
I'm a non-traditional student who's been tutoring for years since graduation. I plan on quitting my full time job and committing myself 100% to SN2's MCAT schedule, I was wondering if anyone or SN2 could please help answer a few of my questions regarding the schedule:
1. From my diagnostic, I scored a 6 PS, 5 VR, 6 BS. I guess my science knowledge base is very very very weak and I feel completely foreign to the MCAT critical thinking process of which encompasses the entire exam. Would you recommend the 3 or 4 month schedule for me? Like I have mentioned, I plan on quitting my job, then study in Oct/Nov till March/April and apply in June if all goes well.
2. After days of hunting, I finally tracked down a TPRH Verbal workbook. I scored a 5 on my Verbal Diagnostic so I guess Verbal is my weakest subject also given my extreme struggle while doing them! I left the last 3 passages blank due to overwhelming time constraint. Do you recommend me to purchase a BR Verbal book given that I already have the TPRH Verbal workbook + EK 101 Verbal?
3. I was a biology major (many years ago), thus if anything I'd consider my current limited aging knowledge to be most dominate in biology. I'm contemplating whether to purchase the EK Biology. You mentioned that the EK Bio nails a great majority of the topics tested on MCAT Biology but it lacks depth which I interpret as not sufficient to obtain a good Bio score. My preference between a detailed or non-detailed approach doesn't matter as long as I know the depth of the source can solely help me score a 15. So I was curious if I should buy the EK Bio or should the BR Bio be suffice to obtain a good score?
4. After finding out that I was changing careers, one of my tutees gave me a EK 1001 Questions Biology for my birthday. It doesn't seem like you recommend pre meds to buy it, but since I already have it, do you suggest that I stay away from it and rather stick to BR Bio Passages?
5. You mention do passages (Verbal or Science) within 6-7 minutes. I can barely do them within 10. Any strategies/tips you might recommend? I typically read actively through the passage then answer the questions in order; I refer back to the passages frequently.
Also, I just wanted to let you know that my tutee offered to lend me all her 2009 TPR content books + workbooks. So please let me know if you recommend me using the TPR material alongside the ones you initially recommended, and possibly how I might incorporate them into the schedule.
Once again, thank you very much for for the time and effort you put into these valuable posts. You've helped sparked a dying flame in my life to pursue career that I've always dreamed of since undergrad.
Best,
PreMedSeed
