SN2'd first day

[TexasSurgeon]

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EDIT: This was supposed to be a thread about the first day of SN2. However as with all intelligent life, things evolve. This thread has now become a support page for people following the SN2 plan. You can think of it as Alcoholics Anonymous for people studying to take the MCAT using the SN2 plan.

EDIT July 1, 2014:
If you are interested in @mehc012's Anki Deck, DO NOT SEND A PM. Here is the link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7if6wgaif98rkoa/mehc012 SN2edCh4s.apkg
**A NOTE: @mehc012 and several others (myself included) want to tell you guys that studying from another person's deck will probably not be as beneficial to you as creating your own cards. Yes you can take advantage of @mehc012's generosity, but you won't get the same advantage. Study the material. Create cards as you go along. You will find it more helpful to your studying. **

EDIT July 22, 2014:
The following is @TBRBiosadist's official MCAT Verbal Reasoning Strategy:
@TBRBiosadist's strategy that got [him] from a 7 average to scoring 13-15 average..

Spend the bulk of your time reading. Up to 3 minutes per passage.

• Read the first and last paragraph thoroughly to begin with. Understand what the authors main point will be because 90% of questions require nothing more than a general idea.
• After this, read the entire passage slowly enough where you dont feel like you need to reread sentences for understanding.

Next is just answer questions, there is a few tricks here that work about 90% of the time

• Unless the passage is asking you about a specific detail, dont look back. READ EVERY ANSWER THOROUGLY AND THEN Answer what makes sense from the general point of the passage. Its very easy to prove a wrong answer to be somewhat correct if you dig hard enough, dont. Answer what your gut says and move onto the next question, dont contemplate to much. With that being said...
• Answer like you were dropped on the head as a child. Alot of times if Im arguing between two answers, there is the answer that is 100% correct, and one that is 90% correct. Be an idoit and choose the one that seems like it is correct. However.....
• "Always" is a word to avoid. If an answer uses this word, or definites like it, it is something to avoid. I would say 80% of the time the wishy washy answer is more correct then the highly affirmative one. This leads to my final point....
• 100% of the time you are not actually looking for the "right" answer in verbal, this isnt PS or BS where 1+1 almost always equals 2 (unless we are talking about the different sedimentation values for Ribosomes). In verbal you are looking for the answer that isnt wrong. Often times an answer will seem very "right" but one aspect of it is clearly wrong, as compared to an answer that isnt wrong, but doesnt seem as right as that answer, these are meant to fool you. Choose the answer that isnt wrong.

I understand that I few of these tips may be at odds with each other. Ultimately you must adjust slightly for each passage, but it comes down to one thing. Read thoroughly. Read every sentence in the passage. Read every question. Read every answer. Then the correct answer will be fairly obvious. This may seem like it takes longer, but it takes much less time than skimming, and then trying to find the correct information later.

Or to summarize in one sentence

Understand what the hell the author is arguing

EDIT July 26, 2014:
@DoctorInASaree uploaded a guide to Verbal Reasoning. If you're interested, it's worth a look. Here is the link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2byivymmqwlvjms/MCAT VR Primer DRSAREE.pdf

EDIT 2, July 26, 2014: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/sn2d-first-day.1074344/page-52#post-15510851
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Just finished the first day of SN2...man is it long and exhausting.

The first day is BR physics chapter (translational motion) + 1/3 of the passages. I felt like I wasn't able to apply the stuff I read into the stuff I was tested on.

Has anyone felt this way when following the schedule? It just seems like the contents of the chapter didn't really stick in my head when I took the practice passages. Will this improve over time?

EDIT 3, March 4, 2015:

For verbal, if you are feeling lost and confused, I highly highly recommend you to look into the MCAT Strategy Course by @Jack Westin. I've been working with him, and nothing comes close to his course and teaching. It's a strategy course, so it will cover everything, not just the VR/CARS section.

 

[mcheung]

I am so horrible at verbal...
I just started timing myself for a passage and 75% into reading the passage i realize i have no clue what it is talking about...
Has this happened to anyone else? When this happens, do you guys stop the timer and start again hoping to be more focused, or just keep going and start answer questions hoping to get them right...

It really sucks cause I am also a slow reader haha.. 75% into the passage and I was at about 2.5minutes.

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

I am so horrible at verbal...
I just started timing myself for a passage and 75% into reading the passage i realize i have no clue what it is talking about...
Has this happened to anyone else? When this happens, do you guys stop the timer and start again hoping to be more focused, or just keep going and start answer questions hoping to get them right...

It really sucks cause I am also a slow reader haha.. 75% into the passage and I was at about 2.5minutes.

I take usually take 4 min to read passages. Read carefully and quickly answer the questions.

 

[poop420]

Sigh I feel like just giving up.. Study that EK Bio book all day and I got my ass kicked on the BR passages... (Should i try and get TPR workbook? or just use these passages I bombed as a guide to know what I need to look at in the BR bio book or just waitch to the BR book completely ) My Pride has officially been killed .. 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

Sigh I feel like just giving up.. Study that EK Bio book all day and I got my ass kicked on the BR passages... (Should i try and get TPR workbook? or just use these passages I bombed as a guide to know what I need to look at in the BR bio book or just waitch to the BR book completely ) My Pride has officially been killed .. 🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁🙁

I started at around 60%.

 

[poop420]

I started at around 60%.

yeah i am pulling around 50% Only god news is I am interpreting the questions okay just seem to have a content gap because the EK book didn't really go into it. ... What method have you employed doing Bio?? Use the EK Bio then review through BR bio and take notes ? Or do the BR passages and take notes on the questions you were not familiar with .. thinking about getting the TPR workbook..

 

[3655]

Feeling bummed. I can't manage more than 5 hrs of pure studying a day (not counting breaks). Exam is on aug 21 and I am way behind on practice. It takes me forever to do post game (e.g. All 5 hours today to post game 16 passages and 50 FS. any tips please????

Just to clarify, you do 16 passages a day?? omgoodness i'm still struggling with doing even 10 a day!

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

yeah i am pulling around 50% Only god news is I am interpreting the questions okay just seem to have a content gap because the EK book didn't really go into it. ... What method have you employed doing Bio?? Use the EK Bio then review through BR bio and take notes ? Or do the BR passages and take notes on the questions you were not familiar with .. thinking about getting the TPR workbook..

I read a few pages of BR bio total. I didn't like it at all. I read EK Bio, took notes, did BR passages and took notes on mistakes.

 

[poop420]

I read a few pages of BR bio total. I didn't like it at all. I read EK Bio, took notes, did BR passages and took notes on mistakes.

Thanks will try to see how that works!

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

Just to clarify, you do 16 passages a day?? omgoodness i'm still struggling with doing even 10 a day!

How do you do the second 1/3? They require you to do 20-25 passages in one day.

 

[mehc012]

Just to clarify, you do 16 passages a day?? omgoodness i'm still struggling with doing even 10 a day!

An exam will have 20-something, so it's best to get used to it now!

 

[mehc012]

I read a few pages of BR bio total. I didn't like it at all. I read EK Bio, took notes, did BR passages and took notes on mistakes.

I can't even imagine doing BR passages without using BR. If I subbed in anything, it'd be TPRH. I honestly think TPRH has the best content review out of all of 'em in terms of organization.
TBR wins in terms of how well it prepares you, and for their tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
I am not a big EK fan.

 

[TexasSurgeon]

I can't even imagine doing BR passages without using BR. If I subbed in anything, it'd be TPRH. I honestly think TPRH has the best content review out of all of 'em in terms of organization.
TBR wins in terms of how well it prepares you, and for their tips, tricks, and shortcuts.
I am not a big EK fan.

I like how concise EK is.

 

[mehc012]

I like how concise EK is.

If I wanted concise, I'd just peruse the AAMC content outlines.

 

[Lokkja]

Wasn't getting a response in my thread but -

I did the sections of fluids/solids in the 1001 book and did worse than guessing. I'm not exactly good at physics - but I've never scored this poorly in my entire studying. Generally I score 60-70% on BR physics passages, sometimes worse, sometimes better. Is this indicative of my physics ability/MCAT scoring potential? Is the lackluster performance on the 1001 something I could overcome at this point/should overcome?

 

[oznefu]

For those of you using TBR and TPRH, how are you picking which passages to do for TPRH? Finally got my hands on this huge book, I didn't realize that the passages weren't broken down by topic. Do you just have to search through all of the 60-80 passages and find which ones are relevant to your content review? Or do you just attack the passages in sequential order without regard for the topic they cover?

Check this link out! --> http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/tprh-science-workbook-scores.989014/

 

[mehc012]

Wasn't getting a response in my thread but -

I did the sections of fluids/solids in the 1001 book and did worse than guessing. I'm not exactly good at physics - but I've never scored this poorly in my entire studying. Generally I score 60-70% on BR physics passages, sometimes worse, sometimes better. Is this indicative of my physics ability/MCAT scoring potential? Is the lackluster performance on the 1001 something I could overcome at this point/should overcome?

For me, the advantage of the 1001s is that they systematically go through a lot of the bizarre permutations which you could end up seeing.
My strategy is to do them untimed, giving my best guess when I can't come up with it. If any of them are 'hard' or need to be worked out, I star them
Then, I go back and thoroughly review only the ones I starred or got wrong. Work every single problem out in excruciating detail to make sure you understand how to most easily set the problem up
Finally, I go back through AGAIN and do the 2 surrounding problems for any which I missed. So, if I missed #422, I'd do #421 and #423 on review. Often, these will use the same problem setup or 'trick', but a slightly different angle of questioning. If I get those wrong, it means I didn't really understand it even after reviewing that specific case. Those go into my 'I need to learn this permutation cold' folder, which for me means they get an Anki card.

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

Wasn't getting a response in my thread but -

I did the sections of fluids/solids in the 1001 book and did worse than guessing. I'm not exactly good at physics - but I've never scored this poorly in my entire studying. Generally I score 60-70% on BR physics passages, sometimes worse, sometimes better. Is this indicative of my physics ability/MCAT scoring potential? Is the lackluster performance on the 1001 something I could overcome at this point/should overcome?

I got 55% on that! I always did horribly on EK1001. I need to see a passage! I even went down to 20's-30's on EK1001. I despised that book.
On BR passages on my first 1/3 I was getting 70's. 2/3 - 70's and my final third is in the low 90's.

MCAT scoring potential hmm, when I took the AAMC's the third third had not been done. So my averages were in the 70's and my AAMC practice scores for PS was 13's......so interpret this as you want.

 

[TBRBiosadist]

Holy Jesus I only do about 10 passages a day between verbal and the days chapters. The MCAT requires intense study, but there is a point in which it becomes overkill. I fully believe that smarter study of less material will lead to better results then trying to go above and beyond a schedule that is already so far above and beyond. Time off is important and if your study is affecting you intensely health wise, then you wont get the most out of it. I'm not doing any material today on the fourth. I made it so that I have most of tomorrow off. Down time allows you to be sharper.

Im rather intoxicated while typing this and may edit it in the afternoon tomorrow

 

[poop420]

Holy Jesus I only do about 10 passages a day between verbal and the days chapters. The MCAT requires intense study, but there is a point in which it becomes overkill. I fully believe that smarter study of less material will lead to better results then trying to go above and beyond a schedule that is already so far above and beyond. Time off is important and if your study is affecting you intensely health wise, then you wont get the most out of it. I'm not doing any material today on the fourth. I made it so that I have most of tomorrow off. Down time allows you to be sharper.

Im rather intoxicated while typing this and may edit it in the afternoon tomorrow

HA HA couldn't agree with you more buddy!! Have a drink for me too while reciting some equations drunk.. If you mess up a equation you better DRINK UP!

 

[Lokkja]

For me, the advantage of the 1001s is that they systematically go through a lot of the bizarre permutations which you could end up seeing.
My strategy is to do them untimed, giving my best guess when I can't come up with it. If any of them are 'hard' or need to be worked out, I star them
Then, I go back and thoroughly review only the ones I starred or got wrong. Work every single problem out in excruciating detail to make sure you understand how to most easily set the problem up
Finally, I go back through AGAIN and do the 2 surrounding problems for any which I missed. So, if I missed #422, I'd do #421 and #423 on review. Often, these will use the same problem setup or 'trick', but a slightly different angle of questioning. If I get those wrong, it means I didn't really understand it even after reviewing that specific case. Those go into my 'I need to learn this permutation cold' folder, which for me means they get an Anki card.

The problem is I'm missing so many. It seems like they use formulas in the book that I've just never seen before in my life...

I got 55% on that! I always did horribly on EK1001. I need to see a passage! I even went down to 20's-30's on EK1001. I despised that book.
On BR passages on my first 1/3 I was getting 70's. 2/3 - 70's and my final third is in the low 90's.

MCAT scoring potential hmm, when I took the AAMC's the third third had not been done. So my averages were in the 70's and my AAMC practice scores for PS was 13's......so interpret this as you want.

This makes me feel 1000% better. I guess I'll take the results with a grain of salt and just attempt to learn what I can from them on day 5's.

 

[mehc012]

The problem is I'm missing so many. It seems like they use formulas in the book that I've just never seen before in my life...

This makes me feel 1000% better. I guess I'll take the results with a grain of salt and just attempt to learn what I can from them on day 5's.

Then it's even more important to practice them!
I don't understand your logic...because you missed a bunch and there are a ton of equations you don't know, you...ignore it? Magically hope that your scores will improve later? If you had missed fewer would you actually review them and try to fill in the gaps?
I'm not saying that the 1001s are crucial, or that fluids and whatnot are the be-all and end-all of MCAT material...I just don't understand your logic here.

If you aren't going to learn from the 1001's that you miss, there is no point in doing them. Just skip them and save the extra time/stress.

Holy Jesus I only do about 10 passages a day between verbal and the days chapters. The MCAT requires intense study, but there is a point in which it becomes overkill. I fully believe that smarter study of less material will lead to better results then trying to go above and beyond a schedule that is already so far above and beyond. Time off is important and if your study is affecting you intensely health wise, then you wont get the most out of it. I'm not doing any material today on the fourth. I made it so that I have most of tomorrow off. Down time allows you to be sharper.

Im rather intoxicated while typing this and may edit it in the afternoon tomorrow

Is this talking to me? Cuz I'm barely doing what's in the schedule, never mind above and beyond! I completely skip the EK Bio stuff, including the in-class exams. I don't do VR every day. And I may cut out an FL or 2 to make space for the self-assessments, because I want the breakdown.

I tend to have crazy study days because I also work fulltime, so there are several days where I do NOTHING. Not a single VR passage, not a damn thing. Heck, some days I don't even review my due Anki cards. So when I have a day off, or 2 (such as today and tomorrow), I try to make up for it. I don't have any adverse health effects, I just see my score percentages take a dip towards the end of a long study day...and my Netflix consumption skyrockets.

 

[Lokkja]

Then it's even more important to practice them!
I don't understand your logic...because you missed a bunch and there are a ton of equations you don't know, you...ignore it? Magically hope that your scores will improve later? If you had missed fewer would you actually review them and try to fill in the gaps?
I'm not saying that the 1001s are crucial, or that fluids and whatnot are the be-all and end-all of MCAT material...I just don't understand your logic here.

If the way the questions are presented result in my scores being equivalent to guessing when I'm doing moderately well on BR it's not about lack of knowledge, it's about the format and the type of knowledge being tested. Either TBR isn't giving me the proper tools or EK isn't testing the proper tools. From the sounds of it - the latter is more likely. It's not about ignoring what I'm not doing well on, it's about ignoring what I don't need to know. I don't skip BR passages, I don't skip BR content, and I don't toss out missed questions because it doesn't apply.

If you read the rest of my reply you'll note I said that I'll learn from them what I can. My reply to you was obvious in that it would be impossible to study through the means you suggest - I wouldn't have the time. Starring all the missed questions and deeply reviewing them? The speed at which those question should be answered is ridiculous - which means I'd end up spending a whole day on something when I have 4 other subjects to worry about.

 

[K1NG]

Well tried my new verbal technique (skim over questions and then just read the passage) and got 14/18 after doing 3 in a row (passages 21, 22, and 23 from TPR). Got it done in 27 minutes which is too long, was aiming for a little over 24min. Was reviewing the answers and I'm still getting some comprehension questions wrong. Going to try to read a bit slower next time, even though I tend to zone out lol I think I have ADHD or something

 

[mehc012]

If the way the questions are presented result in my scores being equivalent to guessing when I'm doing moderately well on BR it's not about lack of knowledge, it's about the format and the type of knowledge being tested. Either TBR isn't giving me the proper tools or EK isn't testing the proper tools. From the sounds of it - the latter is more likely. It's not about ignoring what I'm not doing well on, it's about ignoring what I don't need to know. I don't skip BR passages, I don't skip BR content, and I don't toss out missed questions because it doesn't apply.

If you read the rest of my reply you'll note I said that I'll learn from them what I can. My reply to you was obvious in that it would be impossible to study through the means you suggest - I wouldn't have the time. Starring all the missed questions and deeply reviewing them? The speed at which those question should be answered is ridiculous - which means I'd end up spending a whole day on something when I have 4 other subjects to worry about.

Then just don't do them.
I just don't see the point of doing questions without reviewing them thoroughly.

Honestly, what you were asking was "I did poorly on these questions am I going to be OK on the MCAT anyway?"
The answer is that, from the sounds of it and how you're doing on the TBR stuff/your other sections, you'll do alright on the MCAT...but if you hit any tricky fluids stuff you might do worse than you expected. That's either a gamble worth taking or it's not. To me it's not.

For me, personally, a section where I got 55% on any review material would be one that I would absolutely spend a whole day on, regardless of the other 4 subjects I was worrying about. So, yes, my advice would result in you spending a day on that stuff and taking a LOT of time to nail it down.

But then, to me that's the point of reviewing and practicing...if I didn't work on the areas where I scored poorly, it would feel more like 'assessing my strengths and weaknesses' rather than 'addressing my weak subjects'. I don't want to compile a list of subjects which I hope I don't encounter on the MCAT. I want to eliminate that list.

 

[mehc012]

Well tried my new verbal technique (skim over questions and then just read the passage) and got 14/18 after doing 3 in a row (passages 21, 22, and 23 from TPR). Got it done in 27 minutes which is too long, was aiming for a little over 24min. Was reviewing the answers and I'm still getting some comprehension questions wrong. Going to try to read a bit slower next time, even though I tend to zone out lol I think I have ADHD or something

I'm the same...the more time I try to spend on VR, the more I feel like I just skim through them lackadaisically instead of compiling the information.
I think I'm going to try writing a 1-2 sentence summary of each paragraph for the next few passages, because I seem to primarily miss 'the structure of this piece is...", "Which point is not supported by" and "the author's main point is" questions most frequently.

 

[mcheung]

I think this is a great idea.
But are we going to be able to employ this strategy on the actual exam? Since it is going to be electronic.. hmm

 

[mehc012]

I think this is a great idea.
But are we going to be able to employ this strategy on the actual exam? Since it is going to be electronic.. hmm

Are you talking about the 'skimming questions' part? If you hit 'Reply' and quote the post you're referring to, it'll be easier to answer you!

The AAMCs are in the same format as the MCAT, so there is ample opportunity to mold your strategy into the proper format for test-day!

 

[K1NG]

I'm the same...the more time I try to spend on VR, the more I feel like I just skim through them lackadaisically instead of compiling the information.
I think I'm going to try writing a 1-2 sentence summary of each paragraph for the next few passages, because I seem to primarily miss 'the structure of this piece is...", "Which point is not supported by" and "the author's main point is" questions most frequently.

yeah I tried writing the summary technique but took too much time for me. I write slow as hell and it ends up being scribbles if I do it fast lol. Had no idea what I wrote so I just take quick mental notes in my head after I read a paragraph and try to think what kind of questions they can ask from this paragraph

 

[mcheung]

Are you talking about the 'skimming questions' part? If you hit 'Reply' and quote the post you're referring to, it'll be easier to answer you!

The AAMCs are in the same format as the MCAT, so there is ample opportunity to mold your strategy into the proper format for test-day!

Oh I'm just wondering where we would be able to jot down 1-2 sentence summaries for each paragraph for the actual exam :S

 

[K1NG]

Oh I'm just wondering where we would be able to jot down 1-2 sentence summaries for each paragraph for the actual exam :S

they give you scrap paper during the actual exam so you can write it there

 

[K1NG]

Alright guys I think I'm officially burnt out lol. Doubling up chapters while fasting is not a good look. Going to do some verbal and finish up EK bio and TBR physics today and will take the rest of the weekend off. Prob going to work on my car since I've been neglecting her for so long. All I have left for content is TBR Gen Chem ch 9 and 10 and TBR Orgo ch 8 after today. I don't want to keep pushing my FLs back so just going to start my first FL Monday and will skim over those chapters later.

 

[mehc012]

Oh I'm just wondering where we would be able to jot down 1-2 sentence summaries for each paragraph for the actual exam :S

they give you scrap paper during the actual exam so you can write it there

Yeah, that's what I was figuring I'd use. We'll see.
I felt that doing it tonight helped, not because I referred back to them, but because it forced me to organize my thoughts on the piece. I didn't do spectacularly, but I only missed 2qs total on all 3 passages, which puts me at 90%. It's solidly in the high end of my VRs, but it's not a particularly high score (11ish, I think, though the VR curve is so steep that it's a bit dodgy to extrapolate from a half-length exam).
It did jack up my times...took me a solid 3min longer/passage on average...but my average was below 5min before, so I'm OK with that. I imagine I will get quicker at it if I keep practicing it, too.
I think it's worth giving it a try for several days.

 

[mehc012]

Alright guys I think I'm officially burnt out lol. Going to do some verbal and finish up EK bio and TBR physics today and will take the rest of the weekend off. Prob going to work on my car since I've been neglecting her for so long. All I have left for content is TBR Gen Chem ch 9 and 10 and TBR Orgo ch 8 after today. I don't want to keep pushing my FLs back so just going to start my first FL Monday and will skim over those chapters later.

Wow, congrats on the progress!
I got through my goals of the night...tomorrow is Physics passage review, EK, rereads (should go quick since I pre-EK'd everything) and then the 2nd ⅓ of the Ch5s. I'll likely start a few Ch6s too while I'm at it!

 

[K1NG]

Thanks man, my test is on Aug 1st so I had to lol. Been doubling up chapters for the past week. Not very good comprehension wise but I had to knock out content quickly. I'm planning on having review days for each chapter in between my AAMCs (review all chapter 1s between AAMC 3 and 4, review all chapter 2s in between AAMC 4 and 5, etc..). Good luck with your schedule though man you're putting in crazy work daily lol

 

[mehc012]

Thanks man, my test is on Aug 1st so I had to lol. Been doubling up chapters for the past week. Not very good comprehension wise but I had to knock out content quickly. I'm planning on having review days for each chapter in between my AAMCs (review all chapter 1s between AAMC 3 and 4, review all chapter 2s in between AAMC 4 and 5, etc..). Good luck with your schedule though man you're putting in crazy work daily lol

Ahh, only because I'm in a similar boat...got about a week behind (maybe? I never did it by calendar days because I knew I'd have so many workdays interrupting) and am now scrambling a bit. I'm still at a good place, I think, but I definitely got thrown by the sudden change going from TBR's physio book to their biochem one. This one is...dense. I guess maybe the 1.5x thickness should have been a clue!

 

[orangetea]

no way at all MCAT related but I am alongside studying for the MCAT "marathon" training for a real one as well and today I ran my all time fastest 5 miles. The frustrations that come with studying have a silver lining. Now if I can only get my verbal from a 9 to a 10

 

[TexasSurgeon]

You know, when I first started studying, I was able to sleep at 1 and wake up at 7 or 7:30 no problem. Now I sleep at 2 or 2:30 and wake up at freaking 10 AM. I don't know how to stop this cycle and go back to waking up at 7. When the alarm rings, I turn it off in my sleep........

also I'm so sick of content review...somewhere between day 36 and 37 right now. I just wanna do tests...

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

Alright guys I think I'm officially burnt out lol. Doubling up chapters while fasting is not a good look. Going to do some verbal and finish up EK bio and TBR physics today and will take the rest of the weekend off. Prob going to work on my car since I've been neglecting her for so long. All I have left for content is TBR Gen Chem ch 9 and 10 and TBR Orgo ch 8 after today. I don't want to keep pushing my FLs back so just going to start my first FL Monday and will skim over those chapters later.

My car inspection sticker expired 5 days ago, and I'm not going to get it inspected until after the MCAT. I am just going to risk it loool

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

You know, when I first started studying, I was able to sleep at 1 and wake up at 7 or 7:30 no problem. Now I sleep at 2 or 2:30 and wake up at freaking 10 AM. I don't know how to stop this cycle and go back to waking up at 7. When the alarm rings, I turn it off in my sleep........

also I'm so sick of content review...somewhere between day 36 and 37 right now. I just wanna do tests...

Same here, I started waking later and later. At one point I was waking up at 12-1pm each day, that lasted about a month. I got it back to about 9am a week ago, and this week I got it back to 8am.

 

[deleted388502]

You know, when I first started studying, I was able to sleep at 1 and wake up at 7 or 7:30 no problem. Now I sleep at 2 or 2:30 and wake up at freaking 10 AM. I don't know how to stop this cycle and go back to waking up at 7. When the alarm rings, I turn it off in my sleep........

also I'm so sick of content review...somewhere between day 36 and 37 right now. I just wanna do tests...

if it makes you feel better, i regularly shut off my alarm at 11am after going to bed at like 1am. granted i'm working too, but really i need to get my stuff in gear...i think i'm just lucky because i remember a lot from undergrad, i'm fresh out of physics, and more than content it's just learning test-taking style.

br physics chapter 8, genchem 7, etc for me this week...finishing up but i'm getting so scared to take my first FL on the 21st. literally terrified of doing it and getting like a 24 after all this content review for two months...

 

[orangetea]

if it makes you feel better, i regularly shut off my alarm at 11am after going to bed at like 1am. granted i'm working too, but really i need to get my stuff in gear...i think i'm just lucky because i remember a lot from undergrad, i'm fresh out of physics, and more than content it's just learning test-taking style.

br physics chapter 8, genchem 7, etc for me this week...finishing up but i'm getting so scared to take my first FL on the 21st. literally terrified of doing it and getting like a 24 after all this content review for two months...

OMG I am afraid of the SAME THING. I literally have the day my first FL will be and I am more nervous about that than my real test date =/. I guess it's the fear of a not so great score after such hard work. But I am going to set "low" goal and just increase it for each FL. That way I won't face too much disappointment.

 

[deleted388502]

OMG I am afraid of the SAME THING. I literally have the day my first FL will be and I am more nervous about that than my real test date =/. I guess it's the fear of a not so great score after such hard work. But I am going to set "low" goal and just increase it for each FL. That way I won't face too much disappointment.

haha I'm glad i'm not the only one! I am definitely more nervous about it than my real test date because I feel like it'll make me decide whether to push my date or not. I've stayed on my schedule and stuff but I definitely have weaknesses and I'm working on them as I go, but I don't know how much the last month would help me improve my score.

when are you taking your first FL? i'm planned for july 21st

 

[orangetea]

haha I'm glad i'm not the only one! I am definitely more nervous about it than my real test date because I feel like it'll make me decide whether to push my date or not. I've stayed on my schedule and stuff but I definitely have weaknesses and I'm working on them as I go, but I don't know how much the last month would help me improve my score.

when are you taking your first FL? i'm planned for july 21st

in 2 weeks as well but I haven't decided if I want to do it sat or sun yet due to some other scheduling I have... I am just HOPING and praying that for my first FL I get higher than my MCAT I took last year(which was a TOTAL fail at life 😀 ) You'll do great I am sure.. the tests are material we've been studying all along (I HOPE) lol

 

[TBRBiosadist]

in 2 weeks as well but I haven't decided if I want to do it sat or sun yet due to some other scheduling I have... I am just HOPING and praying that for my first FL I get higher than my MCAT I took last year(which was a TOTAL fail at life 😀 ) You'll do great I am sure.. the tests are material we've been studying all along (I HOPE) lol

The fear of the first FL is real

In other news, my head hurts alot and I woke up fully clothed, but missing my boxers. I did not find them even after scanning the beach with a few friends who were in similar predicaments. Last night was a good night.

 

[deleted388502]

The fear of the first FL is real

In other news, my head hurts alot and I woke up fully clothed, but missing my boxers. I did not find them even after scanning the beach with a few friends who were in similar predicaments. Last night was a good night.

#america

 

[Sed8&Intub8]

The fear of the first FL is real

In other news, my head hurts alot and I woke up fully clothed, but missing my boxers. I did not find them even after scanning the beach with a few friends who were in similar predicaments. Last night was a good night.

Lol thats awesome. The MCAT monster probably ate it. It hides under your bed.

 

[TBRBiosadist]

Lol thats awesome. The MCAT monster probably ate it. It hides under your bed.

Would make sense if the bed I slept in was mine. Personally my MCAT monster only eats socks and my happiness 😛

 

[mehc012]

Would make sense if the bed I slept in was mine. Personally my MCAT monster only eats socks and my happiness 😛

Hey now, who's to say that the MCAT monsters don't get to have a little fun and patriotism too? Spend a night on the town, splurge on boxers instead of its regular socks, etc, end up sleeping under a bed not their own, etc.

 

[TexasSurgeon]

Lololol I took an fl 2 weeks after studying and then another one 2 weeks later. I scored lower on it LOLOLOL
I don't know why but I was laughing when I saw it was lower

Oh well, only one place to go and that's up

 

[mehc012]

So angry...the ONLY non-MCAT related thing I wanted to do this weekend was watch the USA Ultimate semi-finals and ASLIGHa;erigbvpreg;iuhg' ESPN3 sucks and won't load.
My friend's team is in that match, and I'd REALLY like to know how they're doing, but nooooo, Comcast has to suck like usual.

On the plus side, I'm done with most of the other stuff I wanted to do.