Study how detailed for Examkrackers complete set

[moto_za]

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Hi,

For those of you who used all the examkrackers books, how detailed did you study them. For example, I am studying bio right now and it seems it would take up a lot of time to spend on every fact mentioned. Should I just read everything without memorizing/learning and just spend my time on the things that are only bold and underlined? thanks everyone.

 

[moto_za]

anyone, please?

 

[Telo78]

You should spend your time understanding the chapters as a whole and definitely be able to recall the facts about the topics in bold. If you really care about doing well, I would just download the MCAT Topic list. You can get to it from the AAMC website.

 

[smuwillobrien]

Read through the books several times - make notes if that will help you. I didn't consciously attempt to memorize anything out of them - the exposure itself will help. If you want it boiled down to what you should know get Audio Osmosis - very consise reviews (ignore the annoying jokes).

 

[DrBowtie]

I condensed everything that didn't stick after the first reading into 10 high yield study sheets. You should already know a lot of the material from taking the classes.

 

[killinsound]

Bio isn't like your college exam where you memorize the facts. Although it is possible to memorize every little thing that is in their books just be able to be familiar with them. The bio section of mcats is more like verbal IMO anyways. less memorization, more analyzing.

 

[Focus39]

Just divide it into manageable chunks and learn as much as you can. I pretty much memorized everything in the EK bio book, but still came across new material regularly on the aamc practice MCATs. Sure, a lot of the passages will explain concepts so you don't theoretically have to focus on them while you're studying, but by learning them ahead of time, you'll be able to handle the questions more confidently when you come across them. That's what makes the difference between scoring around 10 on the bio and scoring 13-15.

 

[automan]

I agree with focus. The people that get around a 10 know the concepts. The people that get a 14 know every detail.

It just depends on how hard you want to work.

 

[smuwillobrien]

I agree with focus. The people that get around a 10 know the concepts. The people that get a 14 know every detail.

It just depends on how hard you want to work.

This is true - there are some minute points on the MCAT that require guessing unless you know specific bits of information. Overall though go for understanding the major concepts; just hope that the details stick. =]