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Woman in her late 20's here. Graduated college over five years ago, then took my science pre-reqs over a couple of years while I was working full-time. Many 15 hour days working from 6 in the morning and going to school after work until 11 at night.
Enoguh ranting. My question: I took the MCAt this year in july and lets just say my score was none too thrilling. My verbal and writing scores were in the 99% tile, but my PS section completely massacred my score. I woke up at 3 in the morning the day of the test, couldnt go back to sleep, and totally ran out of time on that section. And to be honest, while I tried to study over the couple months prior to the exam, I was so exhausted all the time I really didnt get the material down like I should have.
So, its too late to apply for this year like I wanted, so Im bummed about that, but Ive decided to give it one more chance. I am going to register for the Jan 2010 MCAT and try again. This time, I NEED to rock it, but I obviously need to study differently this time around because whatever I did last time didn't work.
Does anyone have suggestions on a study schedule, or a sample schedule of their own to offer that might work for me?
I work full time, monday through friday, from 6 in the morning until 3 pm , and I get back home by 4 at the latest if I don't have a special meeting or whatnot. Keep in mind, I often have "other" responsibilities that pop up - eg- family related stuff, though they are understanding and try to keep it to a minimum when I need to study.
Im usually passing out around 3 pm and struggle to stay awake when i get home. I dont know what to do anymore!
Anyway, any suggestions fro other people in a similiar situation would be appreciated, whether its advice on how I can stay awake and focus when I get home, or how I should approach studying (eg- what topics, which days, etc etc)
The books I have are:
the whole EK series (bio, chem, o=chem, physics, verbal/math) and Audio Osmosis
I just purchased Nova Physics as I heard good things about that.
Just purchased whole EK 1001 series, as well as mini MCATS EK book
I know I should do all the AAMC practice exams online, which i will as well.
Anything else?
Second question: anyone here think its REALLY worth it to take a prep course? If so, which one? (EK, Kaplan and TPR are offered in my area). To be honest 1800 dollars is an immense amount of money for me to spend. I already am having to borrow money from my friend just to pay for my AMCAS application. I will borrow more money for the prep course if there is something that magical about it, but if all it is is regurgitation of the book materials, its proibably not worht it, right?
Thanks for the info!
Woman in her late 20's here. Graduated college over five years ago, then took my science pre-reqs over a couple of years while I was working full-time. Many 15 hour days working from 6 in the morning and going to school after work until 11 at night.
Enoguh ranting. My question: I took the MCAt this year in july and lets just say my score was none too thrilling. My verbal and writing scores were in the 99% tile, but my PS section completely massacred my score. I woke up at 3 in the morning the day of the test, couldnt go back to sleep, and totally ran out of time on that section. And to be honest, while I tried to study over the couple months prior to the exam, I was so exhausted all the time I really didnt get the material down like I should have.
So, its too late to apply for this year like I wanted, so Im bummed about that, but Ive decided to give it one more chance. I am going to register for the Jan 2010 MCAT and try again. This time, I NEED to rock it, but I obviously need to study differently this time around because whatever I did last time didn't work.
Does anyone have suggestions on a study schedule, or a sample schedule of their own to offer that might work for me?
I work full time, monday through friday, from 6 in the morning until 3 pm , and I get back home by 4 at the latest if I don't have a special meeting or whatnot. Keep in mind, I often have "other" responsibilities that pop up - eg- family related stuff, though they are understanding and try to keep it to a minimum when I need to study.
Im usually passing out around 3 pm and struggle to stay awake when i get home. I dont know what to do anymore!
Anyway, any suggestions fro other people in a similiar situation would be appreciated, whether its advice on how I can stay awake and focus when I get home, or how I should approach studying (eg- what topics, which days, etc etc)
The books I have are:
the whole EK series (bio, chem, o=chem, physics, verbal/math) and Audio Osmosis
I just purchased Nova Physics as I heard good things about that.
Just purchased whole EK 1001 series, as well as mini MCATS EK book
I know I should do all the AAMC practice exams online, which i will as well.
Anything else?
Second question: anyone here think its REALLY worth it to take a prep course? If so, which one? (EK, Kaplan and TPR are offered in my area). To be honest 1800 dollars is an immense amount of money for me to spend. I already am having to borrow money from my friend just to pay for my AMCAS application. I will borrow more money for the prep course if there is something that magical about it, but if all it is is regurgitation of the book materials, its proibably not worht it, right?
Thanks for the info!
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