Studying too much?

[DoctorCrush]

Hey folks,

This is going to sound rather nuts, but I've been studying for about 4 months now and I'm at the point where I'm mainly practicing etc. but more dept studying of physics because that's the section where I struggle the most. Beside that point, I noticed that I'm doing really well on general practice in terms of harder analytical question but I guess I've been doing so much medium and hard questions that I seem to be making stupid mistake on easier / fundamental question....what am I doing wrong? I'm mainly using EK 101 passage books because I find their passage to be most representative to the actual AAMC and section bank difficulty. This goes for all the science section except for CARS and P/S.

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[DameJulie]

I have been hard-core studying for ~6 weeks during my Kaplan course. When the course was over, I felt burned out and wasn't able to motivate myself to continue to do practice passages.

I took a 3-day break with only video watching and flashcard practice. I haven't gotten back to my regular schedule yet but I am trying to get back to that studying mode.

 

[joe_1395]

I've been studying for 6 months. I'm so over it but it's crunch time!

 

[DoctorCrush]

I don't know, I'm starting to get concern that maybe I'm forgetting the basics and that the higher level questions are much easier at this point. Like, wtf?!

 

[liquidsodium]

Getting the easier "level one" questions wrong means you need to go back and review material again along with your practice problems. Analyze why you got each question wrong, and if it was bc of lack of information, go back and review the entire relevant section

This is one of the reasons I generally advise my Kaplan students to only spend 3-4 months on dedicated study.

 

[DoctorCrush]

Getting the easier "level one" questions wrong means you need to go back and review material again along with your practice problems. Analyze why you got each question wrong, and if it was bc of lack of information, go back and review the entire relevant section

This is one of the reasons I generally advise my Kaplan students to only spend 3-4 months on dedicated study.

It's mainly pure recalling questions that I got wrong. Anything that requires me to deduce or reason are not an issue for me.

 

[Coltuna]

It's mainly pure recalling questions that I got wrong. Anything that requires me to deduce or reason are not an issue for me.

When's your test?

 

[liquidsodium]

It's mainly pure recalling questions that I got wrong. Anything that requires me to deduce or reason are not an issue for me.

Then the best thing you can do right now is review the material relating to each question you get wrong. Keep a spreadsheet of wrong answers, topic and new information you relearned if that helps. Reread sections, even chapters, of information that feels a little hazy. That doesn't mean stop doing practice problems completely (still do them!) but you need to keep the level-1 details in your brain too.


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