Are there any statistics out there ( as there are regarding Step I) that show test performance as you move further and further away from the initial time your intensive MCAT study schedule or review course begins? I know with Step I testing, after approx. 6 weeks of intensive study time( 12 hour days), grade score performance begins to drop off, since you begin to lose content retention as time goes by. Does this hold true for MCAT testing as well? What is the recommended time gap to take the MCAT after intensive study regimen is completed? At what point after study process does test score performance begin to drop off? In other words, at what point does delay in taking the MCAT prove to be counterproductive?
Time gap between review course and test?
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Well, I don't have any statistics off the top of my head, but according to my neurobio class, there was a study done that showed the deeper you processed your information when you were learning (how engaged were you, how deeply did you think things through), the longer you retained the information.
That being said, we know that after we are done with finals, we dump all our notes and our memories of the class (well at least I do).
But for MCAT it's a little different because after your course, you are taking tons of practice tests, doing post game, and reviewing things you forgot.
I also recall that when scientists want to teach mice a new task, they usually just repeat it over and over.
BTW: It's been about 3 weeks since my last MCAT class 😀
I think attrition is a fact of life, but the more we review, process, and think, the better we will be! gl comrades 👍
That being said, we know that after we are done with finals, we dump all our notes and our memories of the class (well at least I do).
But for MCAT it's a little different because after your course, you are taking tons of practice tests, doing post game, and reviewing things you forgot.
I also recall that when scientists want to teach mice a new task, they usually just repeat it over and over.
BTW: It's been about 3 weeks since my last MCAT class 😀
I think attrition is a fact of life, but the more we review, process, and think, the better we will be! gl comrades 👍
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