That totally depends on how much time you have in those three months to study and where you are starting from content wise but three months should be ok. I would break it up in the following wa:
phase 1 content review (1 month): For this phase your goal is to go through all the content that’s covered on the MCAT exam. You want to use active learning strategies to engage with content instead of passively receiving the information such as watching videos or reading. During this phase I would make flashcards a key concepts in terms that are most likely to appear on the MCAT and flashcards (Anki is great) for every psychology and sociology term covered by Kaplan or Khan Academy. I would also practice one or two free Jack Weston CARS passages each day to get used to the structure and topics covered on the MCAT such as philosophy history art etc. again the goal is not to learn the content of those areas but to just be familiar with the writing style.
phase 2 test/section practice and content gap identification (1 month): This phase is really focused on getting used to the length of MCAT and the length of each of the individual sections of the MCAT as well as to identify content gaps.I would take one full length MCAT exam understimulated testing conditions each week and thoroughly review each question you missed and each question you got right. In between the full length exams I would go through you worl I would take one full length MCAT exam understimulated testing conditions each week and thoroughly review each question you missed and each question you got right. In between the full length exams I would go through UWorld Sections of the MCAT under time conditions. When I did this I tried to simulate half of an actual MCAT exam by doing the CP + CARS one day and then BB + PS the next. I would then spend a day or two reviewing things that I missed. What’s the goal for this phase is to get your number of reps up so that you are used to the length of the exam.
phase 3 AAMC prep (1 month): This is the most important phase as this is when you were going to transition to only using AAMC practice materials. There are five total full length exams that you should take under simulated conditions ideally once per week. In between your full length examples you should practice using the cars question pack and the section bank. In between your full length examples you should practice using the cars question pack and the section bank (ideally do the section bank once before either in phase 1 or phase 2 because it’s really excellent practice). Hear your goal is to really take a deep dive into how the writers of the MCAT structure questions, answers, wording, reasoning etc. The writers of the MCAT have a different way of asking questions that you have to be familiar with. Your goal is also to fill in any remaining content gaps starting with high-yield concepts and going all the way down to those nitty-gritty small pieces of information that we secretly hope will not be are fair game.
if you look at the overall structure of this plan you will notice that it’s roughly 1/3 content review and 2/3 practice. Ideally I would prefer to have 1/4 content review and 3/4 practice. if you wanted some additional resources during content review to increase the amount of practice I would highly recommend the Berkeley review books for general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, and biology, but they are pricey. TBR Worked well for me because of the way they structure the practice passages by having a nice loop back to previous Lee covered concepts several timeworked well for me because of the way they structure it the practice passages by having an is loop back to previous covered concepts several times to reinforce the material,. You could also achieve a similar result using more KA practice passages during content review, just make sure you loop back to old topics regularly.
