Since my diagnostic MCAT exam was not nearly up to where it needs to be, I will be working 8 hours everyday to give myself the best chance possible of succeeding. My weakest area is physics, so of course I will put off studying that as long as possible because let's be honest - physics sucks. Biology is so much more kick ass than physics! So I will start with biology and get to where I am a biology master as fast as possible. Then, because physics is the bane of my existence, I will move on to general chemistry. Hopefully, by then I will sufficiently be into MCAT study mode where I can focus on the beast. I've read several posts on student doctor network that organic chemistry is too low yield to study for, and considering I just took two semesters of it, I plan on briefly reviewing that section last.
If anyone has any study tips, or things that worked well for them, please let me know. I plan on taking a practice exam every week, probably on Saturday mornings since my MCAT is set for Saturday, July 14th at 8 am. I also will make sure to go over every answer I got wrong, and even the ones I got correct to make sure that I have as solid a foundation as possible. I will be self-studying as I do not want to shell out $1500 for an MCAT prep course. Fortunately, my school library has many resources, and a friend is letting me borrow her books when she finishes with them next week. Good luck to all those applying this cycle. It's been a lot of hard work to get to this point, and we've only just begun!
Well i'm pretty sure you already know this, but i think the last two weeks before your MCAT, you should take a practice AAMC test and spend two days reviewing your weaknesses from this and then the third day take another. Repeat this process until the day before the test and just rest your mind and body. Well that's my plan, i bought a total of 6 AAMC practice test. I hopefully this will help me on the real MCAT.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly my plan. Because you posted this, I decided to also post the study plan provided by SN2ed from the Student Doctor Network. I plan on doing it double speed though. It will take a lot of work and time, but I think I'm up for the challenge. :) Thank you for your comment. Good luck in your own MCAT prep!
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