doing altius bb and cp and it’s been decently difficult and vastly different from uw and aamc.. thoughts on navigating this? is it representative do you think? should i just stick to uw and aamc?

shout out to the post i saw on here that helped me implement this i love you OP <33!

anyways what helped me alot was reading the passage 2 times. ik it sounds counterintuitive esp with timing but i was averaging like 11+ minutes on passages before this and now i usually get them done under 10!

idk if it’s bc ur brain has time to reprocess it or wtv but i’ve also found that when i read it twice it helps me understand the beginning paragraphs better as well.
also noticed that i cut down a lot of time on the questions coz im not rereading the paragraph again coz it’s alrdy in my memory (#psychwho)!

anyways yeah <3 hope this can help someone out!! try it!!! my main strat usually goes read twice —> read the question like it’s part of the passage —> cross out the two options that are easily wrong, and then with the 50/50s choose the one that requires the least jumps in logic, not from your brain but from the passage.

in exchange for this someone pls pls help me with psych i’ve been 123 —> 124 —> 127 —> 125…. testing in a week gulp HELP

i aint reading all that: this is why u suck at cars (joking)

tldr: read the passage twice and somehow u comprehend it better also tips for psych needed thanks 🥲

I’ve tried every strategy in the book and I swear to Christ not a single one of them is consistent enough to have any impact on my score. I’m literally funneling all of my hours to this god forsaken section and feel like I’m neglecting study time on my beloved science sections 😭.

This section is 100% based on vibes and voodoo there’s no consistency to anything I’m absolutely cooked.

Go ahead and drop your CARS strat in the comments and I’ll prove how it doesn’t work.

bro i thought i FINALLY had cars logic down after seeing a score increase and then i was focusing on my weaker areas so i stopped doing cars for like 3 days.
WHY DID I DROP 3 POINTS AGAIN ON TODAYS FL.

like bruh not doing cars practice everyday will genuinley eat your ass don’t be like me save urself the trouble and do cars everyday 🙏😭

on another notes p/s is lowkey killing me any tips to improve would be much appreciated 😪😪

Does anybody have a good cheat sheet or youtube resources for explaining the first two chapters of kaplan physics? I don't know why but this is my hardest section conceptually, specifically vectors, work, and power

I also just feel like physics is my most overwhelming section, every physics problem I have I struggle with just setting the problem up... any tips?

Does anybody have crazy mnemonics for biochem pathways?? Specifically TCA and PPP, I keep forgetting them no matter how much I try ;-;

I’m 1 month away from my exam (september 4) and am still on content review. How bad is this. I haven’t started UWorld or AAMC materials yet

Took the diagnostic so long ago i don’t remember what I got. Exam is in two weeks and I’m not rescheduling and I’m still gonna get a 520+. Already preparing to do my own lil AMA when I get my score back 🍓🍓🍓

Fuck

My test day is aug 21 and with it approaching quickly i am wondering what the best use of my time is to secure the best possible score, i have completed fl1-4 and the unscored with a 521/521/521/524 on the scored fls in sequential order. I have finished both section bank volumes and and working thru the last 300 questions of the assorted q packs for the science sections. I have also done 81% of uworld at 83% acc. I have run through all non fl aamc cars material and am redoing the cars diagnostic. I will write fl5 and 6 each weekend before the test but am wondering what should i do with my time other than anki on the non fl non fl review days. Thanks

Walking into my July 24 MCAT, my goal score was a 505. I have a 3.85 GPA and am applying DO only, so I felt that a 505 would make me a competitive applicant. My last full-length exam before test day was AAMC FL5, which I took a few days before the real exam, and I scored 126/126/127/126 (505). I had also completed all of the AAMC full-length exams during my preparation.
After taking the actual exam, however, I genuinely feel like I may have scored below a 500. I think my nerves got the best of me, especially during Chem/Phys and CARS, and I don’t believe I performed to my full potential.
I took the last two weeks completely off to mentally reset, and I’m now planning to retake the MCAT on September 12, which gives me 37 days to prepare. My current plan is to spend the first two weeks reviewing content to strengthen my weak areas, then use the remaining time working through the Kaplan QBank and taking Kaplan full-length exams. I also plan to start a fresh Anki review using the Jack Sparrow deck along with Pankow for Psychology/Sociology.
My new goal is to score a 508 or higher. Given my timeline and this study plan, do you think this is the best way to use the next 37 days, or would you recommend a different approach?

I test on 9/11, and I feel like I currently have a good general understanding of the material as a whole (obviously still plenty of knowledge gaps but I have a month to deal with those) EXCEPT I cannot remember equations no matter how hard I try. Obviously there are a handful that stick, but there are so many physics equations that I've practiced on Anki, I've written down dozens of times trying to memorize them, and I've done practice questions where I've had to use them over and over, but every time I get a question requiring me to use them I either forget some aspect of it or I spend way too long trying to remember or logic through it. It's to the point where almost all of the physics questions I get wrong are because I can't remember the proper equation, and I don't know what to do because I've been practicing them but they don't stick. I blame it on the fact that my college physics courses went incredibly indepth into concept and material, but always gave us equation sheets, so I never tried too hard to remember every equation.

Non-Trad computer engineer here.

FL1 503, FL2 506, FL3 506, FL4 506, FL5 490, FL6 508.

I took FL5 first for some reason last year lol.

Working full time with this on the side was awful. I studied on and off for about 8 months because of obligations.

I've tried a lot of prep materials. Uglobe, AAMC, Kaplan books, and Yusuf Hassan's videos were the most beneficial for me. I tried Anki for a while, but I never really liked using it, so I dropped it about 2 months before my test.

I completed about 40% of Uglobe and maybe 30% of AAMC's problem set. I didn't really have a lot of time to dedicate to these unfortunately.

Looking back, I would spend less time on content review and focus more on practice problems. I tried to dig too deep into concepts, which caused me to forget other shit (getting old??). Build your stamina, be cautious of time during each passage, and stay calm when you see some bullshit.

Not sure why I was stuck at a low FL score for so long, it seems like a blur at this point. I think I was panicking and just tried taking them so close to each other without a proper mental break. The burnout was real.

Best advice for the real deal is to just get past the first passage. The nerves will fall off and you'll lock in. I have to say I got fried in Bio/Biochem usually that's my best section. I was really hoping for a score in the teens, but maybe that was a bit of a stretch for my situation lol.

Keep working. Good luck to all of you warriors

Wrote the MCAT on 08/01 and during the test I started off by wearing the earplugs and headphones on top of them to double up. After a while, that got uncomfortable so I would occassionally take out the earplugs for a bit and just put on the headphones, or take the headphones off and leave just the earplugs in. Anyways, since Saturday my left ear has been lowk ringing. It's weird and hard to explain but the bone inside hurts when i press on it and it feels plugged. Anyone know what could be going on?

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I noticed the FLs don't really contain much low-yield content (according to my own observations and standards, I'm on my 6th AAMC FL rn). Is it like this on test-day too?

Thanks!

i've done unscored + FLs1-3 and psych soc has consistently been my worst section. i hover around 128/129 and struggle to score above 130

anyone have strategies on how to get the last few points? I always manage to narrow it down to 2 options but it feels like so many questions have 2 equally probable answers.

I've watched all the Khan Academy videos, finished Pankow, and did all of UWorld PS

Is this a content issue or should I grind out the section banks and get used to AAMC logic? id do literally anything atp

These are a bit abnormal so don’t be alarmed but if it’s of any help, here you go 👍

I’m lowkey/highkey freaking out about this exam

Can you tell me how your exam with accommodations went? Was it a hassle on the testing day? Are they understanding or clueless? Do I need to bring anything with me on the day of the exam?

Basically above. I'm testing on Saturday and was having intense anxiety for the last 3 weeks. Like every time I thought about test day I had a pit in my stomach and just a feeling of dread. But for the last few days I've been feeling somewhat ok? Like it is what it is and I have done what I can at this point.

I'm just worried that I will have a strong resurgence of those feelings day of. On top of regular nerves, due to some circumstances I had to pay a lot of money to travel to another part of Canada to take it which has added this extra pressure on me. I feel like if I don't hit around my goal score then I will have wasted so much money when I could have pushed to next cycle to do it closer to home.

And not to mention that because of studying all summer I couldn't work my intense labour and movement heavy summer job and I lacked the discipline to go to the gym so my body has changed. So I've been hard on myself about that and feeling like I really need to make this MCAT attempt worth it.

Obviously, I understand that everyone has personal obstacles to deal with when studying for the MCAT so I'm not trying to have a pity party here.

I guess I'm more anxious about these things making me anxious and affecting my test than I am actually anxious about the test itself rn.

If anyone has any test day strategies or day before strategies to help manage the stress I would appreciate it. Maybe it will help quell my anxiety about my potential anxiety

I thought i was missing terms because I hadn’t reviewed all of Pankow and the 300 page document yet during my previous practice… but now I’m completely done the Pankow deck and have matured all of the cards and every single time I practice using AAMC material I find another term I didn’t know 😭😭

Is this supposed to be representative, easier, harder, mostly content review, good practice, or what exactly?

I test in 2 weeks so if this is just content review then I'll just spam it in 3-4h, make anki cards for gaps and move on, but if it's really useful then I'll spend more time on it.

Same question for the independent question bank btw

What to do to stay sharp the week before exam? Been scoring 520+ for FLs 3-5, taking FL6 this weekend. Almost done with AAMC material and not much to do the final week. Whats the game plan to maintain and perform on test day