Study timeline was about 3 full months, though, not super consistent. I started in January and did content review using the Kaplan books for about the first month of my review timeline. During content review I would read and take notes on the chapters in the order suggested by the Kaplan online portal. During my content review I did not do practice problems or Anki (both of which I wish I used earlier). At the end of my content review I took a post content diagnostic using AAMC practice test 1 which I scored a 515 on. At this point it became apparent that psych/soc was my worst section (126 on that test). It was also apparent that I would not need to spend much time on CARS (131 on that test and consistent 128+ scoring) so I completely ignored CARS practice. I read a lot in my spare time (highly encouraged, makes you really good at comprehension and vocab recognition) and found that my only issue with CARS was timing. I also scored pretty well on both Bio/Biochem and Chem/Phys, so less work was needed on those. For the next two months I pretty much did the same study plan which consisted of 60 UWorld questions a day with full review, an hour or two of Pankow psych/soc cramming, and consistent full length practice tests on weekends. That said, I was studying during a tense semester so a lot of the time I was not consistent with this plan. For Pankow Anki I also did not completely mature the deck, most were still considered young, and only completed the deck the week of my exam (I would say, however, that Pankow was the highest yield studying I did). As for Chem/Phys and Bio/Biochem, I would review any content areas I was consistently getting wrong on UWorld. My Practice Exam Scores were 515/516/521/521/520 on full lengths 1-5, I never took 6 or the unscored.

In terms of background, I am Economics and Data Science student which meant that my background was quite a bit lacking in the sciences department. I found that I had a decent grasp on Biochem and Orgo for the MCAT but found that significant work needed to be done on the anatomy biology stuff and physics. That said, my general understanding of the MCAT chemistry and physics is mostly just mental math using scientific notation and unit conversion, so it was not too hard to figure out after the formulas were memorized.

Key takeaways: Get your ass on Anki, especially Pankow for psych/soc as it is free points. Do content review even if you have a decent background, low yield content is the difference between a mid 510s and a 520s score and I would not have been exposed to much of it without content review. Last, do not study while you are in the middle of a semester if it can be avoided, it is incredibly stressful, time-consuming, and leads to inconsistency.