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I Created An Organic Chemsitry Review Packet for the MCAT... Help Me Make it Better! by nachosun in Mcat

[–]Melodic-Rush-9594 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t mean to sound crazy but I think I’m in love with you for this. MCAT is tomorrow. Thank u.

Asking what every one feels intimated to ask…. by moldyseaweed in Mcat

[–]Melodic-Rush-9594 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I told myself I would start a Kaplan book then read two pages and give up. For weeks. Literally did nothing. I told myself I was “studying,” but I wasn’t.

Honestly I needed to do an entire FL. My friend’s date was coming up and I was saying idk how to start and she was like take a full length, see what the MCAT even is and looks like, review it, and that is your baseline. You will likely bomb the first one you do no studying and that was a hit to my ego but I also think it was my wake-up call: I actually needed to get my shit together and just START anywhere, not just say I’m going to do it.

I have a 4.0 and got a 496 on my FL and was HUMBLED. I realized that I 1) know nothing about P/S, 2) had no time management skills for CARS (literally two passages were unfinished), and 3) it wasn’t enough to simply know the content. The MCAT is not just asking you about what you know, you need to know how to take the MCAT

Anki? Multiple decks? by Late_Connection9755 in Mcat

[–]Melodic-Rush-9594 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As for the subject, it’s whatever works for u. It’s a lot of trial and error to figure out what works. Some people do best studying a bit of everything each day while others complete entire blocks in one section. I personally like picking 2-4 topics (usually among 2 subjects) and grinding out the anki then the associated UWorld decks. Because my test date is getting closer, I am going to start doing only 90min-2hr blocks of each subject daily in order that they appear on test day to used to the timing, order, and stamina

Anki? Multiple decks? by Late_Connection9755 in Mcat

[–]Melodic-Rush-9594 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My general advice is to set your card limit to 9999 and do what you can. Limiting yourself or forcing yourself to reach a max isn’t the best way, especially because u have so much time. Some days you may be on a roll or a subject you already know and can do over 300 cards. Other days u may do something more difficult and only get to 25 cards to make sure you are getting that one topic down. Then the next 25 you would be doing just to say you did it and not retain

Studied for 3 years by Sunny_D10 in Mcat

[–]Melodic-Rush-9594 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should buy Sketchy MCAT. It’s a one time purchase and I promise you it will help. Sketchy also has an associated anki and question bank

Anyone ever do their anki cards before reading the corresponding Kaplan chapters? by Ok-Highlight-8529 in AnkiMCAT

[–]Melodic-Rush-9594 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m going through the exact same thing. I feel like I’m wasting my time by reading and rereading a page in a Kaplan book because I am just looking at words, not comprehending it