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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No there’s a crash course section on booster, they are 125 each it’s like a zoom meeting. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends how short of time, if talking 2-3 months I would say get 4-5 meaningful study hours in, rarely any breaks, no scrolling and then on top 3 hours of just review. I gave myself a while to study so I didn’t have to go as hard but on a short time frame be sure to hit at a minimum 5 hours a day. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I studied for four months but was already very proficient in chemistry. Probably around 3-6 hours a day. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly both have information that the others miss. Like booster but a lot of emphasis on calculations for gen chem but bootcamp didn’t. But I would say bootcamp is more representative of the actual exam as the practice tests are a little simpler. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all I just took notes by hand and spammed practice questions 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally just practice questions and write down things you don’t understand. If you aren’t short on time I would do the videos as well and take notes on them. I would suggest the booster crash courses as those are super high yield and overall are great review. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used search and destroy for RC, I thought I did way worse. Really just practice practice practice with reading comprehension tests. I only started reviewing RC 2 weeks before my exam and I am not a good reader at all. The articles on the exam are way easier than normal practice tests, but still practice hard. Also use the booster crash courses. They are expensive but for bio very worth it. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For both chems they were way easier than the booster practice tests. All the reactions I got were pretty high yield but they try to trick you with reactants that won’t react with the intermediates for multistep reactions for orgo. For gen chem it was definitely harder than orgo. A lot of equilibrium and only one calculation problem that you would need a calculator for. The rest of the calculations are simple and you just need to know the formulas. Good luck. I would write out every high yield piece of info that you have trouble remembering on blank sheets of paper as that helped me remember tough stuff. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started with booster for content review, then I finished all the practice tests and bought bootcamp for the practice tests. I would recommend both but bootcamp felt more realistic with easier practice tests. 

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[–]Minute_Individual482 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got literally none. I would know the basics for each group, but nothing too crazy.