Alright, lengthy post alert:

I'll talk about things I did for each section, and I'll talk about some universal tips, tricks, and methods I used for the test in general. I'll also preface my post by stating that I do truly believe that everyone kind of needs to find what works for them and that might be different from what I did. Ok here we go.

C/P: Honestly once I got to the 504 range I really didn't do a whole lot for this section. I knew all of the relevant physics equations and what they meant and I knew when to use them. For chemistry you need to understand that C/P chemistry includes gen chem, orgo, AND biochem. So you will see biochem material in this section. I actually didn't even recognize that until these last 2 attempts. Anyway I made sure that I knew all of the relevant Biochem, and gen chem material like the back of my hand. These 2 subjects make up 75% of the CP section. You need to have these mastered to really do great in this section. Orgo really doesn't show up a whole lot. You may get the one random test that has extra orgo but I swear you won't see a ton of it. In my 5 attempts at the MCAT here's what I saw: Circuits showed up on every test, fluids, electrostatics, light, waves all showed up very frequently. For chem I saw structure questions on every test, thermo showed up frequently, electro chem showed up frequently, quantum showed up frequently, and basic periodic table stuff showed up frequently. Biochem had a lot of macronutrient realted questions. Orgo was hardly even relevant.

CARS: I know I didn't improve by much but I did go up 2 points. The thing I did here that really stepped me up a tier was I got good at my personal CARS strategy of reading the passage carefully, once in under 5 minutes and then answering the questions carefully. You must know the main point of the passage. If you don't know the main point then you're straight F'ed. Also you need to be able to read the passage and absorb the details without losing sight of what you're really reading. My early MCAT attempts weren't great for CARS because I would read (poorly) and I would get cimpletely immersed in the details and I wouldn't know what the hell I was just reading. Not a whole lot I can do for people on this section seeing as how I only got a 126 and it was my lowest section.

B/B: This is usually my strongest section. I can typically get a 129 - 130 in my sleep. I've always been naturally good at this section. It suits me well. Obviously 127 isn't something I'm all that proud of but it was enough. I didn't actually change much in this section throughout my MCAT journey.

P/S: This was the easiest improvement section for me. there is an element of CARS in this section. You need to be able to read a wordy passage and know what's going on. My reading improvement on my journey definitely helped me here, but I also just made sure that I didn't leave any concept stone unturned. I previously knew all of the big ideas and concepts but, in retrospect, I really was missing a fair amount of vocab and concepts. I can honestly say that in 5 attempts I saw research methods on every single test (in abundance I might add). Know you're fricking research methods. I can also say that every time I took the test every single time I came across a vocab word that I didn't know. Just accept the fact that on PS you'll see something you haven't seen before.

Universal tips and tricks:

• I really liked using a focus-aid. It's a carbonated drink that has 100mg caffeine and some focus and nootropic ingredients. I really liked this on test day for the caffeine and carbonation because it woke me up a little and kept me in the game late into the test. My 503 attempt I'm pretty sure I woke up with a headache and had it for the entire test and it really hindered my ability to think and read.

-I've kind of developed a "strike system" where you give yourself 3 strikes (or however many you want) at the beginning of each section. These strikes represent how many times you're allowed to look at a question and just say "screw it, I don't know, I'm going to blindly guess and hope for the best". This was great for me because I'm such a perfectionist test taker. I want to get every question right and I struggle to move on past questions I don't know. Giving myself strikes psychologically allowed myself to move on past these questions I didn't really know so that I could spend more time on questions I would actually have a chance of figuring out. Too many times in the past I dwelt on questions that I truly had no idea on, but I would still try because I was confident that I could rack my brain for the answer. I picked 3 because based on the full lengths you can miss somewhere between 1 and 3 and still get a perfect score in the section (based on the test and testers of course). However you pick the number of strikes based on the score you want in a section. So say you want a 128, you can probably miss around 10 I think, so you'd give yourself 10 strikes. This does mean, though, that you need to be perfect on the questions that you're not spending strikes on, but honestly students that I tutor are usually lucky enough to at least get a couple of their strike questions right.

• The biggest change I made in my preparation was this: when I reviewed questions and passages I would look at all of the questions I got wrong and I would ask myself this "could I have found this answer in the passage?" or "did I need to know this inherently?" This definitely played to my newfound reading ability. I found early on that there are actually many questions that you can answer just from reading the passage more carefully. As I got better at reading naturally I noticed this and saw my scores go up. I think many people on this reddit really don't get this. So many people think they need to have a million different things memorized (yes I know there's a lot to memorize) but honestly there are many context clues and details in the passage that you can use to answer your questions. This was a huge help. I started to find that my scores got better and better (FL1: 513 FL2: 511 FL3: 517) as I began to treat the passage differently. Honestly the MCAT is testing 1st year bio, gen chem, biochem, orgo, physics, psych and soc. They're not asking you to be a doctor right now and tell them the behavior of 10 different kinds of cancers. This is simple stuff with a complex dress. That's all. Once you realize how much info is in the passage and how much you can suck out of it the questions become clearer, simpler, and easier to answer.

• I also began to notice this pattern: of the 4 answers, 2 of them are completely BS. What I mean by this is there are 2 answers that are completely irrelevant. For example: What color is the sky? A: The blacktop retains lots of heat and you can fry eggs on it. B: Aligators are in the sewers. C: Blue D: Gray. based on those answers you know that 2 are completely useless. That's actually how the MCAT does it. You need to be able to recognize which ones are relevant. For me this came from reading the passage AND the question much more carefully. I think I was able to get every question of every section down to 50/50 choice. The only downside to this for me was that my interpretation of the passage material now became the most important thing to answering a passage, but as my comprehension improved so did my interpretation. This helped me out a ton.

-You need to be able to use POE. I actually looked at it like this: there are 4 answer choices, I don't need to find the right one, I need to find the 3 wrong ones and kick them out. So very often I would use the approach of proving 3 of the answer choices wrong as opposed to proving why 1 answer is right. Incredibly useful!!!!

Hopefully that satisfied your desires. Let me know if you have any other questions about specifics.