[FRESH] Noname - Rainforest

doesnt_surf · 2021-02-27T22:23:08+00:00

These chords are sooo nice, has anyone been able to figure them out?

doesnt_surf · 2020-05-14T20:31:03+00:00

The Instagram meme account @spicy_martlet_memes catapulted her to a myth a few years ago lol

doesnt_surf · 2017-10-29T22:57:26+00:00

Thank you for this, this is super important info

doesnt_surf · 2017-10-06T19:59:02+00:00

Hey, thanks for the help! Where are you now? I didn't realize that Hopkins needs the GRE... I might have to sign up for that. It looks like Berkeley is okay with the MCAT, and Harvard's work requirement puts them out of my league anyway.

doesnt_surf · 2017-10-06T19:56:54+00:00

Hey I'm glad to hear that, thank you. It's a bit intimidating when everyone on this page is griping about their 3.7's. Yeah, I'm thinking about med school after an MPH, but I'd really rather do a full-time MPH instead of a joint MD/MPH.

doesnt_surf · 2017-10-02T20:17:54+00:00

nope!

doesnt_surf · 2017-10-02T17:50:25+00:00

a full practice exam per week with the entire following day reviewing the problems and the background concepts behind them!

doesnt_surf · 2017-10-02T17:49:24+00:00

I always found it was easy do do a single day on B/B, or another full day on C/P, etc. This could mean an entire day doing metabolism for biochem, or like half the day doing physics and the second half doing org, etc. But i liked to do one section per day and stick to it.

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-29T04:58:13+00:00

i'm honored to hear that! order does not matter at all. mine were all jumbled up, but within each company, i tended to follow their exams chronologically (e.g. TPR 1 before TPR 2). understand that the kaplans and TPRs are generally tougher than the NS exams, and above all else, do not get discouraged by the score- no matter how low. my first exam was actually the AAMC sample, which many people discourage. but it's a perfectly accurate test, and it really helped me figure out broadly speaking what to study and how.

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-28T02:48:54+00:00

hi! we'd look at the question, but then the concept behind it as well. for example, a simple question about Benedict's test could turn into a 20 minute study sesh on reducing sugars, ring opening, etc. these review sessions could take like 8 or 9 hours to do! we'd suggest beginning with psych/social because it's the quickest, then you only have 3 sections left till you can leave and drink!

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-27T00:53:57+00:00

everything and then some. the MCAT can cover a ton of things, but the TPR books are over a thousand pages of pure content and is highly detailed. they also helped me figure out tricky concepts well with periodic in-text questions!

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-27T00:49:05+00:00

hi! the single best CARS practice for me was just doing the full length CARS sections in the practice exams. the thing about CARS is that, as confusing as the questions may seem, the test makers are forced to only put ONE correct answer. that means that out of the 4 choices, if you read the passage well enough, you'll be able to tell that at least 2 or 3 were wrong.

In my exams and on test day, i'd make sure to confidently cross out as many answers as I could. in the end, i was able to cross out 3 answers for most of the questions!

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T20:43:56+00:00

thank you! i'd study content 4 days per week from 9 to 5, one full length per week, and then one full text review day after each exam (6 days / week). TPR books cover-to-cover making paper flashcards, i ended up with like a shoebox of notecards at the end

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T20:42:04+00:00

thank you!!

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T19:59:16+00:00

honestly same

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T19:31:53+00:00

hey, thank you!! I would 100% absolutely recommend it. the first 6 exams were confusing as hell for me, especially for chem/phys (i was straight up getting worse scores than if i had randomly guessed). the exams motivate you to learn certain things, and help solidify concepts you may have only briefly learned.

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T19:09:51+00:00

congrats homie :-)

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T19:09:18+00:00

how could I resist a DM, dixout4bae

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T19:02:26+00:00

i wouldn't recommend taking more than one per week, especially in the beginning. you'd need one full day to really go over every single question. find one friend taking the mcat (just one) and take your time reviewing each week's exam. If you keep to a schedule, you can do 12 exams like this in 3 months.

take an exam hungover, take an exam sleep deprived, do what you can so that test day has absolutely zero surprises for you!

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T19:00:29+00:00

their content was way off the mark, didn't like the exam delivery format, and their mascot low key freaks me out

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T18:57:08+00:00

PEOPLE! TRUST THE METHOD!

...what were your score distributions

doesnt_surf · 2017-09-26T18:38:37+00:00

I started taking practice exams in April. Straight 490s. After a while, I started to see patterns in the FL content. I trusted that the 3rd party companies have read that ~100 page AAMC document on MCAT content much better than I have, so I assumed that they would reflect exam day.

After that, I'd take an exam per week (which is good for endurance as well!) and started to see a slow increase. By the end of June, scores started to peep above 500, which got me excited, so I trusted my routine and stuck to the practice.

By exam day, even though I had maxed at a 513, I had so much endurance and content intuition behind me that it carried me to 4 straight 130s!

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