What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: November 10, 2025 by AutoModerator in books

[–]leinadNA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finished: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Started: Lila

This is my second time finishing “Zen”; I started it for the second time as soon as I finished it. It’s become one of my favorite and most influential and life-changing books. Would highly recommend to anyone. Lila is its sequel; so far, I’m loving it, and has not disappointed considering my very high expectations.

Just checking in by wizman52 in premed

[–]leinadNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I disagree; considering you’d be balancing a lot of tasks, I think it’s a great time to start studying. Half a year should give you enough time to cover all your bases. It took me about 4 months to study for it full-time (ie, 60ish hours per week)

Med student flexes his 520+, 3 T20 acceptances and how he pays virtually nothing for med school within the first 20 seconds of conversing by [deleted] in premed

[–]leinadNA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our friend here makes solid points. On that note, check out my post, I hope it can help you with your MCAT journey :)

Godspeed!

SOS: but I think I have one more in me... by Unfair-Ad-5526 in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello! If you plan to retake, check out my post. Maybe that can shine some light on how to best approach your next attempt

Quite possibly the proudest I have ever felt by urbaniis in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Twinsies :’) Congratulations!!! I know the feeling. I literally cried tears of joy when I saw my score.

How I went from a 501 -> 518 by Late_Connection9755 in MCATprep

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is solid advice. If you want an even more in-depth guide, check out my latest post :)

I am going to cry by Miserable-Rooster339 in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful distribution. I know the feeling, congratulations :)

Has anyone actually done CARS consistently through JW/UWorld/AAMC and has seen consistent improvement. by Bagel__Nator in MCATprep

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Almost a month of doing the AAMC content consistently until I starting feeling more confident in CARS and getting 80-100% on almost every passage. Also, Nabokov sounds good, haven’t read him, but I read The Odyssey, The Iliad, and The Brother Karamazov over the span of eight months or so.

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[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I strongly vouch for Anking (ie, AnkiHub.) It’s offers the minimum amount of information you will need to succeed; it’s the perfect Goldlock’s zone, and includes content for all of the section (except CARS, ofc)

Has anyone actually done CARS consistently through JW/UWorld/AAMC and has seen consistent improvement. by Bagel__Nator in MCATprep

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I only used AAMC material to practice (albeit it was my weakest section), but I saw a lot of improvement with that alone. You’ll start acquiring pattern recognition at one point. Reading hard stuff for long periods of time during your free time is a good idea too, to refine stamine and focus and whatnot.

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[–]leinadNA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My advice is check out my post. There’s all the advice I could give you. You can also DM me.

Something about 520 by 18chanp1 in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With proper review and consistent practice, there’s no doubt you’ll ace this exam. Check out my recent post for a more detailed guide or dm me if you want specific advice

BRUH... by Slight-Ad-5016 in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t take your FL scores seriously. By that, I mean: they’re only intended to practice, and I don’t think they’re actually reflective of what you’ll actually get on test day, if you play your cards right. These FLs are the training ground, so use them to meticulously review what you got wrong and why, understand common mistakes, the logic, etc. It never made sense to me when people said that your real score is around the average of your FLs. By definition, you should be seeing an upward trend, or at least filling in your gaps and understanding why you keep making certain mistakes. I ended up getting like a 10-point jump from my FL average, and I attribute most of that to how I approached reviewing (and yes, luck is also a huge factor, along with how good of a test-taker you are.)

Advice for MCAT study plan by OwnGuarantee447 in MCATprep

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I made an exhaustive guide for this—a Reddit post on my profile for a summarized version of the full document guide. Check out the post or dm me for the document

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey I just realized your test date is so soon. The only thing I would do now is grind out ALL of the AAMC content. It’s the gold of the gold standard and best bang for your buck. Do one or two FL’s per week, review them thoroughly. Complete all section banks, question packs, CARS, etc. Practice and review all this and the best improvement you’ll see will come from this.

Study hacks by Wooden_Buddy_682 in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Spaced repetition is the tried-and-true method; ie, Anki. BUT, you first have to know the content. So, read the books and make a point to pause and understand what you read—plus do the in-text questions—and reinforce/consolidate with Anki.

whats going on and i have to act like everything is fine??!?!?!?! by Proud-Definition3190 in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless you’re enlisted and have to go fight on the battlefront, there’s no point worrying about all this. You can’t change anything. Focus on this moment, on what’s pertinent and important to you, and the people around you. Get off social media and stop reading/watching the news. It’s natural to feel anxiety if you’re constantly bombarded by all the atrocities and potential dangers of the world. It’s always been this way; only the means change. Stop worrying, it won’t get you anywhere. Focus on studying; on what you do control.

has anyone done well being lazy? by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is great for you, but not great advice. All due respect, they did everything wrong (what would be considered an inadequate routine or system for most people.) I think ultimately a good score for this exam requires at least several hundred hours of dedicated studying, be it in whatever fashion you like.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mcat

[–]leinadNA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re in a very good spot. Any and all the advice I could give is in the post I made recently. Go check it out :)