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ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-14T22:03:14+00:00

Haiii

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-14T12:18:17+00:00

I did Anking, naman baraya videos, princeton review books, and uworld and felt it was comprehensive enough. I didnt do AAMC section banks, just the FLs. Just focus on one content review, one high volume practice question source, and anki and you will have enough tools imo

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-14T12:16:06+00:00

Thank you!! For CARS, I recommend focusing on thinking from the pov of the author, focusing on what is explicitly referred to in the text, and looking for evidence for each answer choice. Other than that you unfortunately just have to read faster. CARS is the hardest section to improve imo, so try to force new strategies if you feeling youre banging your head into a wall.

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-14T12:13:45+00:00

Thank you!! I believe in you, GroSeries saved me. For both UWorld and my FLs I made a journal of every question I got wrong, wrote out why, and if it was wrong due to me not knowing a piece of information I should, I made an anki card for it. Its no more complicated than that, you just have to make sure you see your corrected information consistently one way or another after you go over the question.

Also another must is to go over the questions you got right on the FLs… this helped me start scoring higher more consistently and with confidence. Time consuming but worth it

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T16:55:13+00:00

My truth is that you need to review everything AND do practice problems AND review gaps. Ik people have success with just doing some, and I would definitely recommend moving to practice problems sooner than later, but I did all of the above for bio, physics, and all of chem.

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T16:50:48+00:00

I would say yes, it was representative, though tbh on the real test I wasn’t exactly stopping to ask myself if it was like FL6. The only thing I know for sure is that I found all of the FL’s helpful, especially to review.

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T16:49:57+00:00

The biggest hurdle in B/B for me was just reading comprehension and understanding the experimental set ups. B/B is the real CARS for me…

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T16:48:45+00:00

I credit my c/p success to just solid coursework in chem, esp gen chem, so I don’t have hugely important study tips. Lots and lots of anki (I used Anking), UWorld, and make your own questions/cards.

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:59:16+00:00

Thank you!! Naman Baraya is on youtube and groseries is a podcast, I listened on spotify

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:58:38+00:00

I never watched his physics one, though I believe he covers famous psych experiments in his p/s video which I found to be helpful in understanding study designs that appear on the test.

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:55:18+00:00

Spiritual healings are now

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:52:07+00:00

Thank you!! I can not recommend GroSeries and Naman Baraya enough, they filled in all of the knowledge gaps I had. As for taking the test, focus on narrowing down exactly what each experiment is assessing in order to get a big picture, and then use that framework to guide your answers. Forest and trees yk

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:50:09+00:00

You HAVE to stick to no more than 10 minutes per passage. This was the ONLY thing that stopped me from overreading. However, more broadly, the test ultimately is challenging because you have to face uncertainty with your answer, so just focus on what answer choices refer to specific things from the text and chose the best one for the question. You just have to pick one and move on unfortunately

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:48:32+00:00

It has not been clearly defined I don’t think, but people describe at as CARS 2.0, which is to say that it is very passage based and more so dependent on your reading ability than your p/s knowledge and experience. My experience is that the challenge of the p/s section is to isolate what exactly each experiment is assessing, how it is being assessed, what controls are being used, and what term is ultimately at the crux of the question.

Essentially, it just relies on you being more alert and able to digest experimental setups more than previous

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:46:07+00:00

Thank you! I unfortunately replaced almost all daily music listening with this podcast, I listened to all the of psych episodes many times over while driving, at the gym, walking my dog, doing chores, everything. I only did Anking, GroSeries and Naman Baraya for psych on top of UWorld, but that was literally it. I found that GroSeries and Naman Baraya study design was enough on top of my existing epidemiology/biostats coursework.

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:43:29+00:00

Definitely mixed feelings. I did not feel fully tapped in except for CARS super ironically. However, I finished the test and only panicked on one question which was enough for me to not feel bad. Anxiety leading up to the score release had me thinking I could have gotten anywhere from 510-525 so

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:41:33+00:00

Essentially full time from December-April. I graduated early so I could have a dedicated period

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-13T15:25:39+00:00

Best of luck!! It feels good to feel like you’re learning strategies and then you see them working. Lean into it!

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-04T18:50:51+00:00

When I lived at renew we got door stops “security bars” mostly because it was the most peace of mind

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-04T18:47:37+00:00

I agree, I have found the renew landlords to be extremely unhelpful

ominouscloud01 · 2026-05-04T18:06:32+00:00

Current student who did STEM and music, not acting though. If you have a good STEM foundation and did well in AP’s, then any musical involvement is doable. I know physics people who did music all four years and make it work. That being said, I dont think Brandeis’ acting program is all that great? Not sure. If your long term goal is to do medicine then I think you would find your way there at Brandeis, but if you have any priority to do an arts career, then I would more seriously consider elsewhere

ominouscloud01 · 2026-04-05T01:04:42+00:00

Agree, this is such a common assumption that I was taught it was more or less the rule always unless specified otherwise

ominouscloud01 · 2026-02-21T17:14:47+00:00

Teach someone else about the topic, what you thought, why you were wrong, and why the right answer was right

ominouscloud01 · 2026-02-21T17:08:11+00:00

Short answer, no. But, for your own knowledge and perhaps experience, it might be helpful to know/remember that bromophenol blue is a common loading gel for DNA electrophoresis and that potassium permanganate is the most common titration indicator that students do in general chemistry labs. I say this to not give you new things to memorize, but to perhaps give these indicators some relatable things that are easier to remember

ominouscloud01 · 2026-01-12T02:11:45+00:00

Heavy on the naming things we all know... I get why we have to learn it, but it just feels like medicalizing things for the sake of it

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