MCAT test tomorrow

On May 27 2008 05:14 goldrush wrote:
Good luck! What year of college/university did you just finish?

On May 27 2008 05:15 GrayArea wrote:
Oh also, I am preparing for the MCAT this summer. How did you prepare for it? Like self study, kaplan, p.r., etc.

On May 27 2008 05:22 EpiK wrote:
good luck~ hope you do well

On May 27 2008 05:21 Polyphasic wrote:


I have one more quarter left before I finish with an econ degree.



I downloaded all the kaplan materials off of a torrent which is basically everything except for classroom instruction time. It had sample tests for each section, full length sample tests, and review stuff. I also reviewed a comprehensive kaplan review book that I got, a Princeton review Hyperlearning book that I got, and the 1001 Questions for MCAT, which I got one for each of the 4 sections. I also took 5 of the 7 practice tests that aamca offer. After that, I was getting 33s and 34s which was top 10%, so I was like, good enough for me. I'd say total review time took about 2 months at 4 hours a day, and most important is that I already knew most of this stuff cause I did pretty well in my pre-req classes.

I'd say that the kaplan review materials are pretty much useless because they are too indepth. The kaplan and TRP sample test, and the 1001 questions series are also pretty dumb cause their questions aren't very reflective of what is actually on the mcat. I'd say if I had to start over, I'd just review TPR's hyperlearning really quickly for general review. Then I'd take kaplan's physical sciences sample tests. Kaplan's verbal sample tests are piece of shit. I'm just getting 10s on my verbal cause of that. Honestly, I'd just master all of AAMC's sample tests. Like, take them all under real conditions, then review all the questions I got right, all the questions I got wrong, review the parts in TPR for the things that I got wrong. That should cover it for physical sciences and biological sciences. For verbal, I honestly don't know, but one thing that worked for me is that I took one of aamc's while literally looking at the answers and explanations while I was taking it. That way I can know right away where my thinking is off so I can correct it. Cause normally, I only check my solutions afterwards, and by then I don't remember my exact thought process for each question, and it's the thought process that I need to correct, not the answer. For writing, I just read all the essays. Most med schools don't care too much about the writing as long as you don't fail (or unless you are shooting for a crazy med school). haha, I hope I do ok on my writing! hope that helps . lemme know if you wanna talk more or anything. mcats really freaked me out so talking kinda helps.

On May 27 2008 08:17 EpiK wrote:
wow, just wondering but what med school are you aiming for?