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I am a *very*-nontrad of 37 looking to apply next cycle but take my MCAT mid to late July of 2020 (a little late) but giving myself 6 weeks of focused time. I want to set myself up for success, so I am working on studying for my MCAT during my prereqs by kicking butt in my pre-reqs and finding a way to retain as much of that knowledge up to the test so my ~6wks of studying can be enough to do well.
I would appreciate people's opinion on my plan and a suggestion of when to strategically incorporate qbanks.
For a context on my goals, I'd like to get a 510+, but I am mostly aiming for my state MD school, maybe a few other MDs, and DO schools (will be ~3.45 cgpa, ~3.6 sgpa)).
The main question: WHEN WOULD YOU SUGGEST I START DOING QUESTION BANKS IF THIS IS MY CLASS SCHEDULE?
Also, what if I started on UWORLD this fall? Would it be a total waste of time/$ because of lack of finishing prereqs? Do the questions renew and refresh after a certain amount of time (as in, will I only see the bank they have and see all the same questions again if I go through them all and still have a few months of prep left?).
SPRING (Apr-June):
SUMMER (June-Sept):
FALL (Sept-Dec):
WINTER (Jan-Apr):
SPRING (Apr-June):
SUMMER (Starts mid-June):
I would appreciate people's opinion on my plan and a suggestion of when to strategically incorporate qbanks.
For a context on my goals, I'd like to get a 510+, but I am mostly aiming for my state MD school, maybe a few other MDs, and DO schools (will be ~3.45 cgpa, ~3.6 sgpa)).
(1) ALREADY DOING: Do what it takes to get them As.
(2) ALREADY DOING: Anki the heck out of the knowledge I get, including some practice problems that utilize the concepts (I've been doing this for my Chem final this term and it really helps). Lots of med students are doing this, so why don't I get this process/habit down ahead of time?
(3) Every Saturday reading one journal article and doing a breakdown of it utilizing a bunch of questions you typically get from CARS-improvement suggestions.
(4) Every Saturday spending something like 1 hour or so (I think 60-90 mins is easily achievable) reviewing anki cards from previous classes.
(5) At some point - I would like to know y'all's opinion on this - I think I should take a FL to see where I'm at as well as start doing some question banks but I'm not sure when I should start that considering I will be in the middle of taking pre-reqs. My instinct is to start at the beginning of my spring term where I'll only have Biochem and cell bio left.
(2) ALREADY DOING: Anki the heck out of the knowledge I get, including some practice problems that utilize the concepts (I've been doing this for my Chem final this term and it really helps). Lots of med students are doing this, so why don't I get this process/habit down ahead of time?
(3) Every Saturday reading one journal article and doing a breakdown of it utilizing a bunch of questions you typically get from CARS-improvement suggestions.
(4) Every Saturday spending something like 1 hour or so (I think 60-90 mins is easily achievable) reviewing anki cards from previous classes.
(5) At some point - I would like to know y'all's opinion on this - I think I should take a FL to see where I'm at as well as start doing some question banks but I'm not sure when I should start that considering I will be in the middle of taking pre-reqs. My instinct is to start at the beginning of my spring term where I'll only have Biochem and cell bio left.
The main question: WHEN WOULD YOU SUGGEST I START DOING QUESTION BANKS IF THIS IS MY CLASS SCHEDULE?
Also, what if I started on UWORLD this fall? Would it be a total waste of time/$ because of lack of finishing prereqs? Do the questions renew and refresh after a certain amount of time (as in, will I only see the bank they have and see all the same questions again if I go through them all and still have a few months of prep left?).
SPRING (Apr-June):
- Biology 3 (last term of first year bio)
- Chem 2 (class 2 of 3)
- Stats
SUMMER (June-Sept):
- Chem 3 (class 3 of 3)
- Physics 1 (class 1 of 3)
- Create Psych/Soc Anki decks from 300 page doc
- Prep Application (personal statement, experiences, etc)
FALL (Sept-Dec):
- Ochem 1/3
- Molecular Bio
- Physics 2
WINTER (Jan-Apr):
- Ochem 2/3
- Genetics
- Physics 3
SPRING (Apr-June):
- Biochem
- Cell Bio + Lab
- Extra time to put towards MCAT prep
- Fill out AMCAS in May
SUMMER (Starts mid-June):
- Study ~6 weeks, take MCAT end of July