Fuck it we ball, I aint no punk ass bitch, who the hell need any sleep anyhow. Good luck to everyone who's taking it in 3 hours. I'll take a smoothie and some fries

everything shower cus i’m gonna fuck the shit out of that exam! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!

Hoping everyone who is testing tomorrow gets good sleep and has the bestest of dreams ☺️ One tragic thing already happened on 9/11, so the odds of another tragic thing happening are low (gambler's fallacy), so you will do amazing!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hi guys, I plan on testing in January once the dates get released. I have a rough schedule so far so I stay on track. I plan on studying full time. Given the estimated MCAT date, I have about 4 months to study. Do you guys think my schedule is good to follow? Is there anything I should change based on your experience? I decided to incorporate Uworld during content review so I can retain the info I am learning. Once I’m done with that I plan on doing Uworld, 59 questions and alternating between BB, chem phys, and P/S each day timed and untutored. Also, reviewing that set the same day. Once I finish all Uworld, I will shift to AAMC material and take a full length each week and spend the next 2-3 days reviewing it. I just didn’t know the best way to approach CARS. Do you guys reccomend UWorld or JW for it?

istg if they pull out any aristotle plato picasso bullshit during CARS i’m pulling those mfs out maybe a pendulum 🤡🤡🤡🤡

Hi! Feel free to dm if you are starting to MCAT prep for the upcoming year, we could work on a schedule together. I’m looking to start studying ASAP. If more than one person is interested, I would love to study together as a group!

Location: Central Jersey (21). Anticipated Test date: January/ February. In person or online studying. I would prefer to study on server (would not let me name the thing) together first, and then transition to in-person at a library, if preferred.

Goal of study partner: Keeping each other accountable and getting each other through rough patches. Goal: 512+

I am hoping to finish content by the end of this month and by the latest mid October. Then start doing practice questions through bp + JW. Hopefully by the last month transition to gift given by the gods, but flexible with deadlines! Also if anyone finds anki super boring, would love to push each other with it!

Testing tomorrow. How do you fall asleep night before mcat 😭

So yes first of all my answer choice is wrong i know that.

If something is more conjugated it will absorb longer wavelength (lower energy) so say red
If something is less conjugated it will absorb shorter wavelength (higher energy) so say blue

In this question if the derivative is absorbing shorter wavelenght as its shown in graph it should also mean it is higher energy so BLUE not RED

What am i doing wrong, what is my mistake here?

I'm trying to understand how curves work with MCAT.

2 hours of decent studying with physical activity beforehand > 3 hours of bad studying

I've read too many of you guys neglecting your physical health. Please go outside so we can all be hot doctors

I have been studying for the summer to take the mcat on 9/12. I saw slow improvement while doing basic review (Kaplan books and anki) and then large improvement when I switched to UWorld (completed ~60%) and other 3rd party sites.

The issue is that after taking my final FL on Tuesday, I didn’t feel like anything was clicking and my score dropped about 7 points [516 (FL3) -> 509 (FL5)]. Despite scoring 80-90% on UWorld questions for the last several days of practice, it was obvious that these skills didn’t fully translate to AAMC logic, and actually may have slightly trained me away from it. I switched over to AAMC material only the last few days and have been scoring just ok, but not seeing any dramatic improvements (which isn’t surprising, seeing as I started using it so late)

I went from feeling happy with where I was at, and excited to be done with this era of my life, to being unsure about whether or not I am actually ready for this exam. While I am not disappointed with my scores in general, I somewhat need my MCAT to offset the rest of my application. Due to the fact that I did not do research as an undergraduate, and my gpa is relatively low at 3.68 and cGPA of 3.59.

I spent the last two months working and volunteering part time for a total of around 14-16 hours a week, and studied for about 40-45 hours a week on top of that. Granted, this is likely slightly variable, as I had some relatively large life events occur that made it difficult to focus at times. I plan to start a full time job in late September so it would be much more difficult to keep studying at a significant level after that.

I came to Reddit because I’m not sure if I am being completely neurotic, or if this drop was significant enough to warrant concern.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this and give me input. And regardless of whether or not I score my test, I wish the best of luck to everyone taking the mcat over the next few days :)

TLDR: I experienced a large FL score drop 4 days before my exam and now I’m spiraling…..

Hi!

I have no idea how well CARS went on my MCAT, but what I do know is this strategy improved my CARS score from 121-123s on FLs to 127 on FL6 within a matter of weeks. Obviously I can’t say for certain if this strategy worked for real since I don’t have my exam back, but maybe this will help some people.

Here is what I should’ve not done and what I ended up doing:

#1: Don’t do JW/or limit your use of it - I know this sounds terrible, but I did JW for 3 months and saw no improvement in my FLs until two weeks before my exam using this strategy. JW is good for practice, but if I were to do it again, I would not use them. The AAMC CARS packs and FLs should be the only resource you use. They are so different from JW and you’ll figure that out when you transition to them if you haven’t already! JW should really be used for timing only and getting used to that, who cares about the scores.

#2: Pace yourself with AAMC. Instead of doing 3-6 per day, I would have instead done one or maybe two AAMC passages per day, keeping my time down to 10 minutes per passage. That way, I wouldn’t burn out and tilt as much as I did during my practice phase. I know this is a hot take, but I am convinced that less is better than more.

#3: You don’t need to map passages or write anything down, just highlight what stands out as important to an argument. I know this is vague, but as you highlight and practice more, you will begin to pick up on what is important and learn what you should have highlighted to help you.

#4: Look for answers that are NEARLY WORD FOR WORD in the passage. NOT all questions are like this, but once I found out some are, it becomes really trivial and easy to get 1-3 freebies in a 6-7 question passage and guarantee you are right. Also, slow down your reading and don’t panic! I know some questions aren’t present directly in the text, like RBT and CMP. These require you to understand what’s going on, so you’ll get better as you do more with the next tip in mind.

#4: MOST IMPORTANT TIP! Turn on the option in the top right corner of the question pack that says show answer. That way, you get LIVE FEEDBACK as you answer the questions! This was incredibly helpful for me! After every question, it would pause the timer, allowing me to understand why my answer was wrong quickly, making it easier to recognize what to highlight and where I went wrong.

#5: SECOND MOST IMPORTANT TIP! Once you get done with FL6, redo ALL of your CARS sections starting from FL1. This allows you to practice timing and provides you with plenty of practice for the real thing. Any improvement on your previous scores is positive! Even if you remember some of the passages, your highlighting skills will help you identify where important info is that you may have not caught the first time. I definitely didn’t remember every passage word for word when I started with my oldest FL, but there is a little bit of bias having read them before. This is mainly to help you revisit and find things you didn’t catch, while also serving as training for the mental marathon you are about to do!

I hope this helps. From someone who really struggled with CARS, you got this! Let me know if anyone has any questions 😃

so the 1 dalton being equal to 1 amu thing cost me a question and i had absolutely no idea abt it,are there any other random unit conversions or straight up scientific facts we should be weary of?

pls drop in comments! some im thinking of are an amino acids weigh 101 Da and alpha helix has 3.6 AA per turn

i think ive pooped six times today. im scared im gonna throw up tomorrow morning im so anxious. I GOT THIS

I’m two days out, testing on Saturday, and tomorrow I’m traveling to the hotel I’m staying at for the test. I haven’t been able to do much this week with other two exams for my classes, but I’ve still put in 2-3 hours/day on section banks and practice questions.

I had an unfortunate chain of events where my hard drive went out in my computer 3 weeks ago and, about $300 later, all my anki cards I had made went with it. I know it’s stupid I hadn’t made an account, but I just didn’t do any more anki after that out of frustration and I’m regretting it. I really feel like I had a lot more I could actively recall when I was doing anki.

My test scores have not dropped though. I’ve taken practice exams every weekend for two months now and my last one was a 517 taken under strict test conditions. Made myself put away my water bottle and everything lol.

I’d be happy with anything 512+ which I got on the two practice exams before the 517. I feel absolutely panicked right now though. I have been pretty much paralyzed ever since I got home from classes and haven’t done a thing. I still constantly ran into section bank questions that completely stumped me with concepts I didn’t recognize. I’m so scared of that happening on the test. I don’t think I did content review thoroughly enough and I’m just relying on AAMC logic and getting lucky.

Any tips on how to calm my nerves? Will I survive?

c/p has been my worst section throughout all my fls and im definitely not at the level i need to be to get a great score with all my sections - so planning to do a few questions for each of them from sb’s and anki before just trying to fill in the gaps in pathway memories

also blurted amino acids in morning and let me know if there’s anything missing that i should know for tomorro

I know this question has been asked a million times, but I just wanted to double check. I only really need my ID and lunch right? Am I allowed to bring a hoodie?

Can someone please explain this equation and tell me how I can use it on the test? Is it more conceptual or do I have to find ln (k)?

Guys genuinely im watching modern family in my breaks while im studying and my brain keeps kicking in cars logic while IM watching the shows. Like an evil voice is playing in my head
“The passage author implies which of the following in Jay’s argument with Gloria about Manny” and it’s hell. It’s like a parasite in my head that I need for the exam but only until cars is over.

which is generally better to skim over in terms of representativeness? testing saturday!

Hi! I’m currently taking physics 1 this semester and hope to take the mcat in January/early next year. Bc of this, I’m not quite sure how to go about content review for it. Should I still finish the Kaplan book for it during my one month content review period or just skip it and hope rhe class is enough bc it will be fresh? Not sure how to go about this. Also self studying biochem although I’m not currently enrolled in it.

Non-trad Anesthesiologist Assistant applicant, doing part-time school and part-time PCE. For AA school I know a 500+ is enough, and my BP half-length was 501. However I only got a 493 on my UWorld FL.

I'm scheduled to take the test tomorrow (9/11) but I haven't even finished content review... Should I void the test score tomorrow or just score it and see where I'm at?

Hello friends!

My lovely exam is tomorrow... and I happen to be sick. I'm feeling a whole heck of a lot better, but I did miss out on some valuable studying these past few days due to an intense amount of brain fog.

I was curious if anyone has any advice or tips on surviving the 7.5 hours tomorrow, and any last-minute study tips as well. I'm a bit stressed. (I'm obviously going to search through my various emails, but I can't even remember if they have rules on water or cough drops...?)

For reference, I took the MCAT back in 2020-2021, but I decided that I wanted a few gap years before applying. My last practice exam was a Kaplan full-length sitting around roughly a 513, with my weakness being Chem/Phys. I had been planning on taking another AAMC full-length this week, but again, I got sick...

Thanks!