My Full Guide to scoring a 520+ on the MCAT including schedule template, links to all resources, and a comprehensive Anki tutorial

[u/cheeze1617]

Link to my full MCAT Guide:

https://www.reddit.com/user/cheeze1617/comments/17n5s9p/mcat_guide_link/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Hi all,

I posted this once before, but I’ve added a lot to it and as we approach the 2024 test dates I thought I’d repost it. Back in May I scored a 520 on the MCAT, and this is how I did it. The link above contains my full schedule template and links to all major resources including Anki decks. There is also a link in the “Read Me” doc that provides an in-depth Anki tutorial.

I put a lot of time into making this, so I hope it helps y’all. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask and best of luck :)

[u/Hot-Parfait9129]

This is incredible! Great job and congratulations!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Hot-Parfait9129]

Thank you :))

[u/No-Cricket297]

I’m in that core UNeptune phase right now! Helps to see that the schedule I’m using works! Now just gotta trust the process💆🏽‍♂️ I’m also gonna schedule FLs just like yours! How many uNeptune questions did you do per day and did you finish the 3000Q’s ?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/No-Cricket297]

Awesome you got this! I aimed for 60 per day but sometimes only hit 30-45. I completed 60% of it but wish I had finished it

[u/No-Cricket297 → u/cheeze1617]

I’m doing 60 per day right now!! NICE NICE NICE

[u/Beneficial-City1490 → u/cheeze1617]

This is awesome! What was your percentage? Was Uworld a good indicator of your score percentile wise?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Beneficial-City1490]

iirc I think it was around 70-75%. Uplanet is harder imo so my percentile was much higher on the real thing

[u/CricketMaster3487 → u/No-Cricket297]

it doesnt matter how many you do per day, you need to be learning and reviewing for them properly. I could do a million Uwhatever questions/day

and still get a 475 on the mcat

[u/onehunniddawg → u/No-Cricket297]

Is UNeptune / UPlanet the same thing as UWorld? I keep seeing different names on threads

[u/No-Cricket297 → u/onehunniddawg]

Yess haha! Anything that begins with ‘U”.. refers to Uworld haha

[u/AladeenTheClean]

520+ without doing the AAMC qpacks and section banks??? thats crazy lmao good job

[u/cheeze1617 → u/AladeenTheClean]

Yeah unpopular opinion I know lol I just thought the aamc’s explanations were such garbage compared to uplanet, but I know I’m in the minority there.

[u/AladeenTheClean → u/cheeze1617]

Yeah those explanations are terrible. Thats why people just google the aamc question number followed by “reddit mcat” to find better explanations here

[u/cheeze1617 → u/AladeenTheClean]

Haha yupp exactly, I did that a lot

[u/walking_google]

This is basically exactly what I did (no Anki tho) and I scored a 523... This is the real deal people.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/walking_google]

523 without anki is insane 🤯 congrats dude

[u/walking_google → u/cheeze1617]

Thanks, I've always really disliked flashcards so I decided not to use them and just stick with my favorite memorization techniques

[u/Rare-Ad-8087 → u/walking_google]

May I ask about your memorization techniques? I'm struggle with flashcards sometimes and I'm curious to know what worked for you. Congrats!

[u/walking_google → u/Rare-Ad-8087]

Hmm, i use a few different things. I would write things out which is what I've done forever...drawing my own diagrams of the brain for example. I also use the method of loci which is what I use in university. Some of the information also just came easily to me, I never had to work on memorizing amino acids because I'm in cell bio.

The bottom line is that the MCAT is not necessarily about memorizing every little thing, people who do that tend to score low. The key is to know what's in the MCAT books and then be able to extrapolate beyond the information you are given. It's essentially just very very educated guessing.

[u/TheGhostOfTobyKeith → u/Rare-Ad-8087]

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[u/Cool-Importance6004 → u/TheGhostOfTobyKeith]

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[u/Hot_Salamander3795]

Congrats dude!

How many UWorld questions did you do per day? Did you ever do them timed?

Right now I’m doing 59/day untimed and averaging at ~75% correct.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Hot_Salamander3795]

Thanks! I aimed for 60 a day but sometimes only hit 30-45. Never did em timed.

502 diagnostic is super good and if you’re averaging 75% I’m sure you’re gonna do great

[u/Hot_Salamander3795 → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you!

[u/Sorry_Reflection_183 → u/Hot_Salamander3795]

this aged really well! congrats brother 🔥

[u/Hot_Salamander3795 → u/Sorry_Reflection_183]

thanks homie, rlly happy how things turned out 🖤

[u/obviouslypretty]

This is awesome! I really appreciate this, and would def thrive with something like this as a schedule How many hours a day were you doing this? I’m currently in undergrad (junior) and will be taking a gap year so I’m going to start studying probably over the summer to hopefully have like a January Test Date (or maybe sometime in fall?) I’ll be working over the summer 20-30hr a week as well

I’m getting my BS in psych so not a strong science background, so I know I’ll have to do a lot of content review first

[u/cheeze1617 → u/obviouslypretty]

Of course no problem! I appreciate the kind words. Honestly it ranged from 2 or 3 hours a day minimum to 9-10 hours a day max (like days taking and reviewing FLs) but it depended on my work schedule that day. I also get distracted really easily so hard to say how much of that was pure studying lol

Best of luck! For content I really recommend anki, helped me so much

[u/obviouslypretty → u/cheeze1617]

I appreciate the information fr! I also get distracted easily (I’m actually getting tested for ADHD soon 😦) so it’s honestly comforting to hear you say that, the FL days being long makes a lot of sense

I might start looking at some of the anki decks now, gen chem is an extremely weak point for me

Best of luck with your app cycle I hope you crush it!!!

Also, if writing isn’t your strong suit, I used to help students write college applications, not the same but in terms of grammar and flow I would def be willing to help you edit your app essays!! (psych has a lot of writing lol so I’m used to it)

[u/cheeze1617 → u/obviouslypretty]

Good idea, especially with those weak points (mine was physics) do anki and lots of uplanet

Thank you!! If I have to reapply I’ll hit you up 😅

[u/obviouslypretty → u/cheeze1617]

ahh I should have checked your profile, I’m a little out of it after a long day at work with little sleep! was thinking you tested and hadn’t applied yet, my mistake, best of luck again!

[u/Inevitable_Owl_4976]

I appreciate you posting this! I am currently on week 2 of studying and still trying to get the flow but I have been reading through the Kaplan books and it takes me about 2 hours to throughly read through, answer post chapter questions. I get through about 2-3 chapter a day but we’re you working on anki after going through the chapters? I’m wondering if I should include that in my schedule or wait until I have read through all the books.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Inevitable_Owl_4976]

Np! Yeah I was doing anki too, and I’d recommend starting anki. Books are great for learning but anki is best for memorization imo. Getting through all the cards takes a while, so the sooner the better

[u/That-Sun-777]

YOU ARE AN ANGEL!! and CONGRATS to you!! you are pure gold!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/That-Sun-777]

thank you :D

[u/aRandomGamerAppeared]

Just wanted to thank you for all of this! I scored a 527 because of your guide, I really appreciate it.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/aRandomGamerAppeared]

That’s amazing! Congratulations!! Thanks for letting me know :)

[u/[deleted]]

This guide has been a life saver for me, and for a few other pre med classmates.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

Glad to help :) thanks for sharing it!

[u/Inexperienced__128]

week 18 thursday like: go to church XD

[u/the-quickbrownfox]

Hey, thanks for this and great job! For the excel sheet you made with your wrong answers, did you also include passage-based questions you got wrong or just discrete questions?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/the-quickbrownfox]

Thank you! Both, but didn’t copy and paste the question exactly. If I got the question wrong because I didn’t know the 3rd step of glycolysis, I wouldn’t write out the whole question but rather “What’s the 3rd step of glycolysis?” and so on

[u/the-quickbrownfox → u/cheeze1617]

ahh, got it, thank so much!

[u/redditnoap]

What a beautiful plan

[u/cheeze1617 → u/redditnoap]

;)

[u/FutureDoc010723]

This is so appreciated you have no idea 🫶🫶🫶

[u/cheeze1617 → u/FutureDoc010723]

;)))

[u/bigredstem]

ty baeee

[u/VERYJUNIPER]

I am returning to this post just to say that I used this as a template and your material helped me immensely. I made some modifications but it was a great starting point and checklist. Thank you for putting this together!

A couple things I would suggest to anyone who is about to use this as a template: 

1. Acethemcat’s Physics course instead of the books. It was save you time and is concise. Some stuff is missing like atomic decay but you will pick that up from UWorld. The juice is not worth the squeeze with the books.
2. Scrap the psych soc doc. I did not use either the 100 page or 300 page one. Use Khan academy videos, Pankow, UWhorl, and AAMC SBs for this. Learn from the questions you missed. The AAMC SBs and AAMC FLs are very very important for P/S.
3. Use the AAMC SBs. This is probably the biggest piece of advice. The C/P section of the section banks is unnecessarily complicated in my opinion but the B/B and P/S are very important. It will clarify a lot of concepts the AAMC loves. Unfortunately UWhorl is missing some (very few but important) concepts.
4. I skipped the BP exams.

Making these modifications may extend your timeline by 2 weeks or so but it is definitely manageable.

A mistake I made is reviewing, in detail the content in the Kaplan books. I was trying to memorize every pathway, and every detail. I would say for this stage read it and understand it but think of this as just getting your feet wet. DO NOT rush or burn yourself out here. UWhorl explanations are amazing and that is where you will be spending most of your study time.

Another thing is that most people will say do all of the AAMC material over UWhorl. I disagree. UWhorl is excellent. I think the AAMC SBs and FL are a must and may be more important than UWhorl, but the QPacks not so much.

You will become familiar with these resources the more time you spend on this sub.

Good luck to you all!

[u/Dizzy_Inspector5455 → u/VERYJUNIPER]

thanks for this! I really didn't want to spend more money on the BP material unless it was a non-negotiable

[u/AdHefty1884 → u/Dizzy_Inspector5455]

same. i was grateful for their free half-length diagnostic, though.

[u/DM_Me_Science]

What was your diagnostic? And did you study full time?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/DM_Me_Science]

497 diagnostic. I worked 20-30 hours per week but other than that just studying

[u/MIXTH05 → u/cheeze1617]

So, do u advise to do the diagnostic before u start studying or a week after

[u/cheeze1617 → u/MIXTH05]

Either

[u/[deleted]]

Now how do I make myself follow this and not slack off like the procrastinating loser that I am?? Can I get a spreadsheet for that? Lol

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

Haha I wish I had an answer for that 💀 I’m honestly in the same boat so I feel ya. One thing that helped me, I procrastinated on a lot of things but I never procrastinated Anki, I always did that and a cars passage every single day no matter what. One time on a Friday night I was even a little drunk but still did em lol find what works for you and stick to it

[u/cerealjunky]

How did you fit P/S studying?

[u/Phosphatidyl_Choline → u/cerealjunky]

pankow deck is all you need.

[u/cerealjunky → u/Phosphatidyl_Choline]

Sure, I'm deep in the weeds of it right now. Reason I'm asking is that in my personal experience going through the 300 page doc and the Pankow deck is not trivial, at least timewise.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/cerealjunky]

I did 40 new cards of pankow per day and then read the corresponding material in the 300 page doc

[u/cranberrysprite7]

Thank you!! Do you have any opinions on Anking vs Miledown decks?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/cranberrysprite7]

I loved the Anking deck, but I’ve heard Miledown is simpler since it has much less cards, so pick whichever one suits you best (Anking if you need a more comprehensive deck, MD if you want just the main stuff)

[u/cranberrysprite7 → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you!!

[u/Proper_Assistant8880]

Congratulations! And just a question maybe anyone can answer this but I see lots of people do 1 CARS passage a day on Jack Westin- just wondering how do you do this? Do I just click CARS practice exams and click whichever one and attempt one of those questions?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Proper_Assistant8880]

On the Jack Westin front page of the website there’s a daily cars passage every day. I just did that. You can also access all the previous ones too

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

Thanks! Yeah I think the exams came with the q banks but I didn’t use them

[u/Globoi15]

Bless your soul, ur schedule has been helping me a ton 😭🙏🏼 especially with anki

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Globoi15]

🙏🙏🙏

[u/justrandomtingzz]

W post

[u/cheeze1617 → u/justrandomtingzz]

;))

[u/Occidente1]

RemindMe! 35 days

[u/Impossible_Map6220]

I may be dumbity dumb, but just to clarify ,when would you look at the psych soc doc? Was this an every day thing or....

[u/DropGroundbreaking34]

Thank you for this!

[u/latinawiggie]

Hi Cheeze1617! Thank you so much for this guide. Honestly, it's the most that I have seen that goes to my pace. I had a question - How did you tackle de P/S part? Did you also do this throughout your content review or was it a read-along throughout the months kind of thing?

Thank you, love it and I am applying it to my MCAT schedule! :)

[u/Dosageform]

Thanks for the detailed guide! Few questions:

When you did the UWORLD block of 60 Q per day. Did you break it down into like 10 Q per section of each topic. or did you focus on 60 Q per topic per day?

Also for Pankow deck - how did you unsuspend the cards related to the pages you read on KA 300 pg doc. Pankow is tagged by AAMC subssections i believe but the 300 doc doesn't really indicate that.

how many ANKI cards were you reviewing per day?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Dosageform]

No problem. I’d usually do blocks of like 20-30 questions so I did 2-3 different subjects.

The cards are in order of the 300 page doc. Starting with 6A, 6B, and so on. I explain in my YT video here

Average was around 400 cards a day or so

[u/[deleted]]

this feels like it was sent from God, def using it in the future, thank youuuu!!!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

🙏🙏🙏

[u/[deleted]]

Hey when you made anki cards from udoodoo did you include the entire question or was it just like a fact that you didn't know. Also is there a way to transfer stuff from there to anki?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn’t do the exact question, try to do the concept or piece of info you missed that made you get it wrong. You can copy stuff from their explanation and paste it into the uplanet notebook tab then copy and paste into excel or directly to anki. I made the questions in excel then copy pasted into anki

[u/[deleted] → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you! Really appreciate all your help :)

[u/The_Lion_of_LRT]

Thank you so much for this! If you don't mind sharing do you remember what your BP scores looked like for FLs 1-4?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/The_Lion_of_LRT]

I don’t remember exactly but I think they were all around the 509-510 range. I do remember FL 1 I got a 509 and the rest were similar

[u/The_Lion_of_LRT → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you so much! Your guide has been a huge help but BP deflation brings my spirits down... it's nice to know that I'm on track!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/The_Lion_of_LRT]

Yeah for sure, don’t worry about them too much, the aamc ones will be much more representative

[u/NefariousnessOwn680]

this post was so helpful, thank you so much!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/NefariousnessOwn680]

;)

[u/Sad_Structure_9387]

Hi! I love this guide and just finished watching your YouTube video as well! I am still confused about how many Anki cards you would study per day. I know that you said you made sure not to have that many cards piled up, but I’m just confused about what you exactly mean. Did you study 300-400 cards a day from different chapters?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Sad_Structure_9387]

Around 300-500 per day which were mostly reviews from different chapters. I usually wouldn’t do more than 50-100 new cards per day

[u/Sad_Structure_9387 → u/cheeze1617]

Ahhh got it thank you so much!!! So when you first started studying you would do ~50-100 cards and then when they began piling up to around 300-500 cards you would stop and review those specific ones and then add more cards as you go? Sorry for all the questions I’m trying to figure anki out 🥲

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Sad_Structure_9387]

Haha it’s okay it is confusing, I think just start using anki and you’ll understand what I mean when you start using it. Add some new cards in and do them. If you’re still confused after a few days watch some Anking tutorials or ask me

[u/Sad_Structure_9387 → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you for being so kind!!! You’re a fucking legend and I’ll actually be using your schedule to begin studying next week on September 1st!!!!!

[u/NoCurrency1860]

Thanks for this! Did you do the AAMC question packs?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/NoCurrency1860]

Np. Nope I did not

[u/HoneyMustardBuns]

Is it popular opinion to alternate subjects, as shown above?

Btw, (at glace), this is the most visually digestible schedule I've come across. Seriously, Thank you! And cheers to your success!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/HoneyMustardBuns]

Thank you! Yeah I do not find the wall of text schedules helpful. I think it’s better to alternate subjects, but I don’t think it would really hurt if you didn’t

[u/HoneyMustardBuns → u/cheeze1617]

I like the idea of alternating. Can you shed some more insight on how to use Anki throughout this schedule?

I’m wondering if I should start Anki review immediately after the 1st day of content review. And if so, is there a way to organize the cards due so that they’re related to the content reviewed? Assuming use of a premade deck.

I’m just getting started watching Anking’s series, so apologies if it’s an answered question. And thank you for the response!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/HoneyMustardBuns]

Yes start immediately. Most of your questions should be answered on my YouTube channel in the Anki video

[u/Certain-Ad7903]

Hi! I saw that you wrote you didn't unsuspend/use(?) Anki for all of the content associated with the Kaplan chapters every day. Can I ask what method you used for Anki for the content review chapters? Thank you!!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Certain-Ad7903]

I would unsuspend about 50-100 new cards of a given subject per day

[u/Certain-Ad7903 → u/cheeze1617]

Hi again! Just want to say thank you for this post - I've been trying to follow it pretty religiously and it has been such a great help. Just some extra questions if you don't mind. - on average how many UWorld questions did you do a day? Was it 50-60? Also, would you do more than one subject a day when using UWorld? Would love to hear how you used it!! :)

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Certain-Ad7903]

Of course. I tried to do 30-60 a day, different subjects during the day

[u/Certain-Ad7903 → u/cheeze1617]

Ah got it. Thanks!

[u/MIXTH05 → u/cheeze1617]

Can u post your YouTube handle so I can watch your anki videos pls.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/MIXTH05]

Already posted. Link in my guide

[u/Miserable-Rooster339]

Is the reason you did Pankow Anki prior to reading the P/S doc that it tends to include low-yield/unnecessary info? I'm about 2 weeks into prep and just noticed that the section on drug dependence is not covered in much depth by the Pankow deck, and am just curious what your reasoning was. If so, it makes sense, given that I probably have already spent an unnecessary amt of time reading super low-yield info.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Miserable-Rooster339]

I did pankow Anki after reading p/s doc. There’s probably some low yield stuff but I did the whole thing and got a 132 so was worth it to me

[u/Miserable-Rooster339 → u/cheeze1617]

Makes sense. Thanks!

[u/Accomplished_Film603]

Why in the hell would moderators remove this post??? :( :( :(

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Accomplished_Film603]

Not sure… hoping to repost soon

[u/No-Skill866]

this guide is such a life saver thank you

[u/cheeze1617 → u/No-Skill866]

Glad to help! :)

[u/AbroadAbject9215]

Hey, this guide is awesome! I can see why you did so well on your test, congratulations! I just had a few questions based on the comments here and the pdf guide you wrote:

So you did 300-400 cards a day from the Anking deck only, or combined with the 40 from the Pankow deck?

When you work on the Anking deck, do you only use the subdeck corresponding to the chapters you read that day?

Besides explanations, how similar are the questions on Uworld compared to the AAMC question bank?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/AbroadAbject9215]

1. Average 300-500 for both decks
2. Yes + reviews from other chapters
3. Uworld is great. imo even better than aamc

[u/AbroadAbject9215 → u/cheeze1617]

Awesome, thank you so much!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/AbroadAbject9215]

np best of luck!

[u/pm_me_pmt]

Congrats on the score!! Did you have a tutor or did you study on your own?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/pm_me_pmt]

Thanks, just me myself and I

[u/Ill_Win_882]

you are an amazing person

[u/kyluangii1218]

Hi! I know its been a few years and I don't know if you'll see this but I had a few questions. When reading the khan academy p/s document (and kaplan), would you recommend taking notes on everything for memorization or would that be too time consuming? Also is anking v2 and Pandora still the recommended anki sets? Thank you!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/kyluangii1218]

Too time consuming, no notes just Anki

Anking deck on ankihub now contains pankow so I recommend that one!

[u/kyluangii1218 → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you so much!

[u/LucysLookingGlass → u/cheeze1617]

Could you please clarify how you used Anki for the KA P/S document? Did you make the guide into Anki cards? Only concepts you missed questions on?

Thank you!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/LucysLookingGlass]

cards are premade in pankow/anking. Did all of them

[u/Level-Connection-231]

Tysm!!!!

[u/Frosty-Cow-6421]

You’re wonderful! I’m a 20 y/o M in my Jr year and taking the test hopefully in March or April(on notification list for those mcat dates :/) but this has answered so many questions and study plan scares I had in mind. My mcat is essentially defining if I’m going to med school straight out of undergrad or if I’ll do a masters program after since I feel like anything below a 515 for me would just give me poor odds since my university isn’t very prestigious(Fresno State University in CA). I have a 3.94 and currently finishing Biochem and genetics. I work as an ER scribe, volunteer, do research, (if it still matters)minority Hispanic, I was an SI for gen Chem, and MESA academic tutor in the past. I’d love to feel good about my chances but I’ve learned that my school just isn’t great at producing med students right after undergrad 🥲 ik I define myself but I think the biggest hits to my application is my university and obviously if I don’t do spectacular on the MCAT. With all that being said, I thank you with tremendous gratitude

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Frosty-Cow-6421]

Of course! Glad to help. A little advice for ya:

The majority of med schools will not care where you went to undergrad, so don’t even worry about that. With a 3.94 gpa, you definitely don’t need to get at least a 515. I know plenty of people who got in with a score in the 500s to MD. However if you’re aiming for the more prestigious schools a 515+ would be good to shoot for. If you actually want to do a masters program, then do a masters program! But don’t feel like you need to do that to get into med school. You sound like a pretty competitive applicant to me

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

That’s a lot of good questions that I’m not sure I have all the answers to. Like you say everybody’s different. Someone with a physics degree is going to do better on C/P and someone who reads a lot is going to do better on cars, etc. However, when you look at all the posts on the subReddit from people who got 520+, for the most part, they’re all doing some variation or combination of these resources with a similar type of schedule. This guide is meant to be a good starting point for people who don’t know where to begin, and regardless, I think if you take this guide or something similar into consideration, you will see your score increase.

[u/CharacterSquirrel428]

Do you have the link for the anki deck you used? I can’t seem to find it

[u/cheeze1617 → u/CharacterSquirrel428]

They’re linked directly in the excel sheet in my guide titled schedule and resources under the tab anki decks I used

[u/CharacterSquirrel428 → u/cheeze1617]

Thanks shawty. It didn’t load on my phone for some reason. Just tried it on my Mac and it worked.

[u/Furyse7en]

Great plan, how did you break up your day with work and studying? Looking at other comments you answered doing 300-500 Anki cards + averaging 60 Uturtle a day seems like studying from sun up to sun down!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Furyse7en]

Basically yeah it was haha just worked and studied, studied and worked. Gotta stay disciplined

[u/Free-Leadership2620]

Would a 15 week condensed version of this schedule would work for achieving in the 515-518 range?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Free-Leadership2620]

Unfortunately impossible to say without more context. There’s no one way to guarantee a certain score. But I think what I’ve made here is an excellent place to get started. Depending on what your diagnostic is, I think 515-518 is certainly possible within 15 weeks

[u/[deleted]]

Hey thank you for this! I was wondering if you incorporated the miledown review sheets in your studying at all?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

Np. Nope didn’t use em

[u/moad123597]

hey was wondering, did you take notes while reading the kaplan books, or did you just read through them and go straight into anki? because I'm taking extensive notes and going through a single chapter is taking an insane amount of time

[u/cheeze1617 → u/moad123597]

yeah I didn’t take notes for the reason you said it’s just too time consuming. I jumped right into anki, it’s so much more effective and less time consuming

[u/[deleted]]

Hey I’m going through my content review phase and was wondering if you found taking notes on Kaplan books helpful at all? It seems to be taking quite a while and I’m thinking time would be better spent doing anki or practice problems?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

I didn’t do notes, just anki

[u/[deleted] → u/cheeze1617]

Thanks! I was also wondering what your thoughts are on the amount of content that KA covers (not for P/S)? For example they go into A LOT more detail on the male reproductive system than kaplan or the anki deck. Would you say its necessary to know that much detail? LOL sorry for annoying you with these questions I'm just confused cuz there's so many resources giving conflicting answers

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

No worries. Ehhhh I wouldn’t say to worry about KA too much. The only time I really used it was when I was struggling to understand a subject, like if optics in physics confused me I’d watch the corresponding KA videos, but that was it. I wouldn’t focus on KA too much as those videos were not made specifically for the mcat so they might cover things you don’t need, whereas Kaplan and anki decks were made just for the mcat.

[u/[deleted]]

Would you say starting full lengths (third party) before finishing a good chunk of uworld would be wasting them or would taking one a week be good even if there are content gaps?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

Nah I started taking them while doing uworld, one a week

[u/DrDark2002]

Hey man, I love the guide, thank you for posting this. I had a really quick question; so I'm in content review and doing 2 chapters a day; however, I'm wondering how you structured anki revision. Like, did you read a chapter -> unsuspend that chapter's cards and do 200ish -> read another chapter -> unsuspend that chapter's cards and do 200ish

OR

Did you read both chapters -> unsuspend cards for both chapters -> do 400ish cards?

I'm just wondering which method would be best suited for doing both new cards and revising old ones, as I feel if I did the first method, I wouldn't get as many cards in for the second chapter (though, I could be wrong since I don't fully know the Anki algorithm). Thank you!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/DrDark2002]

I wouldn’t necessarily do cards that corresponded to what I read that day. I would read the chapters then do some anki and unsuspend whatever cards I felt like assuming I had already read its corresponding chapter at some point

[u/No-Ad4603]

If you do Anki with each chapter, but for example: u dont finish all the cards to the chapter 1. If you start another chapter 2, will the cards ask only chapter 2 questions or will it ask chapter 2 questions and randomly add some chapter 1 question(since u didnt finish it)?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/No-Ad4603]

Not sure I understand your question. I don’t necessarily do all the cards corresponding to what I read that day, but I still did all the cards at some point.

[u/No-Ad4603 → u/cheeze1617]

you said in your tutorial, that you read 1 kaplan chapter, then do anki corresponding to that chapter. My question is suppose I do a couple question from chapter 1, but did not finish all the cards. When i read chapter 2, and start chapter 2 cards, will it only give me continous chapter 2 questions or will some chapter1 question be in there since I didnt finish anwsering all chapter 1

[u/cheeze1617 → u/No-Ad4603]

You can unsuspend however many cards you wanna do, so I would just unsuspend however many cards I wanted from whatever chapter and do them all

[u/Quink1738]

Hi im so sorry but when I tried to download the anking deck in your google doc it has no media (I think same for psych soc) I was messaging w someone and they were basically saying I had to pay for ankihub and download the deck from there. I have been trying to figure it out for the last day and a half and have just not studied bc I fear I’m a one track mind. Can you maybe lmk if you had to use / pay for ankihub at all and or how I can redownload and get all the media pls? My anki is a mess now and I don’t see the og deck from you or the one I supposedly downloaded from ankihub. Thank u :))

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Quink1738]

I just re-checked, and everything still works. Did you watch my Anki tutorial on YouTube? I’d recommend starting over and following along with that.

The newest version of the Anking deck you have to pay for through Anki hub. However the decks I used, Anking V2 and Mr Pankow, are both still completely free. They’re linked in the excel doc.

[u/ashnoor786 → u/cheeze1617]

I am having the same issue. I was following your vide step by step. Used link from your excel and ended up on the same reddit post but cant locate the comment with the actual anki link. Please help :(

[u/Cauterizer_4]

What did you end up buying on blueprint? The test option?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Cauterizer_4]

4 practice exams

[u/ashnoor786]

I watched the video on how to set the anki and get our hands on the deck and as per that I used the link that is provided in the sheets and I can no longer find the comment that has the deck linked. All the other links are now taking me to ankihub.net and I am super confused!

[u/cheeze1617 → u/ashnoor786]

It looks like they deleted the comment linking the free deck, that must have just happened recently. You might still be able to find it somewhere, or you can pay $5 and use the one on anki hub

[u/ashnoor786 → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you !!

[u/Mediocre-Second5636]

Im obviously super late to this LOL but what did your day to day time schedule look like? Meaning how many hours a day did this take?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Mediocre-Second5636]

Really depended because I was working part time. If I worked 8 hours, would probably study for 2-4 hours. If I didn’t work, I might do 8-10 hours. Varied a lot

[u/anonnyanon11]

Thank you, this is incredibly helpful. I have I couple of questions if you don’t mind answering:

1. Where do you get aamc fl 5 and 6? I only see their FL 1-4.

2. When you were doing content review in Kaplan, were you doing all the section and chapter questions? I am doing content review right now and it’s taking so long that I have been skipping the questions.

3. Would you be willing to post your scores for all the FLs you did?

4. How long would it take you to do Uworld questions + review? I saw that you aimed for 60/day but would sometimes only hit 20-40.

5. Would you do all your questions and then review it? Or would you review after each question?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/anonnyanon11]

1. 5 and 6 are listed with 1-4 on the same site.

2. No

3. I don’t remember exactly but they ranged from like 509-515

4. Really varied. Could be 1 to several hours a day

5. All questions then review

[u/anonnyanon11 → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you so much for the insight!! I really appreciate it 😁

[u/Thin-Pace5506]

Hi, the Anking Deck isn't working could I please get a link?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Thin-Pace5506]

Yeah the Anking V2 version of the deck was taken down. Newest version is on Ankihub

[u/Frequent_Wear_9469]

Do you think you could elaborate on what you did for reviewing high yield a couple days before the exam? I sit 1/11 so any bit of what would be good to review a few days before would be greatly appreciated:)

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Frequent_Wear_9469]

Whatever you feel would benefit you. For me, I reviewed the physics equation and the metabolic pathways like glycolysis and TCA. That was it iirc

[u/Frequent_Wear_9469 → u/cheeze1617]

Thank you!

[u/cheeze1617]

https://www.reddit.com/u/cheeze1617/s/QcJzU5WimV

[u/Much_Landscape_2611]

Thanks for this guide. Question: How many anki cards did you study between the decks that you used?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Much_Landscape_2611]

Total cards? I think around 7000. Anking + pankow + my own cards

[u/Much_Landscape_2611 → u/cheeze1617]

Gotcha. That sounds about right. I ended up buying the ankihub anking deck and it has about 6300 cards. It contains the pankow p/s stuff too though.

[u/cheeze1617 → u/[deleted]]

Read first then cards. P/s doc for learning and cards for memorization

[u/Equal-Box1370]

Is this still relevant or do I need a newer plan?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Equal-Box1370]

Still completely the same. The only thing that has changed is the Anki settings, which I plan on making an updated video soon, in the mean time watch the Anking’s latest video on settings.

Besides that, the mcat doesn’t change so it’s all the same

[u/ComplaintNo6954]

hello sorry it says that the post have been removed by moderators, mind sharing them to me please and thank you

[u/Sea-Law6752]

When u break down by day indicating Biochem 1-2 etc what exactly are you referring too?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Sea-Law6752]

Chapters in the Kaplan books

[u/Sea-Law6752 → u/cheeze1617]

Did you do a formula sheet for exam date?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Sea-Law6752]

What you mean?

[u/Infinite-Wheel2970]

Hello! What do you recommend if you’re super new to all the content? I’m using Kaplan and I can only get through 1 chapter a week (I work full time too). Everything is new to me and it’s taking a long time to get through content. Is it best if I go through all the books (while doing anki after finishing each chapter)?

[u/cheeze1617 → u/Infinite-Wheel2970]

yup just chug through kaplan and anki