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Know Your Shit Stage!

STAGE #1 (6-1-2020 to 9-13-2020)

1. Reviewed material and took a few tests

2. Vividly review and take detailed notes on Kaplan chapters. (active)

3. Work through Kaplan CARS.(active)

4. Memorize important information with ANKI. (passive)

5. Take the three Kaplan MCAT exam and review problem areas. (experience)

6. Complete each Kaplan chapter’s review quiz. (active)

7. Watch Khan Academy MCAT review videos. (passive)

8.Complete Khan Academy MCAT passages for each topic. (active)

9. Work through Next Step CARS. (active)

My progress between practice exams

Progress: 5 weeks (140 hours), 31 passages, and 501 (126/123/127/125)

Progress: 5 weeks (134 hours), 65 passages, and 506 (127/126/127/126)

Progress: 5 weeks (87.75 hours), 71 passages, and 510 (127/127/128/128)

Totals for this Stage: 15 weeks (361.75 hours) and 167 passages

Apply Your Shit Stage!

STAGE #2 (9-14-2020 to 12-13-2020)

10. Applied material through practice passages and more frequent tests

11. Continue Next Step CARS and begin a new strategy. (active)

12. Begin and review UWorld passages. (active)

13. Memorize important information with ANKI. (passive)

14. Take the last Kaplan MCAT exam and next four Next Step MCAT exams

15. Review problem areas.

My progress between practice exams

Progress: 3 weeks (46.5 hours), 36 passages, and 509 (128/125/129/127)

Progress: 2 weeks (29.25 hours), 25 passages, and 507 (127/126/127/127)

Progress: 3 weeks (42.75 hours), 35 passages, and 512 (128/127/128/129)

Progress: 3 weeks (28.25 hours), 15 passages, and 512 (128/126/128/130)

Progress: 2 weeks (43 hours), 23 passages, and 512 (128/127/128/129)

Totals for this Stage: 13 weeks (189.75 hours) and 134 passages

Know Their Shit Stage!?

STAGE #3 (12-14-2020 to 1-25-2020)

16. Applied material with AAMC materials and tests

17. Start and finish AAMC section banks

18. Work through AAMC question packs

19. Take five AAMC practice MCAT exams

20. Thoroughly review content

My progress between practice exams

Progress: 2 weeks (45.25 hours), 24 passages, and 516 (128/128/130/130)

Progress: 1 week (22 hours), 13 passages, and 517 (130/127/130/130)

Progress: 1 week (22.5 hours), 22 passages, and 524 (131/130/131/132)

Progress: 1 week (20 hours), 17 passages, and 521 (131/128/131/131)

Progress: 1 week (18 hours), 14 passages, and 517 (130/129/129/129)

Totals for this stage: 6 weeks (127.75 hours) and 90 passages

Conclusion!!

Total Study Time: 34 weeks (679.25 hours), 391 CARS passages, and 521 (129/129/132/131)

Materials Utilized Included:

complete set of Kaplan books, three Kaplan FLs, Khan Academy, ANKI, NS CARS. four NS FLs, Uworld, five AAMC FLs, AAMC section banks, AAMC question packs Cost effective strategy would include all green materials with a small set of 3rd party exams. Free resources are just as good if not better than the expensive stuff such as book sets.