Anyone have tips for taking the MCATs?

[ManBearPig]

I take them in about 5 months...please give me advice lol.

 

[bdude]

use e-mcat.com
buy every single available test
do them all under test conditions
...
become a doctor.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Yeah, don't fuck up. Good luck.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Kazaam
I take them in about 5 and a half months...please give me advice lol.

Study?

 

[Ballatician]

Originally posted by: Spartan Niner

Originally posted by: Kazaam
I take them in about 5 and a half months...please give me advice lol.

Study?

That.

Cover material in a timely manner so you have time to actually take tests in the allotted time without breaks etc. It's important to get your timing down.

If you need a lot of help there are always classes like Princeton Review and Kaplan among others.

Good luck.

 

[herkulease]

study. start taking practice tests now. with a timer. You can find old tests. sign up for kaplan if you have to. If you have friends who are doing the DAT study up with them. there is quite a bit of overlap. obviously in the science. while you should study in depth, don't forget to understand the the general idea behind a complex/reaction. they are not going to asking you super detailed stuff. It is multiple choice after all. you'll hate yourself when you go blank when they ask some stupidly easy question.

Since its computerize now you probably want to do it on a computer the practice tests that is. Get used to looking at the monitor for hours. If you don't already do so.

 

[RichardE]

wow 5 and a half months out? I have a few friends who started 6-8 months out, you might be rushed. Goodluck though man


*Princeton review is amazing I've been told, I take them in a few years, goodluck *

 

[Ballatician]

I think 5.5 months is way more than enough IF you have taken all the recommended courses prior. (Gen Chem, Organic Chem, Physics Mechanics + Electricty and Magnetism, Biology courses) Of course everyone has their own style and you can never start too early!

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Kazaam
I take them in about 5 and a half months...please give me advice lol.

What year are you in college?

 

[AgentUnknown]

Study everyday for at least 5 hours productively.

 

[TheVrolok]

I studied for just about 2 weeks (the two weeks prior to the exam), and spent as much time as I could doing nothing but practice test after practice test. The MCAT is a test on taking tests, not a test on material. Of course, I took the old style (long and grueling MCAT) and now you have the new MCAT which is half as long. I think by cutting the time in half they've effectively removed the test fatigue component of the test (which I thought was the hardest and most important part), but hey, whatever.

Honestly, I'd say just hammer out as many practice tests as humanly possible. When you get stuck on a certain type of question/subject .. just go back and review that topic.

 

[jagec]

The GRE isn't quite like the MCAT, but it's a similar concept, and I'd like to echo the practice test bit. Practice tests are the way to go on those big standardized rites of passage. 5.5 months out...wow. That's long.

 

[ManBearPig]

okay, more like 5 months, my mistake. thanks for the advice. i am taking or have recently took the courses that the test covers (with the exception of physics, which i have to teach myself...fuck), so its a good amount of time to study.

yeah its all computerized now, and yep, i do have lots of experience at staring at a monitor lol.

keep it coming guys, and thanks a lot!