Nov 10, 2023
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Day 9! More Gen Chem review ☹️
Day 5 of MCAT studying! Actually like today since Biology is my major! So all really easy!
Why you do not need to take a course for the MCAT
So you’ve signed up for the exam, and now you are pouring over online forums, different prep companies resources, and AAMC’s website. There are so many things to keep track of! At this point, you may be thinking “would just be easier to spend a couple thousand dollars taking a Kaplan course?” If you have thousands and thousands of dollars sitting in reserve, and would not mind spending a couple of those thousand preparing for the exam, then yes, maybe it would be easier to take a course.
But it is definitely not necessary. Students who take courses do not do any better than students who study on their own. Many students who take MCAT classes actually feel that it was a waste of money, and that they could have learned just as well on their own.
If you need the in-person contact, then maybe taking a course is right for you. But if you want to save money and are just intimidated by how to begin, that is exactly why we created our website. Students shouldn’t need to feel pressure to spend huge amounts of money to prepare for one exam just because everybody else is doing it. There are plenty of resources out there to prepare just as successfully on your own.
Aside from preparemcat, be sure to check out Khan Academy to start your studying. This resource covers all of the concepts tested on the exam! Then make sure to purchase a set of review textbooks that you like the style of. Be sure to look at different reviews to see which review books are styled in a manner that you like. The most popular review books are Exam Krackers, Kaplan, and The Princeton Review.
In addition to content review, make sure to spend half of your preparation time completing practice passages and practice exams. Make sure to buy the AAMC official guide, and the two AAMC practice exams. Aside from that, a great resource to practice for CARS is the 101 Passages in Verbal Reasoning.
You can definitely prepare for the MCAT on your own. All it takes is looking for the right resources, diligence, and confidence that you can do it.
9/365 Days of Productivity
-Bullet Journal -Chapter outlines
“Never Leave for Tomorrow what you can do Today.”
(Stays up all night preparing)
#the Struggle