Leah's Note: This is great given the new direction of the actual MCAT The Section Bank is also VERY skewed toward questions about experimental methods and tests. I haven't taken Biochem so this definitely threw me a bit and made me pretty nervous about whether I had prepared for those sections correctly–was this whole exam Biochem?! The section bank Chem/Phys and Bio/Biochem sections are BOTH about 60% Biochem. I took the Official AAMC Section Bank near the end of my prep. (practice CARS passages) The AAMC Section Bank There's no better way to practice CARS than to just do it. However, I found them to be much more wide-ranging in terms of topics than the more recently released Section Banks and therefore more representative of whether you are studying the right stuff/generally prepared.Īlso, CARS has not changed much so they are a great resource to get up to 240 CARS questions. Some people are skeptical of the Q packs because they are technically questions from the old exam. TPR passages are not similar to AAMC passages but they do test if you know the topic and are ready to move on or not. As I worked my way through my TPR books, I also completed all the practice passages they had at the end of each chapter. I found it especially helpful for CARS because it gives a LOT of passages to practice on. I used the AAMC Section bank and Question Packs. Read more here: Ultimate MCAT Prep Step 3 – MCAT Resources What About Practice Passages? Leah's Note: It's less about WHICH resources you use and more about HOW you use them. The Biochem book is a little thin, especially since I don’t have a biochemistry background not having taken the course. The Physics book is quite long but it's mostly practice problems, so some people find it to be too much focus on Physics but I'd say just do fewer of the practice problems if you know the material. I watched EVERY SINGLE Khan P/S video, plus some of the biology and Biochem. Although I heard that TPR was weak on P/S so I switched over to Khan academy for all my P/S review. Which books did you use to prepare for the MCAT? Please only use this interview as insight into this particular student's experience as you work to craft your own MCAT prep journey. By popular demand, here is another MCAT prep + testing experience interview. When it comes to the MCAT, every student is different making every journey different.
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