wjl123 2 Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 Hey guys, I'm currently preparing for the mcat exam in the August of 2020 while working full-time right now. I've been feeling pretty overwhelmed with the amount of content I have to cover for the exam, and the fact that I need to learn all of them from scratch since I have not taken a single course covered in mcat... I have the Kaplan prep books, but I've been told that it's too light on the content, and that TPR is the way to go if you're learning from scratch. Is this true? Any recommendations? I'm just afraid of wasting time by using the wrong prep books to study. I have around 3 months to learn (hopefully) 60+ % of the content, mostly during evenings and weekends. I'm hoping to cover the rest and do practice exams starting in May next year when I have the summer off. Any advice is welcome! Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IMislove 560 Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 I used khan academy, TPR and EK while working full time. Used may-July, wrote in early August. Decent enough, you may be doing overkill but you know yourself best. Just don’t burnt out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vivieeeeeee 43 Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 I used TPR and so did many of my friends who did well on the MCAT. I would recommend TPR and supplement it with Khan Academy if you want more explanation on some subjects. Best of luck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
frenchpress 307 Posted September 25, 2019 Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 I used Kaplan + Khan academy as needed for topics I wanted more explanation on. Worked well for me (514). I learned probably 50-60% of the material from scratch over 10 weeks studying evenings and weekends (full-time job). I actually liked that Kaplan wasn’t super detailed - it was enough info for many topics without being overkill. I did regular practice exams (~every 2-3 weekends) to figure out what I needed to understand better and dive more deeply than what Kaplan provided. Where I thought Kaplan fell short was the practice exams. Don’t bother with them. The official practice exams and questions banks, and NextStep tests, were much better practice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wjl123 2 Posted September 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 Thank you all! I will probably get the TPR books, and use Kaplan for maybe quick review/refresher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ancef 3 Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 I used Kaplan with some Khan academy, teaching myself everything from scratch, and scored a 517. I think Kaplan is great for content. As previous posts mentioned, go elsewhere for practice tests. Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wjl123 2 Posted October 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 what are your opinions on uworld for practice? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limes 12 Posted October 9, 2019 Report Share Posted October 9, 2019 The MCAT subreddit has some excellent resources as well. I had been out of undergrad for 6 years and managed a 510 with the materials there, anki flash cards, and uworld. Good luck! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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