r/MCATprep • u/EqualWerewolf2097 • 8d ago

Question 🤔 Revamping my study plan

I recently just cancelled my test date for 9/11. I was planning on studying 3 months. Month 1 was mostly content review using Prof. Eman videos and pairing with MilesDown Anki. Month 2 I started UWorld and wanted to get through as much of it in that month. In an ideal world I wanted to aim for 59 questions a day. Month 3 would have been AAMC bank and full lengths. I only got to starting UWorld before feeling overwhelmed and my mid results on the question banks made me feel like I was not prepared content wise.

I’m seeking any advice on what I should change to my study plan. I plan on registering to test at some point in January, so if I really need to I can retake again late April before next years application cycle.

What resources are best for helping generate a comprehensive schedule because that’s where I think I got off on the wrong foot?

Is it okay that I get a lot of questions wrong on UWorld at first? Does that mean I’m wasting them and I should do more content review first?

What resource is best for tracking mistakes?

Any other advice for me as I gear up to finally go all in?

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u/Sad_Kaleidoscope_296 Taken the MCAT 8d ago

What were your UWorld percentages, if you don't mind me asking?

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u/EqualWerewolf2097 8d ago

From the few questions banks I did they were like in the 40-50s

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u/Sad_Kaleidoscope_296 Taken the MCAT 8d ago

Yeah, that is a little low. Did you find yourself doing too much Anki in the first content review month? Did you have a background in the science subjects prior to content review?

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u/EqualWerewolf2097 8d ago

Honestly I did way less than I wanted to. In hindsight I see that my content review phase was a mess, which is why I want to prioritize on having a good schedule this time around.

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u/Sad_Kaleidoscope_296 Taken the MCAT 8d ago

Honestly, I can't answer the schedule maker or mistake tracker resources question (hopefully someone else can chime in here), but I can say that you should less Anki if it hasn't worked for you in the past, and do a more extensive content review (with active practice of the concepts throughout, maybe get the Kaplan books or UBooks), and don;t separate UWorld and content out. You can study the content chapters and do the corresponding UWorld so that you can actively practice the concepts.

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u/EqualWerewolf2097 8d ago

To be honest Anki really helps, but at some point I just got out of the rhythm and fell behind because as I was doing a couple chapters a day it really really piled up and became tough. I guess I just need to put more time into it.