3rd time retaker, how should I approach FLs?

Question

The title explains it all. Took the mcat for the first time in August and voided, and retook just recently on 1/24. I'm planning a retake in May. How should I gauge myself with FLs now because I am expecting hella inflation doing them a third time. As of now I have already taken all AAMC FLs twice and NS 1 twice and NS 2,3,4 once. Any suggestions on what other FLs to use. CARS and psych is my main reason for the retake which I thought I killed during the Jan test :(.

Answer 1

Hey!

I have had a lot of students in your position and each is an individual. It all depends - is it the exam or is it content? My advice would be to do all content first in a short amount of time (3 weeks), then take a FL. Always take it timed, 8 am onwards with the SAME breaks as day of exam.

You will be amazing doctor!

Sadia

Answer 2

I would definitely approach the AAMC section banks as if they were exams. I split them in half so I basically got 2 extra exams out of it. As for re-taking the other ones, just try your hardest to focus on reading the passage and answering the questions based on passage info and not just jump to the answer you might remember. As for P/S, as long as you know everything in the 100 page Khan Academy study guide and actually read the passages for data analysis questions you can get a very high score in P/S. Here's the link to the document. The reddit page has the 300 page one as well, but you really just need to know the 100 page.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mcat/comments/7y1abq/here_are_the_links_to_the_khan_academy_ka_300/

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y4ancipr305f001/AACb2JdaeWdCftOrb7UkRqpza/KA%20Notes%20-%20Psych%20and%20Sociology%20-Version1%20%28100page%20version%29.docx?dl=0