I am running out of time before my MCAT test date. How do I review content and take practice exams/sections simultaneously?

Answer 1

Great question! I recommend taking a full practice exam, then reviewing it the next day while taking note of the questions you struggled with and those you answered confidently. Spend the next couple of days focusing on the material you found challenging. After a few days of reviewing challenging material (ideally without looking at the exact questions), revisit the questions and try again. Then, repeat the process with the next practice exam.

It won’t be perfect—you may remember some answers for the exam you already took—but this approach allows you to reinforce your learning and see if you can understand the questions better using the new information you reviewed.

Answer 2

Create Anki cards from the questions you miss due to gaps in content knowledge. See the above video for instructions! These cards allow students to include images in their missed question explanations while the traditional "missed question spreadsheet" is limited to words.

Note: The question shown in the video is from JackWestin.com and is part of the free content JackWestin.com generously provides to all test-takers.

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