5-Month Study Plan: People Who Have Busy Adult Lives
Austin is a non-traditional student with a demanding full-time job. He only has about 15 hours per week to spend on studying, and because it has been a few years since his prerequisite coursework, he knows he will need some extra time for content review.
Austin decides to rank the FastPass Study Guide content sections by how difficult he thinks they will be, and then start with the topics he’s most nervous about, leaving easier topics for later in the calendar. He also plans less content per week early on, so he has a chance to ease back into studying. Austin has always preferred to look things up on the internet when he has a question, so he knows that if he needs to re-learn or take a deeper dive on a certain topic, he will be able to find the help he needs there.
For practice materials, he decides to purchase the following AAMC practice resources: the AAMC Official Guide to the MCAT plus Online Practice Questions, 4 Question Packs, the Section Bank, the MCAT Official Sample Test, and one MCAT Official Prep Practice Exam. He also wants to throw in Princeton Review’s free online full-length practice test, for more practice with endurance and concentration. Here is Austin’s study plan (Total cost of FastPass Video Series, FastPass Study Guide & AAMC resources = $577.95).
Sample MedQuest FastPass Five-Month Study Plan (15 hours/week) (CP=chem/phys; BB=bio/biochem; PS=psych/soc) |
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Week | Study | Practice |
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1 |
Watch: FastPass Introduction and Strategy BB: Proteins |
AAMC MCAT Sample Question Guide: 12 Qs |
2 |
PS: The senses, The nervous system |
AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs |
3 |
Watch: FastPass Chemistry/Physics CP: Classes of molecules |
AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs |
4 |
PS: Cognitive processes, behavior |
MedQuest MCAT Practice Test |
5 |
Watch: FastPass Biology/Biochemistry BB: Cells and molecules |
AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs |
6 |
CP: Electrochemistry and circuits |
AAMC Official Guide: 30 Qs |
7 |
Watch: FastPass CARS CP: Chemical dynamics |
AAMC Section bank: 50 Qs |
8 |
BB: Energy and metabolism |
AAMC Question packs: 80 Qs |
9 |
Watch: FastPass Psychology/Sociology CP: Light and sound |
AAMC Question packs: 80 Qs |
10 |
CP: Atoms and the periodic table |
AAMC MCAT Offical Prep Practice Exam |
11 |
Watch: FastPass Test Day BB: Human systems: respiratory, circulatory |
AAMC Section bank: 50 Qs |
12 |
CP: Solutions BB: Human systems: reproductive, endocrine |
AAMC Question packs: 120 Qs |
13 | BB: human systems: lymphatic, immune | AAMC Section bank: 75 Qs |
14 |
BB: Human systems: digestive, excretory CP: Physical properties of matter |
Free PR Scored Full-Length |
15 |
BB: Human systems: musculoskeletal, skin PS: Demographics, social inequality |
AAMC Question packs: 90 Qs |
16 | CP review week: Catch-up and revisit problem areas; re-watch CP videos |
AAMC Question packs: 90 Qs |
17 | BB review week: Catch-up and revisit problem areas; re-watch BB videos |
AAMC Question packs: 80 Qs |
18 | PS review week: Catch-up and revisit problem areas; re-watch CARS and CP videos |
AAMC Practice Test |
19 | Final review week: Review problem areas from AAMC Practice Test; re-watch Test Day video |
AAMC Question packs: 80 Qs |
20 | Get ready week: Read over everything one last time, plan for test day, and manage stress |
AAMC Section bank: 50 Qs |
ROCK THE MCAT! |
*The topics listed in the study plan (proteins, genes, etc.) each refer to sections of the MCAT FastPass Study Guide.