3-Month Study Plan: Recent Graduates & Postbacs*
Caroline just graduated from college and is planning to take the summer off to study for the MCAT while working part-time as a medical scribe. She is feeling confident about content review, since she just finished her prerequisites; she also has a minor in psychology that she thinks will help her perform well on the psych/soc section.
Caroline has 25 hours per week to study and decides to go through the FastPass Study Guide topics in order. However, she also wants to study the test subjects in parallel rather than separately, because she knows the MCAT prioritizes integrating knowledge across disciplines.
Caroline has all of the textbooks and notes from her prerequisite classes, which she plans to use when she needs a deeper dive or to relearn a topic. Her roommate took a different MCAT prep course last year, and Caroline stopped her from setting the books on fire after the test, so she has those, too, just in case.
For practice materials, Caroline decides to purchase the following AAMC resources: the AAMC Official Guide to the MCAT plus Online Practice Questions, six Question Packs, and two Practice Exams. Here is Caroline’s study plan (Total cost of FastPass Video Series, FastPass Study Guide & AAMC resources = $569.45)
Sample MedQuest FastPass Three-Month Study Plan (25 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 CP: Physical properties of matter |
AAMC MCAT Sample Question Guide: 12 Qs |
2 |
Watch: FastPass Chemistry/Physics CP: Electrochemistry and circuits |
AAMC Official Guide: 60 Qs |
3 |
Watch: FastPass Biology/Biochemistry CP: Light and sound |
AAMC Official Guide: 60 Qs |
4 |
Watch: FastPass CARS and Psychology/Sociology CP: Atoms and the periodic table, |
MedQuest MCAT Practice Test |
5 |
Watch: FastPass Test Day CP: Solutions |
AAMC Question packs: 120 Qs |
6 |
CP: Classes of molecules |
AAMC Question packs: 120 Qs |
7 |
CP: Chemical dynamics |
AAMC Question packs: 120 Qs |
8 |
CP review week: Catch-up and revisit problem areas; re-watch CP videos |
AAMC Practice Test 1 |
9 |
BB review week: Catch-up and revisit problem areas; re-watch BB videos |
AAMC Question packs: 120 Qs |
10 |
PS review week: Catch-up and revisit problem areas; re-watch CARS and CP videos |
AAMC Practice Test 2 |
11 |
Final review week: Review problem areas from AAMC Practice Test; re-watch Test Day video |
AAMC Question packs: 120 Qs |
12 |
Get ready week: Read over everything one last time, plan for test day, and manage stress |
AAMC Question packs: 120 Qs |
Rock the MCAT! |
*The topics listed in the study plan (proteins, genes, etc.) each refer to sections of the MCAT FastPass Study Guide.