r/Mcat • u/ExistingProtection46 • 3d ago
Question 🤔🤔 Question regarding Study Timeline
Hi everyone!!
I am looking for some advice as someone who is planning to take the MCAT next summer (2027) and will be applying to Canadian med schools only. I will need to self-study psych/soc as well as physics, so this is something to keep in mind.
I am aiming for a late summer test date (preferably like end of August), and I am planning to commit to studying full time from the end of April when school wraps up, up until the test date. Knowing myself and my study/test-taking habits, I would prefer to have as much time as possible to prepare as I usually take a big longer to study and I am most definitely not a crammer.
Do you think that starting light prep (reading CARS passages, self-learning physics and psych/soc, and starting ANKI) earlier on while school is still on would be beneficial? I would likely be starting this light prep period around mid February or early March if my second semester isn't too busy.
I'm pretty much navigating this whole premed process by myself and I don't know anyone in med, so any and all advice is very much appreciated! I would love to hear any thoughts or advice you guys have, including any resources you found to be helpful or not so helpful. Thank you so much :)
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u/Wildorangeflwr 522 (131/132/128/131) 2d ago
Starting CARS practice early is definitely a good idea!! Also P/S would be good to start as well. I used the 300pg khan academy doc and Mr pankow anki for P/S. Those two subjects are best for long term/ light review.
Since you are going to self teach physics, maybe wait until you have more dedicated time since it is such a heavy topic.
For now just start on CARS and P/S, and maybe just review biochem pathways for now since they are so high yield. Feel free to dm me for any study resources I have a lot of notes!