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Study Method and Tips

Health:

Sleep

  • Important you get a good nights rest when studying for the MCAT. This means you have to prioritize your time when studying and balancing your daily activities in life. Research has shown that having a good sleep schedule has a positive relationship to students grades.

 

Comfortability can be your enemy.

Switching up your studying environment

  • This is really important for concentration levels. We want to be able to perform in any situation when studying for the MCAT and taking the test.

  • This doesn't mean studying in the loudest possible areas to challenge your concentration but switch up the scenery that is generally similar to testing condition for the MCAT.

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Listening to music

  • You can listen to music that you like, but remember don't pick music that is to distracting for you.

  • Some good options classical, instrumental or lo-fi beats are strong background music for studying which also helps with the tasks at hand.

  • Generally songs with lyrics can distract you so you have to be careful when playing those.

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Study Techniques

Retrieval Practice

Different types:

  • Utilizing practice exams

  • Make your own questions

  • Use flashcards

 

Spaced Repetition

  • With this technique you need to make sure to understand the material first. This technique doesn't work if you don't understand the material.

  • Once you understand the material you want to make sometime in the following next days to revisit the information.

  • Then after one week you want to review it again.

  • After two weeks revisit the material and review again.

 

Feynman Technique

  • Is a strong method of learning information quickly by using simple and plain terms.

How it works:

  • Write the concept that you are studying at the top of the paper.

  • Try to explain it in your own words.

  • If you used complex word or technical language go back and rewrite these in simpler terms.

 

Mind Mapping

  • This technique helps with visual learners.

  • Write the word in the center of the blank page from there write major ideas and keyword and connect them directly to concept.

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