I think if you got like half a year or more to study and you're aiming for a super high score, then Uworld is a good resource. But if not, I think it's a waste of time and money. Instead, focus on mastering every little detail in AAMC and learn how to read a passage quickly. Use fluid intelligence, not crystallized intelligence. You can only learn those skills with AAMC, not any other resource.
Hey man thank you again for this, seriously you are so generous with your time making these excelleent and through videos. Hoping you can guide me on this. If I'm doing content review with Kaplan then unsuspending the anking cards associated with that content (one or two chapters per day), when should I fit in the Uworld questions for that specific content? Do all the covered content associated questions at the end of the week?
wait , did you just say you can only do each question once ? so that you can't account share. So if i do a question I can never test myself on it again?
This was very informative and crazy to know even you being a 90th percentile scorer had to retake. Do you think that I should get the volume packs for the CARS on AAMC or the diagnostic tool? I tried it before and it was a lot but in the spirit of starting over, I wanted to ask. It was recommended that UWorld CARS isn't a good source.
Hey John! thank you for creating this channel and recording this video. I wish to ask how do i transfer my Anki deck which I've created in uworld to my personal deck?
I completely agree with that part about using questions for content review. It doesn’t work for me when I hadn’t taken any psych Soc. I haven’t taken the MCAT yet, but I think content review is more important than practice problems. At least knowing definitions for everything that’s covered in the foundational concepts. I learned a lot from this. Thank you!
Gonna correct both of you. You NEED content in order to start doing practice problems. That being said, after doing content sufficiently, you need to move on to the practice problems as soon as possible. Don’t repeat content over and over to be perfect because you will forget due to massive amount of material. Practice problems will also have alot of things you will not get vis content review such as the data analysis and overall feel of the test maker’s questions. Content = bullets and gun practice problems = Doing real life drills to become a better soldier you need both in the battle field
I started originally studying in Spring of 2021 and took the MCAT in September 2021 but voided it. Then I studied from Jan 2022-June 2022 and took it in June but scored a 504 despite scoring 508-510 on practice exams. I did UWorld both times so should I do Uworld again this time while following your schedule? I also bought the Princeton Review passages book and was thinking of doing those passages instead of Uworld. I would really appreciate your insight, thanks!
Thank you for posting this!! Also, do you think we must complete the entire Qbank for UWorld? I noticed that UW added more questions compared to last year and I only have two months left before my test and want to complete all of the AAMC materials.
I certainly don't think so. Use UWorld as a means for improvement and not a checkbox or a measuring stick. It makes it a lot more fun and you get more from it! Also decreases the stress when you inevitably score like 40% on a block like we all do 😂
@@InformingFutureDoctors Thank you so much!! This makes me feel better because I was kinda freaking out that I needed to finish it all like some people online suggest. Thank you for that reminder too because I started Organic Chem over the weekend and I made a 49% on a block lol 😂
@@InformingFutureDoctors this makes me feel better. My uworld is allll over the place. 71% yesterday. 30% today. 1 month until MCAT. About to start AAMC
I like their sciences a lot but i'm not crazy about their CARS questions. I've tutored students on just AAMC & Altius before to 100th percentile scores so UWorld is not necessary but can always be helpful!
Is it bad to go through u world even if I haven’t finished content? I was told to stop doing content because there is simply just way too much to cover for my test date 9/13/24 and start practice and the best way is to dive in and learn from the questions for my test date and this point so you agree?
@@krystianaleivas4905 yep that’s completely fine. Uworld could serve as a decent content review in your situation. Obviously not ideal but not a dumb approach either
@@InformingFutureDoctors okay thank you! I am still using Anki the miles down deck and the miles down Mcat quick sheets but I’m in a bit of a bind because of work full time
Trust me, no matter how much you study, if you don't practice with AAMC passages, you won't improve. You need to learn to read quickly, understand the material, and find the answers within the passage. You don't need a lot of background knowledge. UWorld focuses more on knowledge than understanding the passage, and I don't find it very helpful. Their explanations are great, but they're way more advanced than what you need for the MCAT.
If you've got time I don't see why not but I wouldn't ignore other stuff just so I could work UWorld twice. Maybe rework the ones you missed if you really want to
You can screenshot it and some ppl do but I believe it violates UWorld's service agreement so I didn't include that route in the video out of fairness to UWorld!
@@InformingFutureDoctors @JolieFleur0116 lol you can snip it with the snipping tool on a computer and UW doesn't know you did it. Then create Anki cards with those images either normal front and back or with Image Occlusion Add-on
