u/spicy_snowmonkey

Just took AAMC unscored today. I took a look at the section banks a few days ago, actually freaked out and erased all my progress there because of how bad I was struggling on C/P. Thought I was in a rougher place after that. I am so freaking happy rn. I know that I was anxiously looking on this subreddit to understand how scores correlate so here is the context that got me to this point in hopes that it helps someone somehow:

05/28 BP Diagnostic 509 (126/128126/129)

06/08 BPFL1 513 (129/128/127/129)

06/13 BPFL2 516 (129/128/130/129)

06/22 BPFL3 514 (130/128/127/129)

Today AAMC Unscored ~ 523 (130/130/132/131) via Med school coach conversion 😭 The resources I've used are Kaplan books starting March, Anking deck, most of UW, the exams above, and now onto AAMC. Any further advice to fine tune this is appreciated, and I am happy to explain how I clawed my way up here lol. Ty <3

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So I've been studying since March of this year, finally testing next month, but I worry the burnout is getting to me as I move into crunch time. I have to drag myself to do my UW and AAMC qs every day. I know all the things I have to do from now until my test but it's hard to find it in me. I work full time and just feel so freaking tired.

I am really proud of how I've been doing lately (Consistent 80-90s on all of my UW, happy with my third party FL scores) but I am just so so so so so tired. Lol. This is the hardest I've studied for anything so far, much harder and longer than I studied in undergrad. It's hard to think that I still have almost two months left until this push is over. There's no big reason for this post but any encouragement is much appreciated. We gotta take care!!!!

I test on 8/22 and trying to figure out how to structure my upcoming weeks as I just passed the two month mark. I have about 50% of UW done, three BP FLs done, and haven't touched any AAMC. Things I'm wondering about:

Are the QPacks worth taking a look at, or best to focus on the more representative material (SB/FLs) and finishing UW?

If you think use all the AAMC available, how far out do you recommend I start SBs/QPacks?

All help is appreciated ty :)

I recently discovered that I'm a bot and have been using UW completely wrong. Before, I would do a 59q block untutored/timed, then review my questions sequentially after. I also was focused on accuracy and this caused me to not dig in to my mistakes as much as I should have. After lurking hard on Reddit and seeing that people recommend against this and say to use tutored/untimed to max your learning, I tried it for a 30q block. BRO this changed my life and I wasted 43% of UW doing subpar review. Tutored mode is an absolute must just because you can immediately reinforce any content gaps rather than waiting until 1hr after you originally saw the question.

TLDR: Don't use UW like a FL section. Use the tutor. I learned way more this way.

Just took FL3 and I have a BIG headache unlike I ever do after any UW. I feel like I'm bashing my head into the wall thinking through a single one of their questions and I won't even get into whatever is going on with their CARS. I ended with a 514 (130/128/127/129) which I'm happy with but thinking my time might be better spent just grinding out UW until it's time for me to move to AAMC. How do yall do all of the BP exams without quitting???? I think this might be my last BP purely because of how futile it feels.

HOW the heck are people doing like 200 UW per DAY. I do 59 on a good day and it takes me ages to review because I review everything, right or wrong, if I even had a second thought. I can't study full time for work. Sitting at 40% done and am trudging my way through it (really would love to finish) but yall are WILD doing more than 100 in a day and still getting value from it respect. Am I going too slow on this??? Just don't wanna sacrifice volume for value.

I just did the best I've ever done on a 59q block on UPoop I'm crine 😭😭 I am dying working 40 hr/wk trying to study for this damn test. Had to drag myself to my laptop to even do this qblock after avoiding it for the past three days. I have never been happier in my gd LIFE wait we actually can do this fr. OH YEAHHHH

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Long-time lurker here! Finally testing on 8/22 and just took my first FL (BP FL1), got a 513 (129/128/127/129). I was super happy with this as I have been prepping since Feb, but have set the ambitious goal to get 520+ for realzies. I do some pretty in-depth review on all my mistakes. For people in the same boat (going from 510 range to 520) what worked the best for you? Any tips are appreciated <3 thank yall!