MCAT update

I'm going to try and update more frequently now that I am getting more chunks of time to study.

This weekend I managed to get through EK ch1 in both bio and ochem, doing all the problems in the chapter, plus the bio In-Class exam for the chapter. I also did a huge number of the 1001 questions for ochem, but not for bio. Why not bio you ask? For some reason, my bio 1001 book does not seem to follow the material in the chapter (in spite of it having the same chapter title), so after doing two passages, I was tired of feeling like a failure because I didn't know something that would be presented in a later chapter. So I've decided to keep the 1001 bio passages until after I've completed the whole book.

I did pretty fantastic on the ch1 bio test (would've been a 12 if that's all the BS section tested- just ch.1 of bio- wouldn't that be awesome?!) and okay on the ochem (a 10). It was easy to study on saturday night because Mechanic Jr was off at a sleepover. Sunday was another story- let's just say it was much, MUCH slower.

Today I am reading TBR ch 1 ochem while I ride the bike, making sure that the info is sticking.

I have another week of work left, so my day-long studying won't begin until at least wednesday next week, so I'm trying to keep up little bits of reading and testing here and there. I still have actual schoolwork to do for my night chem class, so I'm pretty full up on "things to do" until I'm free from my job.

But after scoring a 9 on the BS section (twice!) I'm very, very pleased at my retention at this point.

Onward and forward.