I started doing your method of turning wrong FL questions into Anki cards and combining it with targeted review and I kid you not, my practice test scores jumped 11 points in ONE week. You're a real one bro!!!
@Dagnar14783 жыл бұрын
You did 3 chapters in one day? That's pretty crazy, I feel like it sometimes takes me half the day just to parse through and understand all of the concepts in a chapter
@haleemaahmed911 Жыл бұрын
Not really, he learned a new chapter everyday, the other 2 are testing/reviewing chapters already learned.
@Karinafing3 жыл бұрын
Smart, Handsome and Humble! Thank you so much for posting this and helping us out !! It’s one of the best videos I have seen so far
@husnaibrahimkhail33203 жыл бұрын
You are doing a great job, please keep up posting videos. We are learning a lot from you. I am glad we have people like you in our community who truly cares.
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice words!
@jessicabattle76653 жыл бұрын
This might be the best MCAT study video I've ever seen. And can we talk about how stylist his apartment is!
@Deardhra3 жыл бұрын
This was really helpful! Exsp studying in 8 hour blocks to mimic test day! Never thought of this! TY!!
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@toddfernandez62883 жыл бұрын
All I heard at the beginning was “the MCAT is hard and the MCAT is important and to do well on the exam it matters how you prep not just how you prep” lol great vid though
@saravargas60943 жыл бұрын
My husband and I quote this daily. Even he has heard it too much. 😂 I’ve been getting that ad since the beginning of my pre med journey.
@JairaWaller3 ай бұрын
You are an inspiration! 🙌 Your 98-day strategy is genius. It's amazing how you went from the 50th to the 97th percentile! You've totally convinced me that it's all about studying smarter, not longer. Thank you for sharing your tips!
@gillscape3 жыл бұрын
I am in India and Preparing for Indian Medical Entrance Exam NEET (National Entrance cum Eligibility Test), and I found many tips very HELPFUL and PRACTICAL.
@CliffYudkoff4 жыл бұрын
gosh ur smart ... and handsome to boot! what a package deal
@ZachHighley4 жыл бұрын
Wow high praise, thanks
@iswear46193 жыл бұрын
Haha God really said "ima bless this kid"
@saragallego2083 жыл бұрын
You're really handsome too, Cliff ;)
@george_edward_4 жыл бұрын
this is dope dude. SUBBED
@ZachHighley4 жыл бұрын
Thanks George! Appreciate the sub.
@matthewliu28872 жыл бұрын
Your video is so helpful man! It contains a lot of insights that would take a very long time for me to obtain. Much appreciation!
@sarailyas84013 жыл бұрын
Your channel is going to blowup one day so proud to have subbed early lol keep it upp
@JonesNoahT3 жыл бұрын
I got “C”s in all of my science classes, barely studied for the MCAT (did some practice questions), and got the 98th percentile on the MCAT. Idk what the answer is.
@janestone18493 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. lol
@coolbeans23803 жыл бұрын
I have never felt so jealous and bitter by a comment before in my life. Must be nice 😭
@JonesNoahT3 жыл бұрын
@@coolbeans2380 lol nah you’re probably better off with a good GPA. The rest of my app is pretty stellar, but I didn’t get a single med school interview this past round.
@nicolcacola2 ай бұрын
Did you get into a med school with as a C Science student?
@JonesNoahT2 ай бұрын
@@nicolcacola I did not 🤩. I’m doing great in research, though!
@tsalamic1143 жыл бұрын
I love the way you respect our time
@404TRUCKERTV2 жыл бұрын
I'm an accounting student, these are some good strategies for just studying in any subject. Thank you very much!
@notusingthisemail79893 жыл бұрын
Did you study during the summer? Or did you fit in 8 hours of Mcat studying into your semester?
@kelechiumunna87423 жыл бұрын
So helpful, very descriptive and detailed helped a lot . Thanks 🙏
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped!
@red.4ng412 жыл бұрын
This is actually amazing I didn't want to just read and hope it would stick. Reviewing 3 times is an awesome technique!
@jitendrabillaiya13923 жыл бұрын
You are such a inspiration man!!
@Blixknits3 жыл бұрын
This is so helpful, I love the organized excel doc, Thanks for making this vid!!
@alecdecontreras31513 жыл бұрын
how did you not get tired when studying for 6-8 hours a day? Also was this everyday or were there shorter days or rest days?
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
I took one day off a week, where I did absolutely nothing. Pomodoro method is the main thing I use when I study (25 minutes studying, 5 minute break) and repeat that. Every fourth break I take a 30 minute break. However, in this method in the video I would copy the same interval that is tested by the MCAT. Also exercise/sleep/food are essential for me to maintain efficient studying. Finally, when it's break time, take a break! Chill out. I am currently studying 8 hours a day at least right now and plan to up it to ~12 hours when I start dedicated study time for my Step 1 exam.
@cynthiabasulto31913 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your MCAT study journey! It is definitely a scary and overwhelming process, but after watching this video and your Anki videos I feel SO motivated to study hard 💪🧠😁Thanks again and best of luck in Med School!
@TyTy-mr7cc2 жыл бұрын
thank you Zach! I studied alot from your video
@jirachayaa91893 жыл бұрын
Your content really helps me. I hope i will pass the college entrance exam with these methods!
@aditiyadav87623 жыл бұрын
It helped me a lot. Ty
@kthom64663 жыл бұрын
This is motivating!!!
@cupcake199862 жыл бұрын
great video!
@jerickvitoriano41733 жыл бұрын
Hi bro! Do you have any exercise or workout vids? Pls also do some, I like how you create content. Very very insightful.
@zumanakhair12273 жыл бұрын
After taking the exam twice, I've decided to use TBR and study this way. Looking at your schedule, how much time did you spend each day on cards, the EK chapters and then TBR passages? Also how did you study for CARS? Doing all these takes me at least 12 hours a day....so would really appreciate your response :)
@matthewso56983 жыл бұрын
Incredible Video.
@rokeyaelapreety8853 жыл бұрын
the smile on your face on the vid is priceless!
@tiger1916733 жыл бұрын
Did you go to the gym too or just study all day long?
@Aaliyah_Matyevna3 жыл бұрын
Me as a middle schooler struggling more than you to cope up with higher maths and extra subjects. And my memorization weaker than water. I start forgetting biology after 4 to 5 days
@davidagiraldo Жыл бұрын
I know you make Anki cards on content that’s difficult to understand, but do you first take notes in your textbook or a notebook?
@jjjjj22613 жыл бұрын
Thank you Zach
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
welcome!
@duhawa9443 Жыл бұрын
Amazing 👍
@michaelbarry74903 жыл бұрын
How am I able to do this with a job?
@psalmr983 жыл бұрын
I'm in the same boat. I'm working 40 hrs/week and trying to figure out what's the best study plan for me :(
@levibeam1003 жыл бұрын
It’s not about the 90 day period, it’s about the amount of hours studied. He said he studied around 650 hours. If that isn’t doable for you in 90 days/3months, plan for a 6 month schedule. If you still don’t think that’ll work, do a 9 month schedule. It’s not about the time, it’s about the hours put in
@plantsthatgrow3 жыл бұрын
You mentioned you did this studying over the summer. Is this the summer of your junior -> senior year, or the summer after you graduated?
@capgains3 жыл бұрын
Seems to me you’ve got a strategy in how to do well on exams. I’m curious to know the depth of your knowledge however
@livelovelaugh64053 жыл бұрын
Umm pretty sure it’d be good if he scored that high
@capgains3 жыл бұрын
@@livelovelaugh6405 ok so good grades = deep learning
@Im0nJupiter3 жыл бұрын
@@capgains It doesn't matter. It's neither here nor there, you're a blank slate with foundations and that's all you need. Undergrad is silly anyway, you're not going to get depth in med school prereqs, sub 300 level courses are all memorization and lower order thinking
@abdelkrimzaouidi30724 жыл бұрын
we want videos on how to create relevant flashcards with anki and mistakes that we should avoid when doing so with your real own flashcards you created
@ZachHighley4 жыл бұрын
On it
@guillanasocorrofajardo80852 жыл бұрын
Am I dumb or did I miss the Reddit compilation link? Where can I find it! Thank you for this.
@jared3944 жыл бұрын
Great video! Did you use TBR books for the actual content review or did you use them just for the passages? I've seen that the TBR books can be quite dense and a bit of a slog to get through. Seems to me like you used EK for content review and supplemented that with all the great passages from TBR. Accurate? Thanks!
@ZachHighley4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jared, you are spot on, they are dense. I *only used the TBR books for practice questions/passages.*
@jared3944 жыл бұрын
@@ZachHighley thanks for the reply boss
@ZachHighley4 жыл бұрын
@@jared394 you are welcome - good luck studying
@cortneyhammond-cortes95213 жыл бұрын
Great question! I was wondering the same thing. I’m glad I looked through all the replies before I asked.
@sarahsedits97393 жыл бұрын
I don’t see the links you’ve said you will include below?
@mohamadekrama Жыл бұрын
Hi Zach thanks for the video , can we get a shortcut for the questions needed from Berkeley there are a lot of practice not needed please ?
@sittingstill35783 жыл бұрын
I have no idea why your channel was recommended to me. Interesting but I’m wondering how this will apply in my life. I’m a deep dive person and generally never skim. I don’t even drink skim milk, grew up on the stuff and can’t stand it.
@miezuni3 жыл бұрын
im curious why u started doing yt vids. will u do a q&a soon? 😁
@chentharris89574 жыл бұрын
great video
@ZachHighley4 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir
@flipperman7302 Жыл бұрын
Should I take a practice test first day of studying as a baseline? or is that unnecessary?
@umidaburkhanova69652 жыл бұрын
Did anyone find the Amino acid video that he mentioned? Map video or something, could you please share?🙏🏻 the one I found in the written description of the video is not opening - it says this video is private
@bouchser0002 жыл бұрын
I pretty much have a similar schedule to yours, but 4 month prep while working full-time.
@arunjangir17982 жыл бұрын
Does this 97 percentile really got you into a good medical school !?? In India, you can't even look at any medical College at 97 percentile, (unless you got a caste quota) usually 98 percentile is borderline. 99+ percentile gets a decent college.
@sheldyshin26903 жыл бұрын
I’ve took mcat once and felt my understanding of the contents were bad. So I changed my method of studying for a month but still seeing gaps of understanding😭 I deciding to change my studying method since yesterday and saw your video thinking the method is good to take. Do you think it’s okay to change my studying method again? I don’t feel confident with my own studying method😢
@ahmedaizi14773 жыл бұрын
A handicap I’ve noticed I always put in my own path was switching something that worked for something else because I was insecure that it was adequate enough to achieve my goals. I would say do practice tests to gauge your understanding of the material you have studied. If it works, continue with your strategy, if it doesn’t, implement his strategies to bolster your studying. :) good luck!!
@taranehdaryaee35543 жыл бұрын
Is it that good of a score? Asking for a friend
@ArcheryOlympian23 жыл бұрын
Yeah 97th percentile will get you in and open some doors. Really the 99th range is where it’s out of this world but any 515+ is pretty darn good. Also don’t discount GPA and extracurriculars
@stephdesauguste3 жыл бұрын
Where can I get the amino acids maps ?
@beyondknowledge91493 жыл бұрын
Do we get scholarship based on MCAT score in med schools?
@karamtahera43393 жыл бұрын
One question bro, how did you end up scoring on the AAMC fl's and the section bank?
@kayaforrestal8493 жыл бұрын
if you click on the link under the video its his written article of everything he says in the video, and he gives all of this practice exams and their scores
@sagardobariya54872 жыл бұрын
what books do you suggest!?
@christinanguyen83643 жыл бұрын
So I'm looking at the excel sheet and it seems like you only correlated the TBR questions to the topic that you were doing a first pass of for that day. Does this mean you did the TBR practice questions during day X.1 for the topic and then the EK practice test for day X.2? So X.1 is first pass+TBR questions, X.2 is skim+EK test, and X.3 is for incorrect questions?
@helenedemol40583 жыл бұрын
11:03 reassured that the screen of an organised person looks as dirty as mine!
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
haha well spotted - my screen definitely needs a good clean
@vicwillis42953 ай бұрын
anyone have success studying 3/4 hours a day for those of us who need full time jobs to live?
@coolbeans23803 жыл бұрын
Has anyone tried his study plan?
@preciousedi14223 жыл бұрын
You look like Dr Mike
@sinceremage93 жыл бұрын
thankyou so much for content like this, I don't lack the brains but my god do I find it impossible to stay on track
@mylesm76413 жыл бұрын
You’re so cute
@alexissyms93103 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting! I noticed on your schedule it reads “tpr” is that the Princeton review? If so what book or edition is it
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
Hey, yea that's referencing The Princeton Review 2015 Psych and Biology/Biochem books. I didn't mention it because I would not recommend them, they were just "ok." I would instead use Anki and the reddit resources I linked on my website post.
@alexissyms93103 жыл бұрын
@@ZachHighley Thanks for getting back so quickly. Also I do have UWorld would you recommend using both TBR and UWorld?
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
@@alexissyms9310 No problem, I didn't use Uworld but I hear it is a top resource, so I would prioritize UWorld. The only issue is correlating questions to the certain content you are learning at the moment. What I would suggest is make sure you do all of Uworld, and then throw in TBR supplementally. So, for example, if you calculate that if you just used UWorld you would run out of questions before you transition to taking FL tests, I would add in some TBR question sections.
@alexissyms93103 жыл бұрын
@@ZachHighley perfect suggestion!
@lindseycook43133 жыл бұрын
Did you work, intern, or do anything else during these 90 days? I was enrolled in university classes and worked last spring during my first MCAT test preparation period. Needless to say I scored poorly on this attempt. I do not think having enough study time was solely to blame, however I think it played a factor. I plan to take the MCAT for a second time this upcoming spring and need to formulate a study schedule. I worry that if I block off 90 days of only studying the for the MCAT, it will be viewed negatively by admission board members? Otherwise I am very tempted to try this approach.
@levibeam1003 жыл бұрын
How would the admission board members know how long your study block was? That makes no sense
@muskanbakes3 жыл бұрын
Lol that 2+2 flashcard
@oshkosh223 жыл бұрын
Close your eyes...it’s Jake Gyllenhaal teaching you how to prep for MCAT
@Indy19872 жыл бұрын
Damn you.. now I can’t unsee it 🤣
@meenamanely83283 жыл бұрын
How did you choose which passages to do on TBR? Ex: based on high yield? or the content that you were unsure of? Would you randomly skim through the books and hand pick the passages or do an entire phase I and II sections?? Also on average a day how many passages would you do from TBR?? Sorry, I'm in the process of also tackling the TBR books for practice passages, with using kaplan as my main source for content review
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
At the beginning of every TBR book, there is an index of the content per section/chapter. So just correlate the sections to EK sections. So, for your Kaplan, you could do the same thing. It depended on the day how many I would do. I would try to get to as many as I could before I finished my "study time."
@hijabzia3 жыл бұрын
Idk why am i so jealous with you🤷😂 but it's ok
@jayrollo13523 жыл бұрын
Is arguably? Man this shit be the most important crap in peoples' lives. Why AAMC???????? Why? I just wana be a physician.
@ZachHighley3 жыл бұрын
Agreed, all these tests can drive you insane. We will get there in the end, just keep pushing!
@mattiek75263 жыл бұрын
Why are you studying in a mask? Do you sleep and bath/shower in it too?
@tonifriedrich71912 жыл бұрын
Do you think it makes a big difference which books we use to study? (i.e. exam krackers or Kaplan?) (amazing proven study methods by the way! Thank you)