<p>I am taking my MCAT on April. I have recently been going over the Examkrackers review books. I decided to start with physics since it has always been the one that I have the most trouble with. I read the whole book, took the practice tests in the back and usually got all if not most of the questions right. I re read the book making sure I understood what was being explained and finally decided to take a real practice test. Long story short, I can reasonably navigate through the other sections but when it comes to the physical section I am worst at it than a monkey building a space shuttle with a sack of potatoes. This just makes me feel really depressed. I have always been a very good student and currently have a 3.9 GPA in my university. I also understand the concepts in the books and use them correctly for the problems in the practice questions but when it comes to actually taking an MCAT level practice test my whole knowledge just goes out the window and I am left with nothing. It is as if I had never studied a day of my life. I don't understand why or how. I am used to critical thinking and I am good at it but for some reason the MCAT just seems beyond my reach. I feel extremely disappointed in myself and honestly depressed about it. I don't know what to do and the deadline just keeps coming closer and closer. What should I do? I have already been studying for months and no results at all.</p>
<p>D1 (physics major) had problems with the PS section when she first started doing MCAT practice questions. And not because she had trouble with concepts or the material. (She’s been acing grad physics courses!) Instead she said she was guilty of ‘overthinking’ the PS questions and always looking for a trick in the question. Once she realized the questions were straight-forward and not trying to trip her up by asking about the exception and not the rule, she did much better–eventually scored in the 98 percentile in the MCAT PS. </p>
<p>The bottom line–maybe you’re sabotaging yourself on the MCAT practice sections. Or maybe you just need more practice. Probably the latter. </p>
<p>What I remember most from her MCAT prep is she did lots and lots of untimed and then timed practice sections until she could reliably do well on a particular section before moving on to prep for another section.</p>
<p>MCAT is not a content test, if you’re doing well on the simpler questions in the physics MCAT book then you have the knowledge you need. Focus on doing more true MCAT style questions.</p>
<p>I only took Physics A before taking the MCAT, so advanced physics knowledge is definitely not necessary. The key is to do a lot of physics practice problems and passages. I used TPR and I thought it was great, so you could try that. You have plenty of time to get ready before April. Make sure you go over the other subjects and take AAMC practice tests!</p>