No prep books for 2015 MCAT-What do I do?

Pre-Med & Medical School MCAT Prep
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<p>I was told about this study technique by a med student to help prepare myself for the MCAT.</p>

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<li>Invest in a MCAT prep book </li>
<li>While in my undergrad science classes, annotate in the MCAT prep book</li>
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<p>This way I will have more in depth notes along the margins that will help me recall the information when I will actually need to study for the MCAT.</p>

<p>The problem is that I will have to take the 2015 MCAT and there are no prep books for that yet. </p>

<p>Do you think I could invest in a 2014 MCAT prep book and use it to study for the physcial and biological sciences section?? What else can I do to prepare?</p>

<p>P.S: I am a freshman in college (grad class of 2017)</p>

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<p>Your college classes are not MCAT classes. The point of MCAT prep books is that they contain only the stuff you need to know.</p>

<p>This sounds like the tactic often recommended for USMLE step 1 (the test taken at the end of MS2). The difference here is that test is largely a knowledge based test (in contrast to the MCAT) so it makes sense to annotate the main review book (which contains only the most important info) with more detailed info.</p>

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<p>AAMCAS has a detailed list of all the topics the new 2015 MCAT will cover. You could take your regular textbooks and highlight that material in order to make sure you have a good understanding. If you feel deficient, you may look for additional sources. </p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/download/333002/data/accessibleversionofthepreviewguideforthemcat2015examsecondediti.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/download/333002/data/accessibleversionofthepreviewguideforthemcat2015examsecondediti.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The course mapping tools is a detailed spreadsheet that highlights the changes. </p>

<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/admins/resources/313190/thecourse-mappingtoolforthemcat2015exam.html[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/mcat/mcat2015/admins/resources/313190/thecourse-mappingtoolforthemcat2015exam.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I heard that they will begin making materials for the 2015 MCAT starting in January. The only real difference is that there will now be a humanities portion which tests your critical thinking and there will no longer be a writing sample portion. The biology, physics, chemistry, and organic chemistry will still be there so you should have plenty to study for (in which you can use an older MCAT prep materials).</p>