Months of MCAT prep, laid out week by week.

The MCAT has four scored sections: Chem/Phys, CARS, Bio/Biochem and Psych/Soc. It’s a long day, over seven hours of testing time, so stamina is part of what you’re training.

1. Content review, roughly the first half. Sections in order of how much you need them, with practice passages at the end of each day.
2. Practice and review, the second half. One full-length test a week, the next day spent reviewing it, and the rest of the week aimed at your weakest section.
3. Final week. Your last full-length at least five days out, light review, and a day off before the test.

CARS shows up every week, even during content review, because reading speed builds slowly. The four sections start equal, and any you tick as a worry get 50% more time.

Check test dates and current rules at aamc.org before you book anything.

A long prep is a test of habits more than intelligence.

• Take full-length tests in one sitting, at the time of day you’ll sit the real one.
• Review a test slowly. Sort every miss into content gap, misread or timing.
• Protect one rest day a week. The plan assumes you take it.