2015 MCAT Study Plan

1A: Proteins
1B: Molec
Genetics
1C: Classic
4A: Motion
Genetics
4B: Fluids
1D: Metabolism 4C: Electricity
2A: Cells
4D: Waves
2B: Microbio
4E: Periodic Table
2C:
5A: Solutions
Development 5B: Molecules
3A: Nerve,
5C: Separations
Endocrine
5D: Organic
3B: Physiology 5E: Kinetics

6A: Sensation
6B: Thinking
6C: Emotion, Stress
7A: Behavior
7B: Social Behavior
7C: Attitude
8A: Self-Identity
8B: Social Thinking
8C: Interation
9A: Social Structure
9B: Demographics
10A: Inequality

Study Schedule: 100 Da

Day 1

Day 2

Review AAMC Outline for Verbal

Week 1

AAMC Official Practice Test

Read LSAT for Dummies Reading Comprehension

Do Not Review Exam or Check Answers - make
a list of important topics tested and notes on
timing, difficutly of passaes etc. to better guide
studying

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Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 2

CATCH UP DAY IF NECESSARY

McGraw-Hill's LSAT Test 1 Reading

Comprehension

AAMC Content Outline 6C - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 4B - 2nd pass [PHY]

Read 1 Article QxMD

Read articles from icollab

Princeton Review LSAT Test 1 Reading

Comprehension

Week 3

LL

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AAMC Content Outline 4D - 1st pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 1D - 2nd pass [BIO]

Read 1 Article QxMD

Read articles from icollab

LL

Week 4

AAMC Content Outline 2A - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 7A - 2nd pass [PSY]

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 5

LL

TPR DIAGNOSTIC

Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 6

KAPLAN DIAGNOSTIC

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Week 6

LL

KAPLAN DIAGNOSTIC

Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 7

TPR COMPLETE FL1

LL

Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 8

TPR COMPLETE FL2

LL

Exam Review

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Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 9

EKFL1

LL

Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 10

TPR FL1

LL

Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 11

LL

TPR FL2

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TPR FL2

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Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 12

EK FL2

LL

Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 13

AAMC Official Guide Questions

LL

Exam Review

Read 1 Article QxMD

Week 14

Re-take the AAMC Official Practice Test

&
12 - Question Mini Test

LL

Exam Review

Week 15

Day before the exam! Take it easy, relax. Get a good

night's sleep. LL

Test Day!
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Week 15

Day before the exam! Take it easy, relax. Get a good

night's sleep. LL

Test Day!

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Bio/Biochem Watch ALL Khan Academy Videos
Watch AK LEctures (& Armando for physiology)
Read Lehninger Textbook for Biochem
Do Khan & TBR Passage

Chem/Orgo Watch ALL Khan Academy videos

Use Previous oulines
Do Khan & Related TBR passages

Psy/Soc Watch ALL Khan Academy videos

Use OpenStax Textbook for SOC and PSY
Use Barron's Book for PSY
Do Khan Passages

PhyWatch ALL Khan Academy videos

Watch AK Lecture
Do Khan & Related TBR Passages

Study Schedule: 100 Days to Success

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

AAMC Content Outline 1A - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 6A - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 4A - 1st pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 1A - 2nd pass [BIO]

LSAT for Dummies Exam 1 Reading

Comprehension

LSAT for Dummies Exam 2 Reading

Comprehension

LSAT for Dummies Exam 2 Reading

Comprehension

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McGraw-Hill's LSAT Test 2 Reading Comprehension

McGraw-Hill's LSAT Test 3 Reading

Comprehension

Princeton Review Reading Comprension Chapters

LL

LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 6B - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 4A - 2nd pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 4B - 1st pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 1B - 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 1C - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 6B - 2nd pass [PSY]

Princeton Review LSAT Test 2 Reading

Comprehension

Princeton Review LSAT Test 3 Reading

Comprehension

Princeton Review LSAT Test 4 Reasing

Comprension

LL

LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 4C - 1st pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 1C - 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 1D - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 6C - 2nd pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 7A - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 4C - 2nd pass [PHY]

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EK CARS Chapter i and ii

EK CARS 1

EK CARS 2

LL

LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 7B - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 4D - 2nd pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 4E - 1st pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 2A- 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 2B - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 7B - 2nd pass [PSY]

EK CARS 3

EK CARS 4

Testing Solutions Test 1

LL

LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 7C - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 4E - 2nd pass [PHY]

AAMC Content Outline 5B - 1st pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 2B- 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 2C - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 7C - 2nd pass [PSY]

Old AAMC Verbal 11

Old AAMC Verbal 10

Old AAMC Verbal 9

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LL

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LL

AAMC Content Outline 8A - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 5B - 2nd pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 5C - 1st pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 2C- 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 3A - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 8A - 2nd pass [PSY]

Old AAMC Verbal 8

Old AAMC Verbal 7

Old AAMC Verbal 6

LL

LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 8B - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 5C - 2nd pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 5D - 1st pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 3A- 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 3B[1] - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 8B - 2nd pass [PSY]

Old AAMC Verbal 5

Old AAMC Verbal 4

Old AAMC Verbal 3

LL

LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 8C - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 5D - 2nd pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 5E - 1st pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 3B- 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 3B [2] - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 8C - 2nd pass [PSY]

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KTP 528 Chapters 1-3

KTP 528 Chapters 4-5

KTP 528 Chapters 6-7

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LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 9A - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 5E - 2nd pass [CHE]

AAMC Content Outline 3B [3] - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 3B[2] - 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 9B - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 9A - 2nd pass [PSY]

KTP 528 Chapters 8-9

KTP 528 Chapters 10-12

KTP 528 Chapters 13-16

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LL

LL

AAMC Content Outline 10A - 1st pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 3B[3] - 2nd pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 9B - 2nd pass [PSY]

AAMC Content Outline 10A - 2nd pass [PSY]

CATCH UP
OR
REVIEW ONE SECTION

CATCH UP
OR
REVIEW ONE SECTION

CATCH UP
OR
REVIEW ONE SECTION

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

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Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

CATCH UP
OR
REVIEW ONE SECTION

CATCH UP
OR
REVIEW ONE SECTION

CATCH UP
OR
REVIEW ONE SECTION

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

Read articles from icollab

BIO SECTION QUESTION PACK

CHEM SECTION QUESTION PACK

PHY SECTION QUESTION PACK

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Exam Review

Exam Review

Exam Review

VERBAL SECTION QUESTION PACK

REVIEW HARDEST SECTIONS FROM

BIO/BIOCHEM

REVIEW HARDEST SECTIONS FOR

PHY/CHEM

LL

REVIEW LL

REVIEW LL

Exam Review

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Day 6

Day 7

Read Blau et al. (1996). Three functional classes

of transcriptional activation domains. Mol. Cell
Biol. 16: 2044-2055
McGraw Hill's LSAT Reading comprehension
chapters

Day Off

AAMC Content Outline 1B - 1st pass [BIO]

AAMC Content Outline 6A - 2nd pass [PSY]

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Read Lo et al. (2001). Snf1 - a histone kinase that
works in concert with the histone
acetyltransferase Gcn5 to regulate transcription.
Science 293: 1142-1146.

LL

Day Off

3rd pass from previous week [1A, 6A]

Read articles from icollab

Read Sims et al. (2007). Recognition of

trimethylated histone H3 lysine 4 facilitates the
recruitment of transcription postinitiation factors
and pre-mRNA splicing. Mol. Cell 28: 665-676.

Day Off
LL

3rd pass from previous week [4A, 1B,6B]

Read articles from icollab

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Read Luo et al. (2006). The role of Rat1 in

coupling mRNA 3-end processing to
transcription termination: implications for a
unified allosteric-torpedo model. Genes Dev. 20:
954-965.

Day Off
LL

3rd pass from previous week [4B,1C,6C,4C]

Read articles from icollab

Read Kretz et al. (2013). Control of somatic tissue

differentiation by the long non-coding RNA
TINCR. Nature 493: 231-238.
doi:10.1038/nature11661

LL

Day Off

3rd pass from previous week [7A, 4D, 2A, 7B]

Read articles from icollab

Read Heintzman et al. (2009). Histone

modifications at human enhancers reflect global
cell-type-specific gene expression. Nature 459:
108-112

Day Off

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LL

Day Off

3rd pass from previous week [7C, 5B, 2C]

Read articles from icollab

Read Creyghton et al. (2010). Histone H3K27ac

separates active from poised enhancers and
predicts developmental state. PNAS 107: 2193121936

Day Off
LL

3rd pass from previous week [5B, 2C, 8A]

Read articles from icollab

Read Neph et al. (2012). An expansive human

regulatory lexicon encoded in transcription factor
footprints. Nature 489: 83-90

LL

Day Off

3rd pass from previous week [5C,3A,8B]

Read articles from icollab

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Read Kieffer-Kwon et al. (2013). Interactome

maps of mouse gene regulatory domains reveal
basic principles of transcriptional regulation. Cell
155: 1507-1520D

LL

Day Off

3rd pass from previous week [5D, 3B[1], 8C]

Read articles from icollab

Read Gilbert et al. (2014). Genome-scale

CRISPR-mediated control of gene repression and
activation. Cell 159: 647-661

LL

Day Off

3rd pass from previous week [5E, 3B[2], 9A];

Read articles from icollab

Read 1 Article QxMD

LL

Day Off

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3rd pass from previous week [3B[3], 9B, 10A ];

Read articles from icollab

Read 1 Article QxMD

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Read articles on icollab

Read 1 Article QxMD

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Read articles on icollab

REVIEW HARDEST SECTIONS FOR PSY/SOC

REVIEW LL

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