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2017 US Medical School Application Timeline

Hope you all find this helpful! Good luck chickadees! My inbox is always open if you have questions!

Download my printable 2017 application cycle checklist here

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Free MCAT Study Materials!

Here’s master post of some great MCAT study materials and resources. Click on the bold titles to open links to folders containing the files listed below. Good luck!!!

2015 KAPLAN MCAT REVIEW BOOKS (pdf links listed below)

Behavioral Sciences Review

Biochemistry Review

Biology Review

Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Review

General Chemistry Review

Organic Chemistry Review

Physics and Math Review

BIOLOGY

Molecular Biology; Cellular Respiration

Genes

Microbiology

The Eukaryotic Cell; The Nervous System

The Endocrine System

The Digestive and Excretory Systems

The Cardiovascular System; The Respiratory System

Muscle, Bone and Skin

Populations

The Berkeley MCAT Review - Biology Part 1 (2011)

The Berkeley MCAT Review - Biology Part 2 (2011)

BIOCHEMISTRY

Lab Techniques

GENERAL CHEMISTRY

Atoms, Molecules and Quantum Mechanics

Gases, Kinetics, and Chemical Equilibrium

Thermodynamics

Solutions

Heat Capacity/Phase Change/Colligative Properties

Acids & Bases

Electrochemistry

Intro to Chemistry

Electrostatics

Gases

Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry

The Berkeley MCAT Review - General Chemistry Part 1 (2011)

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Molecular Structure

Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Substitutions

Carbonyls and Amines

PHYSICS

MCAT Physics Book (2015)

Translation Motion

Force

Equilibrium, Torque and Energy

Momentum, Machines, and Radioactive Decay

Fluids and Solids

Waves

Electricity and Magnetism

Light & Optics

Linear Momentum

PSYCHOLOGY / SOCIOLOGY

SCIENCE

MCAT PRACTICE TESTS / QUESTIONS

Practice Tests

Solutions

OTHER MCAT STUDY MATERIALS

Examkrackers Complete MCAT Study Set (2007)

These materials will help build your knowledge and test taking skills, they may not fit the current MCAT exam criteria but it will definitely build your knowledge of the subjects being tested.

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02.09.2019

University starts tomorrow.

Am I panicking? Of course I am!

However, I'm quite bored, I did all my prep work and my brother has my laptop for the day because of the Steven Universe Marathon and I did my Lunch Prep for the Week and my clothes are ready so its a pretty cool day today.

I'll do a post today, I'll show you my Dubu Dumo items that I got and my backpack(s) for the school year (reminds me I should make those reviews lol)

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Today I went to Youngpoong Bookstore (YP Books /  영풍문고). Like Kyobo, this is a bookstore with a large selection of various stationary! This was actually the first bookstore I visited in Korea and I spent about an hour and a half in the store the first time I went! 

I decided to buy a notebook (with a small planner section in the front) for studying Korean! So it’s going to be my new study planner! I’ll upload photos of it later since the inside is really pretty! I also bought some other small stationary bits as seen in the photo above. ^^

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11/100 days of productivity

I was lost but I'm back again 😌

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screw people who say giving up isn’t an option, sometimes not giving up isn’t an option in comparison to what’s best for people’s mental or physical health. so you know what? giving up is totally okay!! if you don’t feel like you can do something any more, stop what you’re doing, figure out what’s best for your wellbeing and take a new path!!

on a side note: i hope everyone reading this knows that they’re amazing and deserve the best in life 💘

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11/100 // 08.17.2019

🎵 Kool Aid - KIRBY

A week until my SAT subject tests and my teachers gave 5 hours of homework 😩. Posted this completed bujo spread because having everything checked off after so long is soooo satisfying.

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11.09.19

Environmental management is one of my new subjects and I think I'm going to love it, and we will have some units in English yay 👏🏻 Btw, I'm loving this notebook and these gel pens ✨

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10th of october 2019

sometimes physics is really boring so we doodle. a lot.

[25/100 days of productivity]

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So guys, the date for my MIR exam has been released... 😱 we’re going live on the 25th of January 2020!!!! Omg, I can’t actually believe there’s a proper exam day set now 😭😭😭 We’re exactly FOUR months away from the D-day, and I’m starting to feel the pressure building... I’m losing my apetite more and more each day (don’t worry, I’m eating well, my mom makes sure of that, it’s just that I don’t feel like eating anything) and I feel taut like a bowstring, but we have four months ahead to do so much work and achieve our goals 💪🏻 (I finally have a specialty in mind, but don’t ask me about it because I don’t want to jinx it!!)

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“Coffee-coffee-coffee is a saying. Like an exaggeration. It’s a funny, desperate cry for caffeine.” – Lorelai Gilmore

Pictures taken today in an English coffe shop/bookstore; more on my instagram account: thomreads

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cultural psychology notes ✨ i’m going to see 88rising in concert tomorrow, and i’m so excited !!! that asian-american representation makes me so proud of them as a label.

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Hey, you. Yes, you.

I hereby give you permission to hit the metaphorical reset button.

Take a deep breath, and then let it out slowly, paying attention to how it feels to let it out.

Get a drink of water, drink it mindfully, and then reset and go from there.

Start a new habit that you keep wanting to implement, become the person that you want to be. Make a conscious decision to become that person and live up to your full potential to the best of your ability.

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stu-dna challenge | 021019 – 10:30

tea, coffee or neither ? | ah I love black tea and it’s the most (heart-) warming one, in my opinion. but I’ve recently discovered that coffee with oat milk is a delight !

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22nd may, 2019

i’m oddly confident about all the vocab and grammar i’ve learnt for monday’s test. i hope i’ll pass ㅠㅠ 

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how to be a more productive person☀️

review your goals: if you want to be more productive, the first thing is that you have to know what you’re working towards!

if you don’t have them written down, make sure to put them down in a safe space (one that you can come back to and review) such as your planner, bullet journal, phone, or more. and it can be helpful to write them down on sticky notes and place them around places you frequent like your mirror, locker, or door. 

if you’re just coming up with some goals, don’t make too many or else you won’t accomplish anything. focusing on one or two at a time will give you less stress. it might be helpful to make monthly or twelve week goals.

break those goals into actionable steps: even with just one goal, you might feel super intimidated to get things done. so make a list with all of the teeny tiny things you can do that will slowly help you reach your goal. 

prioritize: make time for the things that are important to you and cut out the things that are a waste of time (social media, television, and anything that isn’t getting you where you want to be). 

don’t wait for motivation: it’s so much more important to have discipline than motivation. while motivation doesn’t come up all the time, discipline makes you so that you’re trained to get up regardless of how unmotivated you are. 

just get up and do something so that there are no zero days! sometimes i like to remind myself of the 1 percent rule (by james clear): “making a choice that is 1 percent better or 1 percent worse seems insignificant in the moment,  but over the span of moments that make up a lifetime these choices determine the difference between who you are and who you could be”. 

in your everyday to-do list, be specific: instead of saying “study”, say “study chemistry notes for one hour after i eat dinner”. this gets rid of any indecisions you might have, so you’ll know exactly what you’re doing and when.

take breaks: in between your work, schedule in some breaks for ten to fifteen minutes to avoid burnout. here are some ideas:

read a book

go outside for a walk/run

put on a face mask

clean your room

get a healthy snack

drink some water

journal 

be patient: it’s a very hard thing to be productive, and procrastination is something that i struggle with all of the time, so i know that it can get pretty frustrating! don’t worry about being productive 24/7, because that is an expectation none of us can truly meet! but i believe in you to do your best💞

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||2/10/19|| 

A bit of a closeup of what my new bullet journal setup looks like! Plus yes, Gourmet Makes is taking over my life :P