>>7618392Studying in general? I found reading the textbook and doing practice problems before the subject material in class comes up is a godsend for doing well in the class. That way by the time you get to the material in class it is the 3rd or 4th time you have reviewed the material so it is easy to know what you are actually confused about.
I scored in the 95th percentile on the MCAT, a 35, but that isn't the score they use now. Just dedicate like 4-5 months to studying for it and you will blow it out of the water. Spend at least 4 hours a day going over material and make sure you use multiple sources as references. Don't bother with classes, they are more expensive than college and statistics show that students that are dedicated self study-ers don't have their grades affected by things like the kaplan course or the princeton review.
Start volunteering in a local hospital now. You can just wash tables for the first 6 months but if you keep a good mentality about it you will move up and get more responsibility. Med schools would rather see 3 years of volunteering with only 500 hours of time spent than 6 months with 1000.
I also joined the Peace Corps and that made a HUGE difference in the application process. A lot of schools really like seeing that kind of shit.
Oh and try to get into a research lab at your college in some sort of bio-research. Neuroscience is a hot subject right now and there is a lot of research going on in that field at a lot of schools.
Otherwise just try to graduate with a 3.5+ and do as well on the MCAT as you possibly can. Also apply to a ton of schools. The number of applicants every year goes up pretty dramatically and the kids applying to med school usually aren't just fucking around, so expect pretty high amounts of competition.
