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I've never taken the MCAT but as with any other standardized test like this, the most critical part of preparing for the exam will be to understand the format and time constraints of the test. Know exactly what you will see during the test and know general guidelines of a) what kind of questions are there, b) how long you can spend on each question, and c) how long and punishing will the test be. You can study all the content you want, but if you're not prepared for the stress of taking a test for hours at a time you're not going to get your best result. I got a decent result on the LSAT with basically no studying by preparing for the format of the test rather than the content. The MCAT has more information recall than the LSAT so I wouldn't suggest taking that route, but be sure that you don't study content so much that you forget format.