Additional Resources: What Top Scorers Used Beyond Their Prep Course
A prep course is only half the stack. For every exam we cover, students quietly build a second layer — a free YouTube channel that finally made a subject click, an Anki deck passed down through Reddit, a retired official test saved for the final week. This section tracks that layer. Every resource below was actually used by students who took the test, and every entry names who runs it, what it costs, and any connection to a prep company — including the ones we'd rather be upfront about. No sponsored placements, ever.
How to use this page: Pick your exam. Start with the free resources — most students need fewer paid extras than they think — and use the communities to check any resource (including ours) against real score reports before you spend a dollar.
DAT
10 resources: the free chemistry videos everyone pairs with their course, the famous biology notes, and the breakdown archive that drives it all.
MCAT
17 resources: the deepest free ecosystem of any exam here — passage-strategy channels, legendary Anki decks, and a 516 scorer's ranked list.
OAT
11 resources: an honest, smaller list. OAT students borrow smart — from DAT science videos, SDN breakdowns, and the official practice test.
LSAT
11 resources: free explanations for nearly every question ever released, two beloved books, and the official LawHub tests everything else pairs with.
GRE
8 resources: official free tests first, then the independent tutors, forums, and vocab systems students actually finish.