Student source for the first three entries: Tobi O. (@premedwithtobs), a University of Toronto neuroscience student who scored 516, ranked the resources that got him there. These are his #4–#6 — we'll add his top 3 when he posts Part 2.
Informing Future Doctors (YouTube)
A free YouTube channel run by instructors Maggie and John, both 515+ scorers. Instead of content lectures, they teach a repeatable formula for attacking passages — simplify the question stem, manage timing with a personal chart, and "foreshadow" the answer before reading the options.
Best for: Passage strategy and CARS approach, explained in plain language. Tobi's #4 resource overall: "absolutely amazing."
Free (paid programs exist on their site — start with the channel)
The best-known free MCAT practice ecosystem: a daily CARS passage, daily science passages, a free question bank, free full-length exams, and explanations for official AAMC material.
Best for: Building a daily practice habit without paying for a course. Tobi's #5 — he worked the daily passages every day.
The free foundation under half the resources on this page: 1,000+ videos and roughly 3,000 practice questions across all four sections, created under AAMC review. The famous P/S document and several Anki decks below are built from it.
Best for: Free content review — especially Psychology/Sociology.
A community-compiled, near-complete set of notes on every Khan Academy Psychology/Sociology video — the document students pass around because it covers terms the commercial books skip. A condensed 86-page version exists for the final weeks.
Best for: P/S mastery without rewatching a hundred videos.
The default first Anki deck: ~2,900 cards covering every section, built from one student's review sheets — which also circulate as 89–90 one-page summaries, one per topic.
Best for: Comprehensive-but-manageable daily review; the sheets double as a rapid pre-exam reference.
Free
AnkiWeb shared decks (search "MileDown MCAT")
AnKing MCAT Deck (via AnkiHub)
The community-maintained successor to MileDown — merged from several classic decks, tagged to UWorld questions, and the only major MCAT deck still updated weekly.
Best for: Students pairing UWorld with Anki over a longer prep window who want error-corrected cards.
Freemium (AnkiHub subscription, ~$6/month; the deck is yours to keep after)
Deep science lectures — biology, biochemistry, disease mechanisms — running since 2012 and still the place students go when a metabolic pathway won't click.
Best for: Biochemistry and biology deep-dives beyond MCAT-only summaries.
Emily Erika, now a fourth-year medical student, is rebuilding her own MCAT approach as a study series — starting with test-day structure and section timing. Her premise is honest: she improved from 495 to 511 and got in on her first cycle.
Best for: Beginners and retakers who want a realistic roadmap from someone who wasn't a natural 520.
Tier-ranking infographics of MCAT study methods — what actually moves scores (AAMC full-lengths, timed passages, a written error log) versus what wastes time (reading a book cover to cover, skipping review).
Best for: A five-minute efficiency audit of your current study plan.
A genuinely free course that organizes the best free materials (Khan Academy, AK Lectures, library books) into a day-by-day structure following the AAMC outline.
Best for: Budget self-studiers who need a plan more than they need another question bank.
A long-running student community built on free documents — it's the group that formatted and distributes the famous P/S document — plus free group chats organized by test date and an AAMC outline tracker.
Best for: Finding your test-date cohort and the community's shared documents.
The Communities — r/Mcat, SDN, and the MCAT Discord
Where most of this page was discovered. SDN's "509+ Study Habits" compilation collects hundreds of high scorers' exact methods; r/Mcat's wiki links the decks, documents and spreadsheets; the Discord offers live Q&A and study sessions.
Best for: Vetting everything — and finding study partners.
