Kaplan (books, online modules, exams) – Might Recommend for the Books
The books were helpful and easy to read for content review, but the modules and question banks didn’t work for me. I also didn’t love their practice exams. I used this the first time I took the MCAT and got a 505. Their quicksheets book (a small book of all the important information condensed) was very helpful and if you can just access that, it would be super helpful.
Anki – Don’t Recommend
Several people use the MCAT Milesdown deck because it is pretty comprehensive but it didn’t work for me personally. If you need to memorize concepts and that works for you, ANKI might be good. I personally learn better through understanding entire concepts so ANKI wasn’t great for me.
UWorld – Highly Recommend
I cannot recommend this resource enough. For me, UWorld was LIFE CHANGING and helps so much, especially with the PHYS/CHEM sections. It is harder than the actual MCAT questions which is nice and the explanations are very thorough. It is expensive which is unfortunate (~$300 for 90 access), but honestly very very worth it.
Blueprint (books, online modules, 1:1 tutoring, wordbanks, exams) – Recommend
I went with Blueprint because I had heard good reviews about them, and I didn't love the Kaplan modules/ books. I utilized their tutoring service (Essential Core Package - 16 hours) and believe that it made a huge difference in my score increase.
AAMC (word banks, online exams) – Highly Recommend
These exams are the most accurate to what the actual MCAT exam will be like so use them sparingly. Make sure to save most of them for the last month of studying because what you receive on the practice exams will be a pretty good indication of what you will get on exam day. Some of the question bank questions were hit or miss for me personally.
Reddit – Recommend with Caution
I found a lot of helpful documents and advice on Reddit that I would recommend, especially as it pertained to what knowledge is helpful to know for the MCAT. At the same time, I quickly learned that people on Reddit only post if they have scores in the extremes. If you get stressed hearing about other people’s experiences (because there will be people posting about how sad they are about their 518 scores *insert eye roll*), maybe avoid looking at Reddit.
Khan Academy Videos – Recommend (Didn’t really use)
Personally I learn best by doing problems, but if you need videos to review concepts and learn, Khan Academy’s are some of the best as they are 1) free (and given all the expensive resources out there, this is really such a blessing), 2) well-organized, and 3) very easy to understand and thorough.