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Built by a 528 scorer · 132 / 132 / 132 / 132

I scored a 528.
This is the plan — and the notes — that did it.

Same plan got me into

Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Penn
Mount Sinai
Vanderbilt

Two resources in one place: the schedule I built backward from my exam date — every Kaplan chapter, UWorld block, AAMC pool, and 6 full-lengths threaded properly — and the notes format I used to digest each lecture into synthesis blocks, active-recall prompts, and clinical cases. Both customized to your timeline, your inputs, your courses.

01 — Schedule generator

Your custom MCAT calendar

Not a generic study plan PDF. An actual hour-by-hour calendar built from your exam date, hours per day, and weak subjects — drops straight into Google, Outlook, or Apple Calendar.

Example calendar

Your first week of MCAT prep

Built from one student's inputs: 9am-5pm with lunch, light Saturdays. Your version is generated from yours.

Sample
Mon
May 4
9:0010:00
Anki reviews (~95 cards)
10:0010:45
Jack Westin CARS (4 passages)
10:4512:00
Read: Biochem Ch.2 — Enzymes
13:0014:30
Read: Biochem Ch.2 (continued)
14:3017:00
Anki: 221 new cards (Enzymes)
Tue
May 5
9:0010:00
Anki reviews (~316 cards)
10:0010:45
Jack Westin CARS
10:4512:00
Read: Biology Ch.1 — The Cell
13:0014:00
Anki: 99 new cards
14:0014:30
JW practice Qs (14 on Biology)
14:3015:00
Kaplan TY (10 Qs)
Wed
May 6
9:0010:00
Anki reviews (~415 cards)
10:0010:45
Jack Westin CARS
10:4512:00
Read: GenChem Ch.1 — Atomic Structure
13:0013:45
Anki: 49 new cards
13:4514:15
JW practice Qs (14 on GenChem)
14:1514:45
Kaplan TY (10 Qs)
Thu
May 7
9:0010:00
Anki reviews (~464 cards)
10:0010:45
Jack Westin CARS
10:4512:00
Read: BioBeh Ch.1 — Biological Basis
13:0014:30
Anki: 200 new cards
14:3015:00
JW practice Qs (14 on BioBeh)
15:0015:30
Kaplan TY (10 Qs)
Fri
May 8
9:0010:00
Anki reviews (~664 cards)
10:0010:45
Jack Westin CARS
10:4512:00
Read: Physics Ch.1 — Kinematics
13:0014:00
Anki: 70 new cards
14:0014:30
JW practice Qs (14 on Physics)
14:3015:00
Kaplan TY (10 Qs)
Sat
May 9
9:009:15
Anki reviews
9:1510:00
Jack Westin CARS
Sun
May 10
9:0010:00
Anki reviews (~734 cards)
10:0010:45
Jack Westin CARS
10:4512:00
Read: OrgChem Ch.1 — Nomenclature
13:0014:30
Anki: 78 new cards
14:3015:00
JW practice Qs (14 on OrgChem)
15:0015:30
Kaplan TY (10 Qs)
Chapter readAnkiJW CARSPractice QsFull-length

How it works

01

Set your inputs

Exam date, hours per day, weak subjects, any vacation/break days. Per-weekday windows if your schedule varies.

02

Preview the plan

See each day broken into hour-by-hour blocks. Heaviest content days flagged. Budget panel shows whether your timeline fits.

03

Import the .ics

One file. Drops cleanly into Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar. Each event has step-by-step instructions in the description.

02 — Lecture notes generator

MCAT-grade notes from your own lectures

Upload your class slides and a transcript. Get back a structured study document — the same format I used for biochem and physio. Saved to your library, viewable anytime.

Example output

Glycolysis — Biochem Ch.9

What you get when you upload a 90-minute biochem lecture (slides + transcript).

Sample

Glycolysis

Cells need ATP, but they can't store glucose forever — every cell on Earth solves this with the same 10-step pathway. Glycolysis converts one glucose (6C) into two pyruvate molecules (3C each) in the cytosol, netting 2 ATP and 2 NADH. It runs without oxygen, which is why your red blood cells (no mitochondria) and a sprinting muscle (low O₂) both depend on it.

The three irreversible steps

Most of glycolysis runs near equilibrium. Three steps don't — and those are the regulatory checkpoints worth memorizing.

  1. Hexokinase — glucose → G6P. Costs 1 ATP. Inhibited by its own product G6P.
  2. PFK-1 — F6P → F1,6BP. Costs 1 ATP. Rate-limiting step. Inhibited by ATP/citrate, activated by AMP/F2,6BP.
  3. Pyruvate kinase — PEP → pyruvate. Generates 1 ATP (substrate-level phosphorylation).
Synthesis

Glycolysis spends 2 ATP up front to phosphorylate glucose, then earns 4 ATP back in the payoff phase — netting 2 ATP per glucose. The three irreversible steps are the only regulatory points; if exam asks about glycolytic control, the answer always involves PFK-1, hexokinase, or pyruvate kinase.

?Active recall
  1. Why is hexokinase product-inhibited by G6P but glucokinase (liver) is not?
  2. Given a cell with no mitochondria, which glycolytic step provides the only meaningful ATP yield?
Clinical case

A 4-year-old presents with chronic hemolytic anemia, jaundice, and splenomegaly. Peripheral smear shows echinocytes; reticulocyte count is elevated. The child's parents are first cousins.

Toward the diagnosis (pyruvate kinase deficiency):
  • Mature RBCs depend entirely on glycolysis for ATP — no PK, no ATP, no membrane stability.
  • Autosomal recessive; consanguinity raises risk.
Away (G6PD deficiency would show):
  • Episodic hemolysis triggered by oxidants (sulfa drugs, fava beans), not chronic.
  • Heinz bodies + bite cells on smear, X-linked inheritance.
Each lecture you upload becomes a document like this — saved to your library, viewable anytime.

How it works

01

Upload your lecture

Drop in your slide deck (PDF) and a transcript. Either alone works — both together gives the richest output.

02

Pick the course

Tag the note with the course it belongs to. Library auto-groups by course so everything stays organized across your semester.

03

Read your notes

Synthesis blocks, active-recall prompts, clinical cases for every named entity, differential drill tables when relevant. Saved to your library forever.

I scored a 528.

And got into:

Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Penn
Mount Sinai
Vanderbilt

These are the resources that produced that score, and that I built because nothing pre-made fit how I actually wanted to study. The schedule generator turns whatever timeline you have into a calendar you can follow without thinking. The lecture-notes generator turns whatever your professor said today into a document you'll actually want to read tomorrow.

Sharing them while they're still useful to me — figured if they worked for me, they'll work for you.