528
528-prep

A schedule generator and a notes generator for the MCAT.

Put in your exam date and how many hours a day you can study. You get an .ics calendar that drops into Google, Apple, or Outlook — every Kaplan chapter, daily Anki, Jack Westin CARS, UWorld blocks, and six full-lengths threaded biweekly. The notes generator turns a slide deck and a transcript into the same structured format I used for biochem and physio.

The example calendar starts today and runs ~4 months out — drops into Google, Apple, or Outlook so you can see the format before building your own.

About this site

Schools I was accepted to on this plan

Harvard
Johns Hopkins
Penn
Mount Sinai
Vanderbilt

I scored a 528 last year and got into a few schools I'm really grateful for. I built these tools because nothing pre-made quite fit how I actually wanted to study, and figured if they worked for me they might be useful to someone else. Sharing them while they're still fresh in my memory.

This is one approach that worked for one person. If something in here sounds wrong for how you study, trust your read on that — the calendar respects vacation days and weak subjects, but it can't replace the part where you actually do the work.

01 — Schedule generator

A calendar built backward from your exam date

Chapters are weighted by Anki card density rather than page count. AAMC material is held for the last two weeks. Full-lengths thread biweekly with a deep-review day after each. Vacation days, off days, and weekly light days are respected.

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 or break days. Per-weekday windows if your schedule varies (clinical hours, work shifts, etc.).

02

Preview the plan

Each day shown as hour-by-hour blocks. Heaviest content days flagged. The feasibility check tells you up front if your timeline doesn’t fit, and gives concrete fixes (extend daily hours by N min, push exam X days, or cut these specific chapters).

03

Import the .ics

One file. Drops into Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar. Each event has step-by-step instructions in the description so you don’t have to remember what “Anki: new cards” means at 7am.

02 — Lecture notes generator

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. Won't replace doing the work, but cuts re-reading the slide deck four times.

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

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. The library auto-groups by course so everything stays organized across a semester.

03

Read

Synthesis blocks at section boundaries, active-recall prompts, a clinical vignette for each named entity, comparison tables when 3+ related entities show up. Slide diagrams embedded inline. Saved to your library.

03 — 1:1 Consulting

Three tracks: MCAT prep, med school admissions, interview prep

$200 / hour for any track. Bring a recent FL, an essay draft, your school list, an interview coming up — whatever you actually want to talk through.

MCAT prep

Score diagnosis, section strategy, schedule audit.

Med school admissions

School list, personal statement, secondaries, scholarship approach.

Interview prep

Mock interview with school-specific feedback.

How it works

01

Pick a slot

After payment, pick any time on my calendar. Hour-long video calls, scheduled around your week.

02

Bring your specifics

A recent FL, your stats, an essay draft, your school list — whatever you actually want to talk through. The hour is yours.

03

Walk away with concrete next steps

Notes from the call sent within 24 hours. Follow-up questions over email at no charge.

    528-prep — MCAT schedule + lecture notes